Unit of Hydraulic Engineering

Assoc.-Prof. DI Dr.
Bernhard Gems 

Associate Professor
Unit of Hydraulic Engineering
University of Innsbruck

Room 313
Technikerstraße 13, 6020 Innsbruck
  +43 512 507 62203
  +43 676 8725 69160
  bernhard.gems@uibk.ac.at

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Consultation hours by appointment

Professional Experience

• from 04/2017
  University of Innsbruck, Unit of Hydraulic Engineering
  Associate Professor
   
• 10/2011 - 04/2017
  University of Innsbruck, Unit of Hydraulic Engineering
  Post-Doc, Assistant Professor
   
  
• 03/2006 - 10/2011
  University of Innsbruck, Unit of Hydraulic Engineering
  Research Assistant
   
  
• 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  ILF Consulting Engineers GmbH
  Project Collaborator
   
  
• 2002
  Structural Engineering Office Ing. Dander
  Project Collaborator

Academic Qualification (University of Innsbruck (UIBK), Unit of Hydraulic Engineering)

• 04/2017
  Habilitation, Venia Docendi for "Hydraulic Engineering, Torrent Science and Protection Technology"
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• 04/2007 -10/2011
  Postgraduate Studies in Engineering Sciences
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• 03/2000 - 11/2006
  Diploma Studies in Civil Engineering
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• Cascade natural hazard effects
• Flood protection, fluvial hazard processes, river engineering
  
• Hydraulic scale models
• Morphodynamic numerical modelling
  
• Sediment transport
• Torrent hazards and protection

Current Teaching Activities (regularly organized and given courses at UIBK) 

Bachelor Program "Civil and Environmental Engineering"

• Hydraulic Engineering (2.5 ECTS)

Master Program "Environmental Engineering"

• Computational Fluid Dynamics (2.5 ECTS)
• Sediment Transport in Rivers (2.5 ECTS)
  
• Torrent Science and Protection Technology in the Alpine Region (2.5 ECTS)
  

Master Program "Environmental Management of Mountain Areas"

• Water and Sediment Management in Mountain Drainage Basins (3 + 2 ECTS)
  
• Selected Topics in Environmental Management (ring lecture)

Doctoral Program "Engineering Sciences"

• Thematic Specialization: Hydraulic Engineering - Fieldwork, Model Scale Tests and Numerical Modeling (2.5 ECTS)
  

Doctoral Program “Natural Hazards in Mountain Regions”

• Selected Topics in Natural Hazards Assessment (2.5 ECTS)
• Interdisciplinary training in field measurements and data analysis of natural hazard processes (2.5 ECTS)
• Presentation and discussion of individual research work with the focus on natural hazards in mountain regions (2.5 ECTS)

Elective Module "Sustainability"

• Sustainable Resource Use - green and blue cities and communities in mountain environments  (ring lecture)