Research at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering

Research within the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering is conducted by the 10 institutes and independent Professorships associated with it.
Together they cover relevant technical areas with main emphasis on Structural Engineering, Infrastructure Systems, Management of Resources, Geo- and Environmental Sciences and Refined-Measuring Systems:

• Design, construction and rehabilitation of complex structures, such as buildings, bridges, tunnels, and dams.
• Planning, realisation, operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation of infrastructure systems (traffic, water supply, water and solid waste disposal, protection against natural hazards, energy production and distribution, communication, precision navigation).
• Management of resources (soil, water, air, building materials, built infrastructure), land use and land development as well as life-cycles considerations of materials (exploitation, use, recycling and disposal).
• Collection, processing, administration, interpretation, analysis and visualisation of data related to geodynamics, environment and built infrastructure which serve as basic information for planning, simulation and control of environmental, industrial and infrastructural processes, of socio-economic processes as well as of land use and land development.
• Development of innovative measurement systems and evaluation algorithms (plane and satellite based sensors for surveying and geodynamics, industrial measuring techniques, control of technical systems, monitoring of man-made and natural objects and processes).

To get more information about these five fields of research click here

An English summary of the research activities is also to be found in the official ETH Research Report.

Research activities are funded by the ETH, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI) and by industry.

Due to their interdependence, these five strategic research areas represent a thematic unity and are an indispensable prerequisite for the imlementation of the three degree programs of our Department. To underline this unity and to make use of the inherent synergy potential, we are presently defining research focuses. Within these focused areas interdisciplinary research efforts will be initiated, which involve several professors from our Department. Over the coming years we also intend to increase the number of PhD students.

Consult the ETH Web page: Research and Technology Transfer for an overview of research activities in other departments.