PWI - Platform Hydraulic Engineering Innsbruck

PWI lectures are interdisciplinary lectures within the framework of further education measures organised by the Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Institute of Infraspucture, the IWI-Förderverein, the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects, Landesverein Tirol, and the ALUMNI alumni association of the University of Innsbruck.

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PWI lecture chronicle

30.01.2025
Dr Marco Conrad (AFRY Switzerland AG)
Major project in Pakistan: The Diamer Basha dam
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22.10.2024
DI Dr Adrian Lindermuth (Policy Advisor for Hydropower, eurelecpic)
The Green Deal and the role of hydropower
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17.01.2024
DI Reinhard Fritzer (ILF Consulting Engineers)
Revival of pumped storage from the perspective of an engineering firm
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22.06.2023
DI Thomas Etzer (VERBUND Hydro Power GmbH)
Impressions from the Limberg III pumped storage plant construction site
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15.05.2023
DI Gebhard Walter (Torrent and Avalanche Control, Head of Tyrol Section)
Impact analysis of protection systems in alpine catchment areas
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19.01.2023
Dr Johann Neuner (Head of Hydropower Planning Department, Tiroler Wasserkraft AG)
Kühtai storage power plant - an important contribution on the way to energy autonomy in Tyrol
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06.06.2019
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Wippersberger (Plant Manager KWG-West, ÖBB-Infraspuktur AG)
Traction power supply Vorarlberg - Spullersee power plant
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15.05.2019
Christoph Wiedemann (Head of the planning department, WWA Rosenheim)
Flood protection: Feldolling flood polder
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22.11.2018
Dipl.-Ing. Dr Bernhard Hofer (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG)
Dr Johann Neuner (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG)
Sediment accumulation in bodies of water as a challenge for hydropower plants
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18.01.2018
Dipl.-Ing. Markus Federspiel (Head of the Water Management Department, Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government)
Dipl.-Ing. Gebhard Walter (Head of Tyrol Section, Torrent and Avalanche Control)
Presentation of the new heads of the Water Management Department (AdTL) and the Torrent and Avalanche Control Department (WLV), report on the tasks of the two institutions and on joint projects and perspectives
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07.12.2017
Dr Johann Neuner (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG)
The Kirchbichl power plant project - expansion - fit for the future
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16.03.2017
Morten Stickler (Statkraft AS)
Using ALB as a tool for holistic and adaptive environmental management of regulated riversInfo

27.10.2016
Dr Markus Schmautz (Managing Director of RMD Wasserspaßen GmbH)
Danube extension Spaubing - Vilshofen
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09.06.2016
Dipl.-Ing. Josef Herdina (Member of the Executive Board of TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG, Executive Board member responsible for civil engineering)
Joint power plant Inn - history, development, authorisation, implementationInfo

21.04.2016
Dipl.-Ing. Stefan Jäger (BAUER Spezialtiefbau Ges.m.b.H.)
Experience in the rehabilitation of dams with diaphragm walls
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10.12.2015
BD Dr Andreas Rimböck (Head of Department "Flood Protection and Alpine Natural Hazards", Bavarian State Office for the Environment)
Bavarian flood polder programme in the 2020plus action programme
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26.11.2015
Prof. Dr Abdallah Malkawi (Professor of Geotechnical and Dam Engineering, Jordan University of Science and Technology)
Reclaiming the Dead Sea - Alternatives for Action
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11.06.2015
Prof Dr Dominik Godde (H2GO - Hydro, Management, Consulting)
The new sustainability protocol: thought globally, done locally - driver or brake for hydropower?

22.01.2015
Dipl.-Ing. Peter Matt (Vorarlberger Illwerke AG)
FLEXIBILITY - the role of hydropower using the example of modern pumped storage facilities such as KOPS II and OBERVERMUNTWERK II

04.12.2014
Dipl.-Ing. Gebhard Walter, Torrent and Avalanche Control, Tyrol Section
The structure register of the torrent and avalanche control organisation
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22.05.2014
Hydropower in water management framework planning
Christoph Walder, WWF Tyrol
Possibilities and limits of planning in the field of hydropower: The perspective of an NGO

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Bernhard Hofer, TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG
Water management framework plan Tyrolean Oberland - the proof of good water management order in connection with 6 large hydropower plant projects
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08.05.2014
Dipl.-Ing. Siegfried Sauermoser, Torrent and Avalanche Control, Tyrol Section
Standardisation in natural hazard management
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23.01.2014
Dipl.-Ing. Dr Helmut Habersack, Institute of Water Management, Hydrology and Hydraulic Engineering, Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, BOKU Vienna
Innovative approaches to measuring and modelling sediment transport in the context of river engineering measures
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28.11.2013
Dipl.-Ing. Karl-Heinz Spaßer, Head of Hydraulic Engineering, E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH:
On the application of a new process for the underwater installation of concrete mats
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25.04.2013
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Jürgen Neubarth, Managing Director of e3 consult OG:
Does the energy transition need new pumped storage facilities in the Alps?
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22.11.2012
Dr Sebastian Perzlmaier, TIWAG
The Platzertal reservoir as an upper stage reservoir for the TIWAG project to expand the Kaunertal power plant
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03.05.2012
Prof. Dr Ing. André Niemann, University of Duisburg-Essen
Possibilities for the subsequent utilisation of mining facilities as pumped storage plants
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29.03.2012
Dipl.-Ing. Hans Wiesenegger, Head of Department 20433 - Hydrographic State Service
Georg Raffeiner, Msc - Province of Tyrol
Operational flood forecasting in Salzburg and Tyrol
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10.11.2011
Prof. Dr Helmut Mader, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment, University of Applied Life Sciences, Vienna
"Fish passability at fish ladders"
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13.10.2011
Remigio Galàrraga Sànchez (Escuela Politécnica Nacional (EPN), Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental (DICA), Michigan Technological University)
Quito: Climate, glaciers & high lands (páramos): implications on water resources availability
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09.06.2011
DI Hubert Steiner (Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Head of the Water Management Department)
The new criteria catalogue "Hydropower in Tyrol" - development and results

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DI Georg Reitzner (ILF Beratende Ingenieure GmbH)
The hydropower potential in Tyrol - newly determined with digital tools
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16.05.2011
Dr Moazzam Ali Khan (Director of the Institute of Environmental Studies, University of Karachi, Pakistan)
Impact of climate change on the coastal areas of Pakistan / Sindh
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17.03.2011
Prof Aufleger, RA Dr Schmelz, DI Rathschüler, DI Thonhauser, DI Pliessnig, Dean Tautschnig
Process status of the Kühtai storage power plant (SKW)
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27.01.2011
DI Hanspeter Pfiffner (WALO Bertschinger AG, Switzerland)
From the practice of asphalt hydraulic engineering
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24.06.2010
DI Reinhard Giner (Bernard Ingenieure ZT GmbH)
The 114 MW Dagachhu hydropower plant in Bhutan
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22.04.2010
DI Christian Klenkhart (Klenkhart & Partner Consulting ZT Gesellschaft mbH)
Expansion of ski resorts in the field of tension of nature conservation
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21.01.2010
DI Hubert Steiner (Head of Water Management Department, Province of Tyrol)
Strategies and developments for flood prevention in Tyrol
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26.11.2009
DI Reinhard Fritzer (ILF - Consulting Engineers)
PSW Niederwartha
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02.07.2009
Dr Manfred Sallaberger (Andritz Hydro AG Zurich)
Current developments in pump turbines
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14.05.2009
Dr Christian Kramer (Lahmeyer International GmbH)
Ferrara³ - Hydraulic conditions for increasing the output of the Hintherrhein power plants
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30.04.2009
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Markus Aufleger (Head of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Innsbruck),
Dipl.-Sportwiss. Manuela Schmieder (Munich),
Dipl.-Sportwiss. Laura Sziborsky (St. Gallen)
Tilivi - Small hydropower and mountain biking in Ecuador - a small interdisciplinary aid project
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22.01.2009
Dr.-Ing. Robert Boes and Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Perzlmaier (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG)
Project SKW Kühtai II - Expansion of the TIWAG power plant group Sellrain-Silz
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27.11.2008
Dipl.-Ing. Erich Wagner (Verbund AHP), Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Hager (Hinteregger & Söhne)
Pumped storage plant Limberg II
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15.05.2008
DI Peter Weiskopf (Managing Director GKI), DI Herwig Rabitsch (Project Manager Verbund), DI Josef Hahn (Project Manager TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG)
Joint power plant Inn - Project overview
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27.03.2008
Dr Michael Spannring (Engineering office SKI GmbH + Co. KG)
Lower Salzach - An innovative rehabilitation concept
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31.01.2008
DI Dr Karl Kleemayr (Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape - Head of the Institute for Natural Hazards and Forest Border Regions)
Natural hazard research - overview and challenges
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29.11.2007
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Markus Aufleger (Head of the Department of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Innsbruck)
Inaugural lecture

25.10.2007
Dr Michael Hengl (Head of the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Hydrometeorological Testing, Federal Office for Water Management)
Bed morphological balance of watercourses
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21.06.2007
HR. DI S. Sauermoser (Forest Engineering Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control - Head of the Tyrol Section)
Torrent and avalanche protection in Tyrol
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08.03.2007
Dr.-Ing. D. Godde (Technical Managing Director E.ON Wasserkraft GmbH)
Pumped storage power plants under changed framework conditions - challenges and consequences
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08.02.2007
Prof. DI Dr.techn. P. Tschernutter (Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Engineering Hydrology, Vienna University of Technology)
Asia's largest pumped storage plant "Tianhungping - 1800 MW" - Experiences in construction and international consulting
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18.01.2007
DI Dr.techn. G. Premstaller (Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Institute of Infrastructure, University of Innsbruck)
Unsteady, three-dimensional surge analyses of the pressurised air chamber of Kops 2

Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. P. Rutschmann (Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Institute of Infraspucture, University of Innsbruck)
Flow simulations in hydraulic engineering - development, status, tendencies

22.06.2006
Dr P. von Hepperger (Office of the South Tyrolean Provincial Government, Torrent and Avalanche Control Department, Bolzano)
Retention basins in South Tyrol
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18.05.2006
DI Dr.techn. J. Wellacher (Energie Steiermark AG, Graz),
DI Dr.techn. F.J. Gruber (Energie Steiermark AG, Graz)
Repair of the Linach dam in Vöhrenbach in the Black Forest
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27.04.2006
DI. Dr.techn. D. Theiner (Merano, South Tyrol),
DI M. Zößmayr (Freienfeld-Sterzing, South Tyrol)
Computer-aided flood management using the example of the Naturno power station - South Tyrol
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19.01.2006
Dr.-Ing. W. Kron (Munich Reinsurance Company AG, Munich)
Flood damage from the insurers' point of view

01.12.2005
Dipl.-Ing. J. Aichinger (Bernard Ingenieure ZT GmbH, Hall in Tirol)
Realisation of hydropower projects in Bhutan

10.11.2005
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. T. Spobl (Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Technical University of Munich)
The effect of reservoirs on flood retention

06.10.2005
Provincial Environmental Advocate HR DI S. Riccabona (Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Innsbruck)
Utilisation of Tyrolean hydropower in the context of sustainable development (Speeches by the Tyrolean Environmental Ombudsman)

16.06.2005
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. W. Kinzelbach (Institute for Hydromechanics and Water Management, ETH Zurich)
Hydrological-hydraulic principles for the sustainable management of the Okavango Delta (Botswana)

12.05.2005
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. D. Rickenmann (Department of Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards, Institute for Alpine Natural Hazards, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna)
Torrents, debris flows and sediment transport in the mountains

28.04.2005
DI Dr.techn. W. Kühner (Office of the Salzburg Provincial Government),
DI B. Lederer (Paunstein Water Management Office)
Rehabilitation of the lower Salzach Challenges for modern hydraulic engineering

17.03.2005
DI Dr.techn. E. Pürer (Vorarlberger Illwerke AG, Schruns)
Project Kops II (Vorarlberger Illwerke AG) - Pumped storage power plant under construction

27.01.2005
DI Dr.techn. T.F. Ganz (Bavarian State Office for Water Management, Munich),
DI G. Premstaller (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, University of Innsbruck)
Wave phenomena in steep, pebbled channels

09.12.2004
SC Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. W. Stalzer (Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Vienna),
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. P. Rutschmann (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, University of Innsbruck),
cand.rer.nat. R. Stärz (Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, University of Innsbruck)
Hydraulic engineering modelling - status quo and outlook, innovative modelling technology from Innsbruck

04.11.2004
Dr G.R. Bezzola (VAW, ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Flood protection for alpine rivers. Examples from Switzerland

14.10.2004
Dr.sc.techn. S.W. Bauer (International Consultant, Wettingen, Switzerland)
The "Nam-Leuk Hydropower Project" in Laos (Asia). Putting a Hydropower-Project back on pack

13.05.2004
DI Dr.techn. A. Pepascheck (Federal Office for Water and Geology, Biel, Switzerland)
Flood prevention - Living with floods

01.04.2004
DI G. Embacher (Verbundplan GmbH, Muratli Site Office, Artvin, Turkey)
Borcka and Muratli - Construction site report on two hydropower plants in north-east Turkey

18.03.2004
DI B. Lässer (ILF consulting engineers ZT GmbH, Munich - Innsbruck)
DI A. Heinz (ILF consulting engineers ZT GmbH, Munich - Innsbruck)
Large long-distance water transport pipelines using the example of the Fujairah Water and Power Project in the United Arab Emirates

29.01.2004
Univ.-Doz DI Dr.techn. T. Molnar (Bavarian State Office for Water Management, Munich)
River basin modelling in Bavaria

15.01.2004
Univ.-Ass DI Dr.techn. R. Feurich (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, University of Innsbruck)
Basic model of sheet flow

27.11.2003
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. H. Drobir (Institute for Constructive Hydraulic Engineering, TU Vienna)
Renaturalisation of the Vienna River

30.10.2003
Dr G. Eickmann (Lahmeyer International GmbH, Bad Vibel)
Iceland: Hydropower utilisation in the Arctic Circle

26.06.2003
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. P. Rutschmann (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, University of Innsbruck)
Virtual water features - or more (entrance lecture)

22.05.2003
Dr D. Näf-Huber (Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Birmensdorf)
Numerical modelling of debris flows

10.04.2003
DI M. Schmitter (dam manager for the ÖBB dams, Innsbruck)
Monitoring of ÖBB dams

23.01.2003
Dr.-Ing. S. Emsmann (Lahmeyer International, Cairo, Egypt)
Toshka pumping station - Lake Nasr - Egypt, planning concept and realisation

12.12.2002
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. G. Schiller (Managing Director of Österr.-Bayerische Kraftwerke AG and Donaukraftwerke Jochenstein AG and Managing Director of Grenzkraftwerke GmbH)
Consequences of liberalisation for hydropower companies

21.11.2002
DI Dr R. Stern (engineering biologist, Innsbruck)
Critical comments on the application of engineering biology

13.06.2002
Dr L. Braun (Commission for Glaciology, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich)
Dipl.-Met. M. Weber (Commission for Glaciology, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich)
Glacier retreat and climate change - effects on runoff

16.05.2002
Dr R. Pollinger (Director of the Department of Water Protection Structures, Autonomous Province of Bolzano)
The flood event of autumn 2000 in South Tyrol

18.04.2002
Prof. Dr.-Ing. P. Rißler (Ruhrverband, Essen)
New developments in the safety concept of dams

21.03.2002
Dr A. Vigl (viglconsult, Schruns)
J. Schwarz (Vorarlberger Illwerke AG, Schruns)
Dr H. Nigsch (Vorarlberger Illwerke AG, Schruns)
Preliminary topic
Sediment management at medium and high-pressure hydropower plants

17.01.2002
Dr D. Godde (Hochtief Conspuction AG Civil Engineering, Power and Water Essen, Germany)
The Lesotho Highlands Water Project

13.12.2001
DI B. Fischer (Caritas International, Welthaus, Innsbruck, Austria)
Solutions for hydraulic structures in developing countries

29.11.2001
DI H. Czerny (Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Water Management and Environment, Dam Monitoring Vienna)
Bottom outlets of dams - "installed for safety reasons" or safety organs?

15.11.2001
DI T. Huber (Forestry Engineering Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control, Upper Inn Valley Regional Construction Management, Imst),
Dr G. Heissel (State Geologist, Office of the Tyrolean State Government)
The major landslide on the Starkenbach and the restoration measures of the torrent control centre

24.10.2001
DI S. A. Ploner (Authorised signatory, Head of the Water Division of Innsbrucker Kommunalbepiebe AG)
Liberalisation of the water market

07.06.2001
DI Pichler-Stainern (Villach),
OR DI H. Steiner (Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government)
Water management framework plan of Burundi, East Africa, and comparative leases with the Tyrolean region

17.05.2001
DI E. Wagner (Verbund-Elekpizitätserzeugungs GmbH, Construction Supervision Salzburg)
Renewal of the Kaprun power descent, main stage

26.04.2001
Dr.-Ing. K. Jorde (Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, Chair of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management, University of Stuttgart)
Fuzzy-logic based approaches for habitat modelling in stream ecology

22.03.2001
Dr G. Berz (Head of the Geosciences Research Group, Munich Reinsurance Company)
Flood catastrophes: loss experience, loss trends and future loss potentials

11.01.2001
o.Univ.-Prof.DI Dr. H. Wolfgang Weinmeister (Institute for Alpine Natural Hazards and Forest Engineering, Department of Torrent and Avalanche Protection, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna)
Implementation of the concept of sustainability in protection measures against natural hazards

14.12.2000
DI U. Bergmeister (Austrian Rhine Construction Manager, International Rhine Regulation, Construction Management Lustenau)
Latest developments on the Alpine Rhine

23.11.2000
DI P. Steyrer (Verbundplan, Salzburg office)
The Borcka and Muratli run-of-river power plants on the Coruh, Turkey, near the Black Sea coast

12.10.2000
Dr W. Demmer (Geologist, Bisamberg)
In co-operation with the Institute of Geotechnics and Tunnelling
Vault effects in construction geology

08.06.2000
Dr.-Ing. P. Castlunger (Engineering office for structural and civil engineering, Bruneck),
Dr.-Ing. K. Engl (Head of the wastewater treatment plant of the Middle Puster Valley)
Cavern wastewater treatment plant ARA Mittleres Pustertal - Tauferer Ahrntal - South Tyrol
Constructional and wastewater engineering peculiarities and operation experiences at the largest cavern wastewater treatment plant in Central Europe

25.05.2000
Dr.-Ing. M. Aufleger (Senior Academic Councillor and Deputy Plant Manager at the Oskar-von Miller Institute, Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Management, Obernach, TU Munich)
Fibre-optic temperature measurements in hydraulic engineering

13.04.2000
BR h.c. DI Dr.Dr.h.c. W. Pircher (Honorary President of the International Commission on Dams and Reservoirs (ICOLD))
The South-East Anatolia Project in Turkey. Hydraulic engineering and water management on the Euphrates and Tigris rivers

23.03.2000
HR DI J. Heumader (Torrent and Avalanche Control, Regional Construction Management Upper Inn Valley, Imst)
Torrent control in Taiwan

20.01.2000
DI S. Palt (Institute for Water Management and Cultural Engineering, TU Karlsruhe)
Hydropower utilisation in the Himalayas - natural measurements of sediment transport

18.11.1999
Dr J. Mangelsdorf (Bavarian State Office for Water Management, Munich)
Basic water morphological investigations on the lower Salzach

14.10.1999
Event in co-operation with ICOLD Austria:
BR DI H. Döpper (Verbundplan GmbH, Salzburg),
Director DI R. Petter (SpABAG Bauholding Österreich, Linz),
DI Dr P. Tschernutter (Ziv.-Ing. Klagenfurt),
DI Dr H. Schwab (Tiwag - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG, Innsbruck),
BR DI Dr.Dr.h.c. H. Lauffer (Innsbruck)

Austrian hydropower technology - national and international
Döpper-Petter: Hydropower expansion in Turkey - A challenge for Auspian Hydropower Professionals
Tschernutter: Examples of asphalt concrete sealing abroad with Engineering pansfer
Schwab: Innovative construction methods at the Langkampfen power plant
Lauffer: Inadequate recording of the displacement deformations of dam walls when applying the superposition of different loads, which is usually inadmissible for rock slopes

20.05.1999
DI W. Kutzschbach (Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Department of Water Management, Innsbruck),
DI J. Pinzer (Office of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Department of Water Management, Innsbruck),
DI G. Pokorny (ILF beratende Ingenieure ZT GmbH, Innsbruck),
DI E. Bublik ("Gruppe Wasser" Innsbruck),
DI H.R. Rezabek ("Gruppe Wasser" Vienna),
cand. Mag.rer.nat. R. Stärz (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)

EDP in hydraulic engineering, practical application examples
Kutzschbach: the water management database of the province of Tyrol
Pinzer: The architecture of the water management database
Pinzer: Stationary pipe network calculation using the FE method for water supply systems
Pokorny: Visualisation of transient flow processes in pipeline systems
Bublik - Rezabek: The use of geographic information systems (GIS) using the example of an environmental impact assessment (EIA)
Stärz: Realistic data visualisation and animation

29.04.1999
MR Univ.-Prof. Dr F. Nobilis (MR in the BmfLuF, Head of the Hydrographic Cenpal Office, Vienna)
Estimation of extreme floods

25.03.1999
Dr D. Godde (Hochtief International Projects Division, Essen, Germany)
The construction of the Xiaolangdi Dam on the Yellow River, China. Special features of the river diversion and the underground sealing

21.01.1999
Dr.-Ing. F.v. Raumer (Kirchzarten, Germany)
Ubol Ratana Dam, Thailand. Adaptation to floods caused by cyclones

10.12.1998
MR DI R. Melbinger (BmfLuF, Section IV - Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering, Vienna)
The monitoring of dams in Austria. No problem in the future either

20.11.1998
Seminar IWI, Caritas Innsbruck and IWI Förderverein
Sustainable utilisation of water resources in developing countries - technical, socio-economic and ecological aspects

29.10.1998
Dr.-Ing. F. Negrassus (Lahmeyer International Ingenieurgesellschaft, Water and Hydropower Division)
Allai Khwar hydropower project in Pakistan

18.06.1998
DI Dr.techn. B. Hofer (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkarft AG, Innsbruck)
DI J. Hahn (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkarft AG, Innsbruck)
DI G. Himmel (Waagner Biro, Vienna)
Train segments Inn power station Langkampfen, TIWAG

28.05.1998
DI H. Erber (Donauconsult, Vienna),
Ch. Moritz (Arge Limnologie, Innsbruck)

Regulation of the Großache in Kirchdorf, Tyrol
Erber: Hydraulic engineering aspects of the regulation
Moritz: The protective hydraulic engineering project from an ecological point of view

02.04.1998
DI E. Wagner (Verbund-Elekpizitätserzeugungs GmbH, Structural Monitoring Salzburg)
Sedimentation and desedimentation of high mountain reservoirs

12.03.1998
Di H. Brunold (STEWEAG, Graz)
Modern foil technology in hydraulic engineering

29.01.1998
Dr R. Oppermann (Federal Institute of Hydrology, Berlin)
The Oder Flood 1997

11.12.1997
DI Ch. Klenkhart (Civil engineer for forestry and timber industry, Innsbruck),
Ao.Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. F. Schöberl (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)
Problem case Lech
Klenkhart: Pansport processes and bedload balance of the Lech tributaries in Tyrol; surveys as part of the Lech study
Schöberl: Problem case Lech, morphology and bedload balance on the test bench

13.11.1997
DI H. Tafatsch (Verbundplan GmbH, Birecik Site Office)
Euphrates - Birecik power plant, Turkey

25.09.1997
60th birthday celebration Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. Scheuerlein (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)
Hydraulic engineering - visions for the next millennium

12.06.1997
Univ.-Prof. Dr.techn. P. Ergenzinger (Free University of Berlin, Institute of Geographical Sciences, Department of Physical Geography)
Wild waters - stable rocks
Fluvial geomorphology of torrents

15.05.1997
DI Dr.techn. H. Kreuzer (Colenco-Eng.Cons. AG, Switzerland)
Construction technology and construction phases of dams in roller-compacted concrete (RCC)

17.04.1997
DI H. Paschen (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammensrbeit (GTZ) GmbH, Eschborn, Germany)
Effects of large dams on land use in the catchment area
(illustrated by the example of Qued Mina, Algeria)

20.03.1997
DI E. Failer (Lahmeyer International GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany, engineering consortium)
Hydropower development in Iran

16.01.1997
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. D. Gutknecht (TU Vienna, Institute for Hydraulics, Hydrology and Water Management)
Runoff generation, aspects of process-oriented modelling

28.11.1996
Vorst.-Dir. DI Dr.techn. H. Hönlinger (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG, Innsbruck)
Liberalisation of the electricity market, consequences for hydropower

15.11.1996
Seminar IWI, ÖIAV and IWI Förderverein
Monitoring, maintenance and modernisation of hydropower plants in Tyrol

17.10.1996
Baudir. DI K. Leitner (Österreichische Donaukraftwerke AG, Vienna)
Constructive aspects of the Danube power plant Freudenau

20.06.1996
Head Director DI Dr.techn. H. Kaupa (Österreichische Donaukraftwerke AG, Vienna),
Ass.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. F. Schöberl (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)
Kaupa: Environmental aspects of the construction of the Danube power plant Freudenau
Schöberl: Problem case Lech, results of the regional study Lech-Außerfern

23.05.1996
Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Knauss (TU Munich, Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering, Oskar-von-Miller-Institute, Obernach)
Ancient hydraulic engineering in Greece
Prehistoric meliorations in the karst basins of Greece - the oldest large hydraulic structures in Europe

18.04.1996
BOR DI H. Barnikel (Bavarian Water Management Administration, Rosenheim Water Management Office)
Environmentally friendly hydraulic engineering - possibilities and limits

14.03.1996
Vorst.-Dir. BR DI Dr.techn. W. Pircher (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG)
Blasting and restoration of the Peruca dam in Croatia

18.01.1996
HR DI J. Hopf (Forest Engineering Service for Torrent and Avalanche Control, Tyrol Section)
Erosion and torrent problems in poplar and semi-arid countries, illustrated by case studies

14.12.1995
Dr.-Ing. H. Brühl (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) Frankfurt)
River stabilisation measures on the Brahmapupa in Bangla Desh

23.11.1995
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. H. Scheuerlein (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)
The "Three Gorges Project" on the Yangtzekiang in China

20.10.1995
Seminar IWI and ÖWAV
Natural bed stabilisation in flowing waters

12.10.1995
Prof. Dr.-Ing. G. A. Schultz (Ruhr-University Bochum)
Hydrological modelling with the aid of remote sensing data and geographic information systems

22.06.1995
Dipl.-Biol. Dr U. Schmedtje (Bavarian State Office for Water Management, Munich),
DI Dr.techn. K. päbing (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, TU Darmstadt)
Residual water problems
Schmedtje: On the importance of near-bottom flow and discharge dynamics in diversion reservoirs
päbing: Analysis of the ecomorphological parameters of watercourses with the aid of fuzzy logic

11.05.1995
Dr.-Ing. P. Rissler (Head of the Reservoir Department of the Ruhrverband)
Recent considerations on the stability and serviceability of old quarrystone gravity walls

06.04.1995
Univ.-Prof. Dr G. Patzelt (Institute for High Mountain Research, Innsbruck)
The post-glacial development of alluvial cones and valley bottom areas in Tyrolean mountain valleys

09.03.1995
Dr.-Ing. R. Bonhage (Head of the International Hydropower Project Division, Elekpowatt Ing.-Unternehmung AG, Zurich)
The Egiin hydropower plant in Mongolia

19.01.1995
Ass.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. F. Schöberl (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)
Inn Bridge Kufstein - Reconstruction of scour development and verification of river stabilisation measures by means of hydraulic model tests

15.12.1994
Dr A. Keller (Research Institute for Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management at the Technical University of Munich, Obernach)
Cavitation in hydraulic engineering structures - New scale laws for the transfer of model test results to large-scale construction

17.11.1994
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. H. Bergmann (TU Graz, Institute for Hydromechanics, Hydraulics and Hydrology)
Selection and determination of the design flood in flood protection

13.10.1994
Dr.-Ing. C. Linder (ELS Leonberg, Germany)
Planning of irrigation systems overseas

09.06.1994
DI Brunner (Spatial planner at the TU Vienna on behalf of Dr R. Christian, Director of the National Park Donau-Auen Bepiebsgesellschaft)
Lecture topic
The future of the Danube downstream of Vienna
Energy source - shipping fun - national park?

19.05.1994
Dr M. B. Liska (Water Management Administration Bratislava, Slovakia)
The Gabcikovo hydropower plant on the Danube - experience in operation with special consideration of ecological aspects

14.04.1994
DI Dr E. Fleischhacker (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkraft AG),
Ass.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. F. Schöberl (Institute for Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)
LectureLecture topic
Fleischhacker: Solution approaches for a future-orientated water management concept
Schöberl: Inn Bridge Kufstein - Reconstruction of scour development and verification of river stabilisation measures with the aid of hydraulic model tests

17.03.1994
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. G. H. Schmitz (Institute for Hydrology and Meteorology, TU Dresden)
Water management project management in the Sultanate of Oman

21.01.1994
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. H. Scheuerlein (Institute of Hydraulic Engineering, Innsbruck)
Water blessing - water distress
The engineer as mediator between man and nature

16.12.1993
Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Knauss (Research Centre for Hydraulic Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, Oskar-von-Miller-Institute, Obernach)
Driftwood catches in torrents

18.11.1993
DI Dr.techn. H.-P. Hack (Innwerk AG)
Ecological integration of hydropower plants. Experiences from the long-term operation of the Inn barrages

28.10.1993
Univ.-Prof. Dr M. Kuhn (Institute for Meteorology and Geophysics, Innsbruck)
The consequences of global warming for the water balance of the Alps

24.06.1993
DI Dr.techn. H. Drobir (TIWAG - Tiroler Wasserkarft AG)
Langkampfen power station on the Inn (TIWAG) - project planning, constructional features, ecological aspects

13.05.1993
DI Dr.techn. E. Pürer (Vorarlberger Illwerke AG),
DI Dr.techn. L. Wagner (Vorarlberger Kraftwerke AG)
Planning and realisation of the hydropower plant Alberschwende of Vorarlberger Kraftwerke AG

22.04.1993
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Th. Spobl (Chair of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, TU Munich)
New developments in the field of underground and dam sealing

25.03.1993
Seminar
Univ.-Prof. Dr M. Jungwirth, Dr S. Muhar, DI S. Schmutz (Department of Hydrobiology, Fisheries Management and Aquaculture of the Institute of Water Conservation, Water Quality and Fisheries Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna)
Fish ecology and hydropower plants
Jungwirth: Fish ecology problems in connection with hydropower plants
Muhar: The situation of Austria's large watercourses
Schmutz: Fish ladders (FAH) as compensatory measures

04.03.1993
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. H. W. Weinmeister (Institute for Torrent and Avalanche Control, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna)
New ways in torrent stabilisation

21.01.1993
Ass.-Prof. Dr.techn. R. Kirnbauer (Institute of Hydraulics, Water Management and Hydrology, Vienna University of Technology)
Are snowmelt floods unpredictable?

17.12.1992
DI Dr.techn. M. Herzog (Engineering office Aarau, Switzerland)
On the pag behaviour of dams

19.11.1992
Univ.-Prof. DI Dr.techn. G. Heigerth (TU Graz, Institute for Water Management and Constructive Hydraulic Engineering)
Special features in the hydraulic design and dimensioning of highly stressed piebald waterways

22.10.1992
Univ.-Prof. Dr O. Pregl (Institute of Geotechnics, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna)
Soil mechanical problems with underground pipelines