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A hands-on workshop where engineering, digital methods, and creativity meet. In this Science Camp, you will build small-scale structures and equip them with modern sensing technologies, such as accelerometers, fiber-optic sensors, and laser vibrometers, measure their dynamic response, and transform structural vibrations into data, simulations, visualizations, and sound. In this Science Camp, you will build small-scale structures and equip them with modern senor technologies, such as accelerometers and fiber-optic sensors, measure their dynamic response (optional: using a laser vibrometer), and transform structural vibrations into data, for visualization and creation of sound. You will work in a creative workshop atmosphere within a multidisciplinary team, progressing from experimentation to digital abstraction by combining engineering thinking, analysis of data, and creativity.

On 24 June 2026, the annual summer party incl. research colloquium of the Institute of Structural Engineering (IKI) took place at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The Chair of Advanced Structures contributed with a talk by M.Sc. Aanis Uzair.

Students from the NHRE Master’s programme at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar visited the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. The excursion provided valuable insights into current research on seismic hazards and risk dynamics, demonstrating the close links between research, teaching, and practice. Marking the 20th workshop of this collaboration, the visit strengthened long-standing partnerships and fostered meaningful exchanges between students and researchers.

This year’s field trip organised by the Earthquake Damage Analysis Center and the Chair of Advanced Structures at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar took us first to the extension and refurbishment works on the Straußfurt flood retention basin – a key project under the national flood protection programme.

From 17 to 20 May 2026, the Chair of Advanced Structures participated in the Earthquake Engineering Forum EEF.26 in Sofia, Bulgaria, with contributions by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Abrahamczyk and Dr.-Ing. Baban A. Bapir. The forum was organized by the National Earthquake Engineering Center at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy (UACEG) under the theme “Contemporary Issues in Earthquake Engineering.”

The Chair of Advanced Structures congratulates Khalat Qadir Ahmad on the successful defense of her Master’s thesis in structural engineering entitled “Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of some Typical Buildings in Sulaymaniyah City,” which took place on 25 April 2026 at the University of Sulaimani.

The Erasmus+ project RECONSTRUCT - Forensic Structural Engineering Database for Higher Education successfully held its third international workshop on 30-31 March 2026 at GRAFOS, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia, bringing together project partners from across Europe.

As part of the Bauhaus Colloquium for Emerging Researchers 2026 at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Abrahamczyk delivered the keynote lecture titled “Advanced Structures: Between Interdisciplinarity and Methods”. The talk explored how contemporary structural design operates at the intersection of multiple disciplines, methods and scientific processes.

Small and mid-sized skilled trades businesses are facing growing challenges; repurposing and renovating existing buildings is becoming increasingly complex, time pressure is mounting, and there is a growing shortage of skilled workers. Digital tools and robotics are promising relief. But how can new technologies be used in a way that they actually help craftspeople in their everyday life? This is the question being asked by the interdisciplinary research team at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the »Handwerk der Zukunft« project. The team will be receiving nearly one million euros in funding from the European Social Fund from 2026 to 2028.

On 4th and 5th December 2025, Assistant Prof. Dr. Bora Pulatsu, from Carleton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Canada visited the Chair of Advanced Structure at Bauhaus Universität Weimar. As part of his visit, Bora held a very inspiring guest lecture in the frame of the NHRE master programm module “Structural Design and Performance Assessment.”