Current Research Projects

A list of research projects of our department are itemized below. If available you can find more details by selecting the specific project:

• KIWA
  Funding by: BMBF
  April 2021 - March 2024

• HoWa-innovativ
  Funding by: BMBF
  August 2018 - October 2021

• VAMOS II
  Funding by: DFG
  2019 - 2022

• VEREINT
  Funding by: BMU
  December 2016 - November 2019

• Multirisk
  Funding by: BMBF
  July 2018 - January 2019

• KliWES 2
  Funding by: LfULG
  July 2018 - June 2019

• HW2020: Prototype LHWZ synergy model
  Funding by: LfULG
  August 2017 - December 2018

• HUeBro: House lifting in the flood-prone area of the Elbe village Brockwitz
  Funding by: BMUB
  April 2017 - March 2019

• EXTRUSO - Extreme events in small and meso scale catchments
  Funding by: ESF
  2016 - 2019
• Efficient nonlinear model reduction for improved predictive uncertainty quantification and optimal design of monitoring networks in coupled groundwater-surface water systems
  Funding: DFG (German Research Foundation)
  Since 2015
• Development of deterministic and data driven methods for hydrological forecasts in small, partly unobserved catchments
  Funding by: LfULG
  2014 - 2015
• Combining novel monitoring techniques with modelling and optimal sensor placement for more reliable prediction of river - groundwater exchange fluxes
  Funding: International Bureau of the BMBF, Germany, and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand
  Since 2014
• SAPHIR - Saxonian Platform for high Performance Irrigation
  funded by: ESF
  since 2012 - 2014
• International Water Research Alliance Saxony - model region Middle East (Oman)
  funded by: BMBF
  since 2009 - 2012
• KliWES: Estimation of the effects of forecasted climate change on the water and matter balance of reservoirs and rivers in Saxony - section water balance
  funded by: LfULG
  since 2008
• Development and Testing of an Integrated Regional Climate Change Adaptation Programme for the Model Region of Dresden
  funded by: BMBF
  since 2008 - 2012
• Flood forecasting for fast responding catchments including uncertainty
  funded by: DFG
  since 2007
• Hydrological Modelling of Water and Solute Transport in the Interacting Vadose Zone-Saturated Zone
  funded by: BMBF
  since 2007
• Multi-criteria optimization of planning and operation of irrigation systems including the local rainfall characteristics with a special focus on sustainability
  funded by: DFG
  since 2007
• HWRESA: Development of new flood statistics for Saxony using a combined analysis of meteorological and hydrological data at regional scale
  funded by: LTV
  2007 - 2011
• HORIX: Development of an online operational system for flood risk management, taking forecast uncertainty into consideration
  funded by: BMBF
  2005 - 2008
• VERIS-Elbe: Climate change and management of extreme flood event risks in large river basins – examples taken from the Elbe River
  funded by: BMBF
  2005 - 2008
• FLOODsite - Integrated Flood Risk Analysis and Management Methodologies
  funded by: EU Förderung (Floodsite)
  2004 - 2007
• Estimation of soil hydraulic parameters with hydrodynamic numerical methods and artifical neural networks
  funded by: DFG
  2001 - 2006
• Using artificial neural networks as a basis for decision-making in operational and planning water management measures
  funded by: BMBF
  2002 - 2006
• Generalization and Application of the Exact Analytic Solution of the 2D Vertical Groundwater Flow Problem
  funded by: DFG
  2002 - 2006
• Tracer hydrological and chemical isotope analysis of residence time of soil and groundwater coupled with balance based runoff component analysis in the catchments "Große Ohe" and the drinking water reservoir Frauenau in the national park Bayerischer Wald. Part of project: "Water and solute balance in a changing landscape in the national park Bayerischer Wald" ("Wasser- und Stoffhaushalt einer sich verändernden Naturlandschaft im Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald") (HTO 33-7)
  funded by: Freistaat Bayern
  2002-2005
• Modelling Flow and Sediment Transport Phenomena for Improved Furrow Irrigation.
  funded by: VW Stiftung
  2002 - 2005
• Hydrodynamic - analytical Model of flash floods in arid areas
  funded by: MSRT
  2001 - 2005
• Optimizing Irrigation Efficiency with Physically Based Modeling and Artificial Neuronal Networks
  funded by: DFG
  1999 - 2005
• Determination, adaption and testing of soil hydraulic similarity for a physically-based modelling of soil water transport on watershed scale
  funded by: Women in Science TU Dresden
  2002 - 2004
• Hydrological Water Balance Modelling of Agricultural Watersheds
  funded by: DAAD
  2001 - 2004
• Isotope hydrological Investigations to explore the flow paths and transit times of saline deposits in the Unstrut river
  funded by: BMBF
  2001 - 2004
• Examination of model parameters to calculate nitrogen transport in the unsaturated soil
  funded by: DFG Graduiertenkolleg
  2000 - 2003
• Modelling the Transport of conservative Tracers in Unsaturated Soil Regarding the Natural Variability of Soils
  funded by: DFG Graduiertenkolleg
  1998 - 2001
• Potential effects of environment changes to the flowpaths and transit times of runoff components and the nitrogen leaching in solid rock areas of the river “Elbe”
  funded by: BMBF
  1998 - 2001
• The regime of surface and subsurface water in the Elbe floodplain forests as a basis for preservation and rehabilitation of the Elbe floodplain forests
  funded by: BMBF
  1998 - 2001
• Physically based modelling of ground water movement at catchment scale with stochastic parameters for describing the variability of soil hydraulic characteristics
  funded by: DFG
  1996 - 1998
• Regional analysis and modelling of groundwater runoff components from small catchments in solid rock areas
  funded by: DFG
  1993 - 1997