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The Rector of Tashkent University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (TAQU), Professor Bakhrom Tulaganov, visited Bauhaus University Weimar on April 23rd. This brief visit primarily centered on discussions with the Executive Board and heads of the Chair of Advanced Structures and the Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC).

The fifth meeting and the final workshop of the ERAMCA project, took place at Turin Tashkent Polytechnic University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from January 7th to 11th, 2024. This meeting was accompained by a workshop with presentations by teachers and students from the newly established ERAMCA MSc course. The event also included organized expert visits to significant cultural heritage sites.

Final presentations and following steps were discussed as part of the closure of the Green2Smart Science Camp.

With the reopening of the Weimar Parkhole on March 21st, the Bauhaus University Weimar's popular seismograph will also return to its original location. After a two-year renovation phase by the Klassik-Stiftung Weimar, the seismograph at the Earthquake Damage Analysis Center (EDAC) is now open to the public again.

As part of the Science Camp Green2Smart, participants visited the WIR Quartier in Erfurt, an example of the implementation of exterior green facades, which watering (among other parameters) can be controlled via smart phone apps.

A successful start of the ProTELC Science Camp for bachelor students took place on Monday 11th, with the topic “Green2Smart”, AI-supported solutions for sustainable indoor greening.

In part of the EU-funded project, Introduction to Building Information Modelling and Digitalization (iBIMD), the Chair of Advanced Structures hosted the regular half-yearly meeting with project partners from Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania; Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal; Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy; and Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark.

On 4 November 2023, the graduates of the Faculty of Civil Engineering were bid farewell with a traditional ceremony in the Audimax of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

The professorship participated in the eTeach annual conference 2023 with a poster presentation of the ongoing research project “GeViLAB - Joint virtual laboratory visits for large-scale and special tests”.

In part of the DAAD funded research project, Jun.-Prof. Lars Abrahamczyk, M.Sc. Peshawa L. Hasan, and M.Sc. Baban Bapir went for a research stay from 15 October to 15 November 2023. The project is implemented in close collaboration with the Tishk International University (TIU) under the "German-Iraqi University Partnerships" program.