Mission Statement
Through ground-breaking research and dedicated teaching IBK is a worldwide leading educational and research institute in the area of Structural Engineering.
Our research covers highly relevant topics in the classic fields of structural engineering and pushes the boundaries of this field, in alignment with the key topics and focus areas of our department. In particular, we contribute substantially to the following aspects of the department's grand challenges:
Urbanisation:
- New concepts for sustainable buildings and infrastructure systems
- Potential, challenges and uses of digitalization
- Upkeep and renewal of urban infrastructure with minimal impact to existing infrastructure and environment
Future Oriented Infrastructure:
- Infrastructure and community resilience
- Monitoring of infrastructure
- Maximisation of the service life of existing, ageing infrastructure
- Smart infrastructure
Changing environment
- Natural hazards
- Impacts on buildings and infrastructure systems
We provide high quality teaching in all fields of structural engineering, striving to educate highly qualified and responsible engineers ready to meet today's and future challenges in industry and society. Within the Bachelor and Master programs in Civil Engineering (CE) offered by D-BAUG, we are responsible for the education of all graduates who specialise in Structural Engineering. The faculty members themselves teach the vast majority of our courses, but industry experts offer selected courses, typically of a more applied nature.
We support national and international academic and professional societies in our fields of activity and provide top level consulting services to national and international organisations, administration and companies. We offer post-graduate courses (MS/CAS) and disseminate our knowledge in industry through our report series and colloquia that are attended by a large number of practicing engineers.