Summer School USA
Component code / course code: BB6.10-23
Semester: summer
ECTS credits: 2
Lecture hours per week (SWS): 2
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Haimerl, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Bahr, Adjunct Lecturers
Course language: English
Prerequisite:
Objectives (Learning Outcome): Gain knowledge about:
- renewable energies, especially in Germany and the building materials for
the construction of wind turbines - Fire Safety Engineering
- Neotectonics and earthquakes
- Vulnerability and resilience in the context of natural hazards
- Heavy rain and flood management
Lecture topics (content): Changing topics. For example:
- Renewable Energies
- Sustainability and Science Communication
- Natural Hazards and Resilience
- Digitalization
- Technical Communication & Presentation
- Laboratory test (structural tests and building material testing)
- Field trips (Hydropower, wind plants, special engineering structures)
The topics are worked on in international groups with students from partner universities.
Teaching format (e.g. online/in person lecture/Seminar/Lab etc.): Lectures, seminars, field trips
Project processing in individual and group work
At Hochschule Biberach and within international online lectures together with a student group from Cal Poly Pomona (CA, USA).
Examination: Project presentation
