Research fields
• Research and design for constructions and installations
• Sustainable development in civil engineering and rehabilitation of the built environment
• Natural and environmental risk assessment
• Geotechnical engineering, communications and works of art
• Installation systems for sustainable development
• Research and design for constructions and installations
The main areas of activity in this field are:
- research in the field of constructions and construction installations
- new materials for sustainable construction
- environmental protection and energy saving
- design in the field of constructions and construction installations
- energy efficiency in the built environment
- innovative materials, processes and products used in construction
• Sustainable development in civil engineering and rehabilitation of the built environment
The main areas of activity in this field are:
- research on the influence of environmental factors on constructions and each other
- study of modern solutions for rehabilitation and reintegration of buildings in the natural environment
- preparation of technical documentation for the rehabilitation and modernization of buildings
- climate change and innovation in sustainable building design
- tradition and innovation in nature-inspired architecture
- development of algorithms for the design and analysis of the behaviour of civil engineering structures subjected to severe seismic movements
- advanced methods in designing and optimizing complex structural elements and nonlinear behaviour of structures
• Natural and environmental risk assessment
The main research topics in this field are:
- hydraulics and hydrology of floodplains
- analysis of extremes in arid areas
- assessment of the hazard and vulnerability of natural hazards: floods, landslides, earthquakes
- assessing the vulnerability of coastal areas
- climate change and health
• Geotechnical engineering, communications and works of art
The main research topics in this field are:
- research of land properties from a geomechanical point of view, as a support for constructions, road, railway and airport structures
- modern solutions for rehabilitation and consolidation of construction foundations, road, railway and airport structures
- modern landslide stabilization solutions
- superior recovery of industrial waste in the layers of road, railway and airport structures
- innovative materials, processes and products used to build land and underground roads (roads, highways, railways, airport runways and bridges, etc.)
- modelling and simulating the behaviour of structures
- studies and research in finite element technology and numerical calculation algorithms in structural mechanics
- simulation of the behaviour of civil, road and airport, railway, geotechnical and bridge structures
• Installation systems for sustainable development
The main research topics in this field are:
- sustainable management of water resources
- low temperature radiation heating / cooling systems
- low-energy ventilation and air-conditioning systems through natural ventilation and night cooling
- installations with heat pumps for harnessing solar and geothermal energy
