Fields of Research

Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering

• Soil improvements
• Soil dynamics
• Soil liquefaction
• Soil behaviour and constitutive models
• Experimental soil investigations
• Geotechnics of historical buildings
• Interpretation of CPTs
• Micromechanical analysis of soil structure
• Slope stability
• Surface mining issues

Applied Geology

• Usage of natural stones as historical building material
• Weathering of natural stones, damages to natural stones
• Conservation of stones
• Mineralogical investigation of historical mortars
• Weathering of stones due to salts in nature and on buildings
• Methods of desalination in porous building material