01/24 | Handover of the ThIWert 2.0 funding decision on January 22, 2024
On January 22th, Economics Minister of Thuringia Wolfgang Tiefensee, together with the new Head of the Innovation Promotion Department of the TMWWDG, Dr. Sebastian Stark, presented the "Thuringian Innovation Centre for Recyclable Materials" (ThIWert) with a grant of 6.4 million Euros in Nordhausen. This financial contribution underlines the state's support for innovative research and development in the field of recycling management in Thuringia. In this context, Prof. Wudtke was introduced as the new head of the innovation center.
10/23 | Presentation „Nachhaltigkeit in der Geotechnik - Deponiebau“
Prof. Wudtke gave a lecture entitled "Nachhaltigkeit in der Geotechnik - Deponiebau" (Sustainability in geotechnics - landfill construction) on October 26th, 2023 at the Nordhausen 2023 Resource Forum on the campus of Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences.
The lecture presents planning and approval procedures for landfill construction measures, tools for analyzing the carbon footprint of a landfill and how to improve it.
The content of the presentation can be described by the following headings:
1. Definition of "sustainability"
2. International classification - Agenda 2030
3. National classification
4. Federal Climate Protection Act
5. Regulations
6. Life cycle of a landfill
7. Example: Global scarcity of resources
8. Conclusion and summary
09/23 | Paper „Zur Bewertung der Nachhaltigkeit einer Deponie“
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gunnar Heibrock, from Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, gave a presentation on September 13th, 2023 at the 10th Environmental Geotechnics Symposium, in Congress Centrum Würzburg on the paper "Zur Bewertung der Nachhaltigkeit einer Deponie" (On the evaluation of the sustainability of a landfill).
In this paper, based on a clarification of the meaning of the term sustainability, is presented and applied as an example a proposal for a systematic approach to assessing the sustainability of a landfill or its components.
Other authors of the article are Dr.-Ing. Hanna Viefhaus (REMONDIS Production GmbH), Carsten Lesny (Asmus + Prabucki Ingenieure GmbH), Andreas Witzsche (Ingenieurbüro Roth & Partner GmbH) and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert-Balthasar Wudtke (Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences).
04/23 | Prof. Wudtke becomes new Professor of Geotechnics at Nordhausen Uni-versity of Applied Sciences
At the start of the 2023 summer semester, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert-B. Wudtke takes over the Chair of Geotechnics at Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences.
