Prof. Dr. Clemens Hübler and Prof. Dr. Michael Kraus gave their inaugural lectures at TU Darmstadt / Civil and Environmental Engineering 5. February 2025. But first our former colleague Prof. Dr. Jens Schneider – now president TU Vienna – introduced his thoughts on the need of technical universities: „Why Technical Universities are needed – the 7T“.

Clemens Hübler followed with his introducing speech „How digitalization and AI can help us get a grip on ageing infrastructure“. The session was closed with Michael Kraus speech: „Structural design paradigms – why the structural design servant is a visionary by tradition“