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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.”

On 29 October 2025, MSc Aanis Uzair delivered a webinar on the seismic assessment of cultural heritage buildings using DIANA. For anyone who could not attend live, the full recording is available on YouTube.

On 30.10.2025, the Chair of Advanced Structure, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Bauhaus Universität Weimar had the honour of welcoming distinguished researcher Dr. Amado Gustavo Ayala Milián (UNAM), who delivered a compelling guest lecture entitled “Seismic resilience in structural design: advanced methods and applications.”

As part of WP3, the RECONSTRUCT project consortium held a workshop on 6–7 October 2025 at the Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS) in Skopje, North Macedonia. The workshop focused on virtual teaching methods based on the Escape Room concept, designed to enhance the education and training of court experts and forensic engineers in civil engineering.

From 22 September to 1 October 2025, the ProTELC Science Camp for Master students took place at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, bringing together young engineers and arts from across Thuringia under the inspiring theme “Structural Soundscapes – Acoustic Interpretation of Earthquake and Structural Vibrations.”

On 22.09.2025, the Chair of Advanced Structures at Bauhaus University Weimar hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Tariq Maqsood (RMIT, Australia) on the theme “Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Risk Research in Australia”. In his presentation, Dr. Maqsood provided an overview of ongoing and recent research into how built environments are exposed to natural hazards, how vulnerability is assessed and modelled, and how these insights inform mitigation and policy.

A successful start of the ProTELC Science Camp for Master students took place on 22.09.2025, with the topic “Structural Soundscapes - Acoustic interpretation of earthquake and structural vibrations“.

We are pleased to announce a guest lecture by Dr. Amado Gustavo Ayala Milián (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) entitled “Seismic Resilience in Structural Design: Advanced Methods and Applications.” The lecture will address advanced topics in earthquake engineering, with a particular emphasis on resilience-based design approaches, and will discuss analytical concepts and performance-oriented design methodologies that extend beyond conventional strength-based and life-safety design criteria.

The annual Bauhaus Summer School “NextGen Engineers – Advanced Training Courses for a Sustainable Tomorrow” has officially begun at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bauhaus University Weimar. Organized by the Chair of Advanced Structures under the coordination of Jun.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lars Abrahamczyk and MSc. Peshawa Luqman Hasan, this year’s program brings together 29 participants from 16 countries, including Ghana, Croatia, Iraq, Mexico, Uzbekistan, Ecuador, Turkey, and many more.