Benjamin Jacobs and Maike Offer participate at the "Fachsektionstagung Geotechnik - Interdisziplinäres Forum" with a focus on Soil Mechanics, Rock Mechanics, Engineering Geology and Environmental Geotechnics from 12.-13. September 2023 in Würzburg.… [weiterlesen]

Mateja Jemec Auflič joined the TUM Landslide Research Group as a postdoctoral researcher from Geological Survey of Slovenia from June to September. She was awarded the Climate and Seismic Controls of Future Rockfall Activity in the Calcareous Alps of… [weiterlesen]

Philipp Gewalt joined the TUM Landslide Research Group as a PhD student working on historic debris flow activity. He finished his B.Sc. in Geosciences at TUM and LMU and his M.Sc. in Geosciences at the University of Tübingen.   His research interest… [weiterlesen]

When is a rock slope going to fail? Forecasting the time of an imminent slope failure is still a very challenging task, even with constantly improving monitoring techniques. How can we get reliable prospective forecasts despite the diverse geology… [weiterlesen]

The TUM Landslide Research Group participated at the European Conference on Permafrost from 18th to 22nd June 2023 which was held in the picturesque village of Puigcerdà nestled in the Spanish Pyrenees. The conference focused on permafrost research,… [weiterlesen]

After a long winter in the higher altitudes this year and quite unfavourable weather conditions at the summit, we could finally make it to the summit this Monday. We finished important work like changing batteries, maintaining the early warning… [weiterlesen]

The five fastet runners of the team Landsliders reached a time of 02:05:18 over 5.5km. Many thanks to the TUM:Jungeakademie for organising this great event, which was a complete success despite the persistent rain.   See you next year at the… [weiterlesen]

From 4th to 5th of April 2023, the partners of the Interreg Alpine Space project "X-RISK-CC" held the first face-to-face meeting in Bolzano, Italy. Michael Krautblatter, Theresa Frimberger, and Daniel Straub (TUM Engineering Risk Analysis) travelled… [weiterlesen]

We are taking part at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna from April 23-29. Find more information here. We are presenting the following topics: EGU23-15426 | Posters on site | NH3.5 Towards Integrating Rockwall Retreat… [weiterlesen]

For our most recent project, we have pushed the limits of rock sampling in a tunnel: We used a chainsaw to collect large rock probes that could not be obtained using traditional techniques. Combined with core drilling, we collected a large number of… [weiterlesen]