Björn Helm
© K. Lassig – TU Dresden
Research Associate
NameBjörn Helm (Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Hydrol.)
Head of Urban Hydrology Research Group
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| 10/2002 - 09/2007 | Hydrology studies TU Dresden |
| 10/2004 - 03/2005 | Semster abroad Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) |
| 04/2004 - 03/2009 | Water Management studies TU Dresden |
| 04/2005 - 07/2005 | internship École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (France) |
| 09/2007 |
Diploma theis Hydrology: Implications of changing boundary conditions on urban water management planning - a case study on river catchment scale |
| 02/2008 -10/2008 | Project collaboration: Water and salt transport in irrigated arid soils (DAAD funded) Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Mendoza (Argentinien) |
| since 11/2008 | Research Fellow at the Chair of Urban Water Management, TU Dresden Project collaboration: IWAS Ukraine (BMBF funded) UWRM (Helmholtz Assoc. funded) |
| 03/2009 | Diploma thesis Water Management: Modeling of Water and Mass Transport Dynamics for an Irrigated Arid Site |
| since 04/2014 | Head of the Urban Hydrology Research Group |
- statistical analysis of water quality data: variability in time, space and during events
- integrated modelling and evaluation of urban water management systems
- model based optimization of water management systems
- modelling of water and matter budget of small and mesoscale catchments
- integration of geodata in hydroloical / water management tasks
| 02/2008 - 10/2008 | water and mass transport dynamics of an irrigated arid site (DAAD funded) |
| 11/2008 - 09/2013 |
IWAS Ukraine: Integrated Water Resources Management for the improvement of water quality in Western Bug river basin (BMBF funded) |
| 10/2013 - 03/2014 |
UWRM Urban Water Resources Management (Helmholtz society funded) UWRM within the Helmholtz Water Network |
| since 04/2014 | regular staff position |
scientific development and support of subprojects and work packages in the following projects:
Lectures on:
- stromwater management
- rainfall-runoff processes
- mass balances on catchment scale
- integrated water ressources management (including a one semester modelling module)
- evaluation of receiving water impacts
- decentralized water mangement tools and concepts
Supervision of
- over 50 diploma, bachelor and master theses
- over 15 semester and annual student research projects
- exercises and reports in the fields of urban water management and IWRM