Since December 1st, Youssef Aknin has been part of the team as a research assistant. Originally from Morocco, he brings an international academic background and strong motivation for digital methods in civil engineering. In the interview for this article, he talks about his academic career to date, his scientific interests in the field of construction informatics, and what inspires him.
On Thursday, November 27, 2025, Phillip Schönfelder successfully defended his dissertation titled “From Floor Plans to Building Knowledge: Automatic Drawing Analysis for Semantic Information Extraction”.
We have compiled a list of topics for final theses at the chair for the 2025/2026 winter semester in the Moodle course. In addition, the Moodle course contains useful information on the thesis process and resources for working on your thesis, divided into the areas of academic work, academic writing, and other resources. In addition, the chair's templates for the written thesis and the colloquium are stored in the course.
On Monday, September 8, 2025, Angelina Aziz successfully defended her dissertation titled “Automating Fire Safety Inspections in Buildings Through Machine Learning and BIM Integration”.
Since August 1st, Abdulaziz (Aziz) Baghdadi has been part of the team as a research assistant. In this interview, he talks about his academic career to date, his scientific interests in the field of construction informatics, and what inspires him.
Since August 1st, Yehia Abdelazziz has been part of the team as a research assistant. In this interview, he talks about his academic career to date, his scientific interests in the field of construction informatics, and what inspires him.
On Monday, July 21, 2025, Xuling Ye successfully defended her dissertation entitled “Blockchain-based smart contract realization in BIM environment—Technical adoption for reliable and collaborative construction management”.
On Tuesday, 13.05.2025, Alessandro Bruttini successfully defended his dissertation entitled “A semantic Digital Twin for Occupant-Centric Workplace Management” at the Università degli Studi di Firenze.
Since April, Nina Krautgartner has been strengthening the team at the Chair of Computing in Engineering as a research associate. In an interview, she talks about her academic journey so far, shares her scientific interests in the field of construction informatics, and reveals what else excites her.
The first funding period of the Collaborative Research Center 1683 “Interaction Methods for the Modular Reuse of Existing Load-Bearing Structures” starts today.
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