Abstract
Water is an essential element and highly valuable resource in life. Between the priorities of environment, people and economy, it is of increasing importance to fully understand the fundamental force of water to be capable of handling waterborne events—such as flooding—manage and ensure water quality and availability, and utilize hydraulic energy. The Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (IWW) at RWTH Aachen University has a long research tradition in this field. Going back to the founding year of the university in 1870, the chair is based on the work of civil engineer Otto Intze, who is best known for his pioneering contributions in construction of dams and elevated water tanks. Ever since then, the institute has broadened its research spectrum and is today focusing on flood protection structures, hydraulic engineering design, integrated coastal zone management, morphodynamics and ethohydraulics. In a comprehensive approach, physical model experiments are combined with field measurements and numerical simulations to investigate a wide range of projects. With its annually organized International Symposium on Hydraulic Engineering (IWASA), the institute also offers information to a wide audience on highly topical aspects in the field of water engineering works and water management, while at the same time bridging the gap between science and industry. The institute is part of the “Project House Water”, a research network at RWTH Aachen University that was established within the framework of the German excellence initiative. Here, scientific competencies from the fields of ecotoxicology, process engineering, geography, sociology, economy and hydraulic engineering are focussed to allow for an interdisciplinary, holistic assessment of flooding events and their impacts.
Highlights
Research in the field of hydraulic engineering at IWW The research area of the IWW is broadly based and includes key topics from the fields of high water risk management, hydraulic engineering structures, navigable waterway constructions, hydroelectric power, pumped-storage plants, fish protection elements, sediment transport and morphodynamics, coastal engineering and water quality improvement
About 150 years of hydraulic engineering in Aachen— beginning and development of the IWW In the late nineteenth century, civil engineer Otto Intze started the long tradition of engineering at RWTH Aachen University—at that time still called the First Prussian Institute of Technology: With his first lectures in hydraulic engineering, Intze prepared the ground for
The institute is working in close cooperation with research facilities and administrative boards in Germany and worldwide, such as the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW), the German Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), the Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of NRW (MKULNV) or the Israel Institute of Technology
Summary
About 150 years of hydraulic engineering in Aachen— beginning and development of the IWW In the late nineteenth century, civil engineer Otto Intze started the long tradition of engineering at RWTH Aachen University—at that time still called the First Prussian Institute of Technology: With his first lectures in hydraulic engineering, Intze prepared the ground for. To promote the contact between academia and industry, the International Symposium on Hydraulic Engineering, Aachen (IWASA) is held every January, for almost 50 years. It is renowned among experts and gives the opportunity to discuss highly topical water themes as well as to establish contacts for future ventures
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