The 2024 doctoral seminar of the GDCh Construction Chemistry Division took place in Aachen from 26 to 28 August 2024. Details on the venue, topics, registration documents and costs can be found in this Flyer.

Organisation & Implementation
Nils Münstermann, Prof. Dr. Oliver Weichold
RWTH Aachen University

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The Construction Chemistry 2023 doctoral seminar took place on the grounds of the European Youth Education and Meeting Centre in Weimar. Nine doctoral students used this opportunity to exchange scientific ideas and present their doctoral topics. In addition to the scientific exchange, the programme included a barbecue evening, an afternoon walk to famous Bauhaus sites, a visit to the "Schmale Handtuch" (a Weimar institution where beer has been tapped for thirsty people - including many students - for more than 100 years) and a guided tour of the laboratories of the Chair of Construction Chemistry and Polymeric Materials, which are equipped with state-of-the-art testing and analysis technology.

Organisation & Implementation
Dr.-Ing. Stephan Partschefeld, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andrea Osburg
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

Photo: S. Partschefeld

The aim of the microscopy seminars organised by the Construction Chemistry Division is to teach and apply qualitative and quantitative microscopic techniques to mineral raw materials, cement clinker, ceramics, binders, admixtures, concretes, mortars and composite systems.

2022: Flyer/Programme

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Programme

Following the successful events in Weimar from 2007 to 2011, the Construction Chemicals specialist group was once again able to offer a seminar this year from 11-13 May at the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences.-In addition to a visit to the Sika headquarters in Stuttgart and a tour of the Stuttgart 21 construction site, the focus of the 2.5-day meeting was the seminar with specialist presentations on the participants' current research topics.Following the presentations, there was time for an intensive exchange between the participants and with the supervising professors. In the concluding workshop, in addition to the first steps after the doctorate, career planning and application, the current tension between academic work and taking on teaching duties during the doctorate was also discussed and discussed with Dr Saskia Oehmichen as a representative. Saskia Oehmichen as a representative of the "NextStep" platform of the German Construction Chemistry Association.

Organisation & Implementation
Prof. Dr Karsten Schubert (Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences)
Prof. Dr Friedlinde Götz-Neunhoeffer (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg & Chair of the Construction Chemistry specialist group).