GRK 450:  Natural Disasters

• Subject Area: Geology and Palaeontology ; Construction Engineering and Architecture ; Computer Science ; Mathematics ; Condensed Matter Physics ; Water Research ; Economics
• Term: from 1998 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 272489

The focus of the research training group is to endow the participants with the ability to understand and evaluate the relevant relationships of natural disasters. Additionally, the graduates should be able to propose and implement adequate solutions needed for an optimal disaster management and to cooperate with experts of different disciplines. For this purpose the knowledge of the participants of different disciplines has to be put on a broad basis. Their training consists of a common compulsory programme as well as of individually chosen lectures and courses. The research programme comprises a variety of questions relevant for natural disasters. The entire chain of effects of natural disasters from understanding and prediction of natural hazards to risk assessment and damage reduction measures is considered, where also economic and social aspects are taken into account. Up to date methods of mathematics and informatics - their development, application, and validation - are one main focus of the programme.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) ; Campus Süd (aufgelöst)
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr.-Ing. Fritz Gehbauer
• Participating Researchers: Dr.-Ing. Andreas Bieberstein; Professor Dr.-Ing. Hans-Peter Bähr; Professor Dr. Jacques Calmet; Professor Dr. Kurt A. Czurda; Professor Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Dillmann; Professor Dr. Franz Fiedler; Professor Dr. Christian Hipp; Professor Gerhard H. Jirka, Ph.D. (†); Professor Dr. Christoph Kottmeier; Professor Dr.-Ing. Franz Nestmann; Professor Dr.-Ing. Bodo Ruck; Professorin Dr. Doris Stüben; Professorin Dr. Ute Werner