Björn Helm
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
Supervised theses:
- Krusche, Leonard
- Dipl.-Hydrol. Björn Helm
- Dipl. Hydr. Dipl.-Forst-Ing. (FH) Jörg Seegert
- Prof. Dr. sc. techn. Peter Krebs
"Die Wasserrahmenrichtlinie der EU fordert bis 2015 das Erreichen eines guten ökologischen
Zustandes für die europäischen Gewässer. In Deutschland erreichen zur Zeit
85 Prozent der Oberflächengewässer einen guten chemischen Zustand. Die Werra erfüllt
auf Grund erhöhter Salzkonzentrationen nicht diese Anforderungen. Die Belastung
entsteht dabei vor allem durch Emissionen der Kalisalz-Industrie.
Zum besseren Verständnis der Quellen und Dynamik der Belastung, soll ein Modell
des Wasser- und Salzhaushaltes der Werra entwickelt werden. Auf dieser Basis werden
die Rahmenbedingungen für kritische Belastungszustände herausgearbeitet und
die Auswirkung von Handlungsoptionen zur Verbesserung der Situation bewertet. Dabei
sollen insbesondere die Interessen der unterschiedlichen Stakeholder reflektiert
werden."