The federal government and the states of Saxony, Thuringia, and Baden-Württemberg have reached an agreement. Existing scientific institutions and structures in the participating founding states (Saxony, Thuringia, and Baden-Württemberg) can thus be strengthened in a targeted manner and new ones established. The BFZ locations coordinate the research institutions, such as the TUD for Saxony. Saxony is contributing its scientific excellence in the field of construction, in particular with the CARE (Climate-Neutral and Resource-Efficient Construction) cluster of excellence and UNU-FLORES.
The PROTEKT project aims to create a platform for increasing traffic safety through connectivity in the transport sector. A total of three professorships from the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences are involved in the project, which is funded by the EU and the Free State of Saxony. It is being funded with €1.5 million as part of the EFRE/JTF research focus InfraProNet 2021–2027 and is laying the foundation for a cooperative research network with high future relevance.
The Eva Mayr-Stihl Foundation is funding a new joint project entitled “Forests in Transition: The Future of the European Beech during Drought Stress” at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at TUD Dresden University of Technology from 2026 to 2029 with a total of EUR 1.6 million. Five forestry chairs and two chairs in geosciences will collaborate in this interdisciplinary research project.This research project aims to quantify the effects of different types of thinning on the water supply, as well as the vitality, biomass development, and carbon storage of old beech trees.
How can road surfaces be made more sustainable and resource-efficient? What alternatives are there to traditional aggregates, and how reliably can the properties of asphalt be predicted over a service life of 30 years? These and other questions were addressed by the participants of the 9th Dresden Asphalt Days. The program was aimed at representatives from public authorities and construction companies as well as employees from research institutions, with speakers coming from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Around 250 participants took part in the event.
Dr. Hannes Braßel, research assistant at the Chair of Air Transport Technology and Logistics, receives first place in the PhD category of the SESAR Young Scientist Award 2025 for outstanding achievement in air transport research. He was honored for his excellent research on improving ground safety at airports, providing a scalable solution for airports worldwide and even for future vertiport environments. The award recognizes outstanding research with practical relevance in the field of Air Traffic Management (ATM) and aviation.
On November 26, 2025, Dr. Johannes Feldbauer was awarded the Dr. Walter Seipp Prize of the Commerzbank Foundation.The prize recognizes his dissertation "Drinking water reservoirs in a changing climate: Mechanistic simulations of water quality as a contribution to the management strategy". Dr. Feldbauer is a Research Associate with Prof. Thomas U. Berendonk at the Chair of Limnology and conducts research into regional climate adaptation. In his dissertation, he carried out a practice-oriented simulation study on the effects of climate change on drinking water reservoirs.
Prof. Ursula M. Staudinger, Rector of the TUD, together with Prof. Niels Modler, Vice-Rector Academic Affairs Across the Life Course, awarded the best 81 graduates of the academic year 2024/2025 on December 5, 2025. A total of five graduates from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering received the Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann Medal, and 20 were honored with a certificate recognizing the best graduates in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
The Saxon Cabinet has approved the appointment of Prof. Dr. Marcel Thum as a new member of the Saxon Regulatory Control Council. It has been examining the compliance costs of new regulations presented by the ministries in particular since 2016. In addition,it regularly submits proposals for reducing bureaucracy and improving legislation.
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Samanthi Dijkstra-Silva has received and accepted an appointment to a Chair of Sustainability Management and Assessment at TU Dresden as part of an appointment defense procedure. From 01.02.2026, she will be working in a new function as the holder of this Chair at the Faculty.
The Faculty of Business and Economics welcome Prof. Dr. Stephen Gilbert as a new second member of the faculty. He is Professor of Medical Device Regulatory Science at the Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) for Digital Health and has been working in this function at TU Dresden since February 2022. His core research areas are the development and evaluation of responsible and trustworthy frameworks for the development, oversight, monitoring, control and evaluation of medical AI.
The Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences has now a first aider for mental health, Dr. Katja Flemming. Mental Health First Aid means providing first aid for mental stress or crises – similar to physical first aid, but for mental health. Mental health first aiders are there to listen, provide guidance, and support those affected in taking the next steps. The goal of first responders is to reduce barriers and taboos and show that it is perfectly okay to seek help.
The Alumnus of the month for December is an expert in industrial engineering. When he was a student, Christian von Olshausen wanted to gain a better understanding of the links between technological developments and economic incentives. After graduating, in 2010, he founded a start-up with the vision of ending the world's reliance on fossil fuels.
Dr. Mandy Partohr has been President of the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control since August 2024. She is the first woman to hold this top position – she studied, researched, and earned her doctorate at TU Dresden. In the interview she talks about how she became a tech enthusiast, how she shocked her professor, and why she is particularly pleased about the location of government offices in Eastern Germany.
A warm welcome to Rebecca Klärner, a graduate of the Master's program in European Languages and the 20,000th member of the TU Dresden alumni network! We are delighted to have reached this milestone and that our community continues to grow every day.
As of February 1, 2026, the International Affairs Office of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering will change its responsibilities with regard to administrative procedures relating to planned guest stays (see also circular dated December 19, 2025 - German only).
Equivalency assessments (ÄP) will be transferred to Department 2 (Andrea Marciniak, Staff Unit for Fundamental and Legal Affairs of Personnel, aequivalenzhsa@tu-dresden.de) as of February 1, 2026.
The issuance of hosting agreements and guest contracts will continue to be handled by the International Affairs Office of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering during a transition period. We will inform you separately as soon as these are also transferred to Department 2 (see above).
The Global Water and Climate Adaptation Centre (ABCD-Centre) is playing a central role at this year's IWA Water and Development Congress 2025 in Bangkok. The Centre is thus underlining its international importance and commitment to sustainable water and climate adaptation solutions.
The ABCD-Centre was not only present with technical presentations - it also had its own stand at the congress exhibition. This enabled visitors, decision-makers, practitioners, researchers and students to talk directly to the Center.
The presence opens strategic doors for the ABCD-Centre: potential collaborations can be initiated through exchanges with utilities, NGOs, government partners and international institutions. For TU Dresden as the project leader of the Centre, this means that the role of the ABCD-Centre is increasingly changing - from a purely scientific institution to a globally relevant stakeholder that combines research, education and international practice.
On January 15, 2026, representatives of the TUD welcomed a high-ranking delegation from the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to the TUD Dresden University of Technology. The bilateral exchange aimed to discuss the expansion of cooperation, particularly in the areas of semiconductors, AI, electronics, IT, start-ups and innovation-driven entrepreneurship. This renewed meeting of high-level Indian partners at TUD coupled with leading Indo-German start-up initiatives testifies to the close partnership with India and underscores TUD's important role as a driving force for research-driven innovation and talent pipelines in cooperation with India.
Exhibition "Brücken neu denken“ (Rethinking Bridges) Infrastructure for Living Space, Urban Space, Open Space
ZfBK in cooperation with the Institute of Concrete Structures at TU Dresden
International Love Data Week Motto:Where is the data? Topics: wide-ranging program of lectures and workshops Target group: researchers, students, employees, among others
International Day of Women and Girls in Science (ITFMW) Topic:"Who am I and what brought me here? Aspects of origin in their influence on life, education, career and research paths" Workshop leader: Dr. Sandra Buchmüller
Publications in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering List of publications in the TU Dresden research portal
Research Information System (FIS)
Video format 60 Minutes “(Right-wing) populism: Old problem, young voices", Christian Leßmann, Jacob Edenhofer, Julius Kölzer, Luisa Dörr (19.01.26), ifo-Institut Youtube Kanal
TUD video format TU Dresden probieren “Glacier expedition instead of lecture | University vlog: Alpine excursion in the Master’s program in Hydrology” (30.07.2025), TU Dresden Probieren
TU Dresden “Charlotte Bickhardt: From social work to economics | Historical female doctoral candidates” (03.09.2024), TU Dresden, YouTube channel
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