Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Aarhus University

Workshop practice is a regular part of the teaching for our Bachelor of Engineering students.    One of the tasks the students must try is to cast a concrete beam with reinforcement and afterwards test the capacity.    This happens in a setup where an actuator slowly moves downwards and thereby applies a force on the beam. The beam will start to bend, and cracks will appear. Ultimately the beams will fail.    In this video craftsman Jeppe Østberg talks about the test, which is carried out in one of the most used setups in CAE's laboratories. A setup that can also test wood and steel beams.    At CAE, we have several laboratories and workshops that students and researchers can use for teaching and research. 

We look forward to the upcoming new facilities and are pleased that, in the meantime, we can stay in the excellent current ones here at Navitas. It is certainly exciting news.

Knowing the compressive strength of the concrete is a necessity for most civil engineering work. At the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Aarhus University, we can test the strength of the concrete mixes we make by casting a cylinder and subjecting it to continuously increasing pressure until it breaks. In this video, assistant engineer Jørgen Holm talks about the test, which takes place in one of the most used machines in CAE's laboratories. We have several laboratories and workshops that students and researchers can use for teaching and research. Read more about the facilities here (in Danish): https://lnkd.in/dpueb5SV 

Welcome to the labs:  "We will smash your project with great precision!" This is how you are welcomed at the entrance to the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering’s largest laboratory, the "Project Hall" (Projekthallen). At our department, we have several laboratories and workshops available to students and staff. In this video you will get a brief introduction to some of the resources available. Over the next few weeks we will invite you inside to learn a little more about some of the machines and setups used for training and research projects at our facilities in Aarhus. Read more about the laboratories and workshops: https://lnkd.in/dpueb5SV 

Paving the way for future opportunities in civil and architectural engineering:  Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hosting the annual Company Fair for students that are currently pursuing their Bachelor and Master of Science in Engineering Degrees. 12 leading companies from the civil and architectural engineering sector came together to meet with our talented students, right here at Navitas.  The event was a fantastic opportunity for students to explore current job openings and future career prospects, while also gaining valuable insights from company presentations. It was inspiring to see such strong engagement between students and industry professionals.   Johan Christian Steffensen Clausen, Head of Programme for BSc+MSc in Civil and Architectural Engineering, initiated and launched the Company Fair last year. Because of its success it is now an annual event.  ”The BSc + MSc degree in Civil and Architectural Engineering is fairly new in an Aarhus context. This fair is part of the effort to show the community that Aarhus University educates capable and relevant MSc graduates in Civil and Architectural Engineering.” A big thank you to all the companies and students who participated — we look forward to seeing how these connections lead to exciting career paths in the engineering field. Geo DNV SYSTRA Ørsted Sweco COWI Wood Thilsted Banedanmark Vestas ABC - Rådgivende Ingeniører ISC Consulting Engineers Per Aarsleff A/S

Global innovation network: Congratulations to the research group in Construction Management, consisting of Søren Wandahl, Cristina Toca Pérez, and Jhonattan Martinez, who has been awarded funding by the Danish Agency for Higher Education and Science to finance the project titled "Building Tomorrow: Integrating Digital Technologies for a Greener Built Environment." The grant was secured under the Global Innovation Network Programme (GINP). GINP aims to strengthen Denmark's research and innovation landscape while amplifying the international impact of Danish knowledge-based innovations in areas with significant potential through institutional cooperation. This project represents a collaborative network between Aarhus Universitet (Denmark), the University of Florida (USA), and the Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brazil). Running from January 1, 2025, to December 31, 2026, the initiative will focus on fostering innovation and practical applications in green transition and digitalization within the construction industry. It seeks to create significant contributions toward a sustainable and digitized built environment while leveraging global partnerships for maximum impact. Uddannelses- og Forskningsstyrelsen  #research #innovation #leanconstruction #construction #SmartDigitalTechnologies #builtenvironment #digitalization 

Otto Mønsted Visiting Professorship: A warm welcome to Dr Prodromos PSARROPOULOS, who is the new Otto Mønsted Visiting Professor in our Department. Dr Psarropoulos comes to us from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece. He is a structural and geotechnical engineer specializing in geotechnical earthquake engineering, soil dynamics, and dynamic soil-structure interaction. We welcome him and look forward to benefitting from his extensive expertise within the quantitative assessment of various geohazards and the optimal design or construction of various challenging engineering structures - both onshore and offshore. Teaching in the School of Rural, Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, he has lately focused on more advanced topics, such as remote sensing, artificial intelligence, and route-optimization techniques - mainly applied on lifelines within the sectors of transportation, telecommunications, and energy. At the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Aarhus University, we are pleased to facilitate his three-month stay, with the goal to enhance the collaboration between Aarhus Universitet and NTUA and continue to strengthen our strategic research objectives through the integration of external expertise. Otto Mønsteds Fond

PhD Defense: Friday 8 November, Mia Kruse Rasmussen will defend her PhD “Social Commissioning – Social Value Creation in the Built Environment” at Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering.   Read more about the PhD: https://lnkd.in/dWHT_HaP 📆 Friday 8 November 2024   🕐 13:00 – 16:00 🗺️ Navitas, room 03.050 (3rd floor) Aarhus University, Inge Lehmanns Gade 10, 8000 Aarhus C.

New life to prefabricated concrete elements.  50-year-old, prefab elements from demolished buildings from Gellerup in Aarhus are used directly in new housing. This is the first example of direct reuse of old, refurbished old concrete hollow core slabs in housing construction in Denmark and it is possible because of the work done by the joint research project (P)RECAST.  "It was impressive to see the old concrete hollow core slabs used in the current construction," says Head of Section, Associate Professor Annette Breedholm Rasmussen from the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Aarhus University, who is involved in the project. "It's important because we need to gain experience with integrating whole and reused elements. That way we can expand this practice to the construction sector in general," she adds. You can see the some of the reused concrete hollow core slabs lifted into place in the video below – and read more in this article: https://lnkd.in/dCKNUApZ (P)RECAST is supported by Environmental Technology Development and Demonstration Programme ( MUDP) under the Danish Environmental Protection Agency and runs from January 2022 to June 2025. It involves a number of participants, including Teknologisk Institut Brabrand Boligforening, 3XN/GXN, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Aarhus University, the industry association Dansk Beton COWI, Søndergaard A/S, Tscherning, Per Aarsleff A/S, Dansk Standard Peikko Danmark Hi-Con Aps, and AP Ejendomme. The old concrete hollow core slabs were removed from Gellerupparken in the fall of 2023 by Kingo.  The retrofitting was carried out by JCN Bolig A/S and the elements were delivered by A/S Boligbeton. 

Congratulations to the researchers from Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering who received a grant from Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond!     Principal investigator Lars Vabbersgaard Andersen and co-investigators Andrea Franza and Giuseppe Abbiati are setting out to develop a new concept for anchoring offshore floating wind turbines, which are a crucial part of the solutions to achieve the EU goals for renewable energy.      The aim is to show, that grouping the anchors can save materials, ease installation and reuse, and be more robust than separate anchors. https://lnkd.in/db_Xbsyc #Research #sharedanchors #floatingwindturbines