New Master's theses
For Autumn Semester 2024
Students who are interested in writing their Master's thesis at the Chair for Hydraulic Engineering at VAW are asked to fill external pagethis formcall_made by 12.05.2024.
We keep a list of interested students and will communicate the acceptances by Wednesday, 15.05.2024 the latest. Later applications are also possible, though the range of available topics may be limited.
Topics marked with ** are conducted under external supervision. For topics marked with * or ** is it required to get in touch with the responsible contact person given in the topic description (to get to know each other and to clarify questions) by 06.05.2024 .
Additional information for Civil Engineering: If you are planning to continue your project work as a Master's thesis in the following semester, please ask the contact persons for the respective topics directly. For some suitable topics, you will find further information at the end of the topic description. In general, only research-oriented topics can be continued as a Master's thesis.
Master's theses in cooperation with the institute of snow and avalanche research SLF, Davos on request, directly at external pageSLFcall_made.
Student theses related to glaciology are listed seperately.
Research oriented
- Download vertical_align_bottom Dam breach outflows at strongly silted reservoirs* (PDF, 349 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Enhancing flood loss modelling: DEM data and ML in subgrid-scale modelling* (PDF, 292 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom CFD simulation of flow over lateral diversion structures* (PDF, 188 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Effect of flood inundation on endangered lichen in a dynamic riparian habitat* (PDF, 246 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Role of flow regime characteristics on biogeomorphic patterns in the Po River* (PDF, 193 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Vegetation dynamics in a regulated gravel bed river* (PDF, 424 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Dynamic river widening and particle transport* (PDF, 316 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Engineered logjams in mobile bed: physical scale modelling* (PDF, 257 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Modeling impulse waves due to glacier calving* (PDF, 218 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Advancing sediment management of reservoirs: Sensor evaluation for real-time monitoring* (PDF, 321 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Initiating and maintaining morphodynamic processes in river widenings* (PDF, 197 KB)
Practice oriented
- Download vertical_align_bottom Ice Control Structure at the Sihl River: Study of the effect of gate position and of predictive factors for ice jam (PDF, 335 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Restoration of fish passage at a historic weir in the city of Zurich** (PDF, 320 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Block ramp design for upstream fish passage* (PDF, 341 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Modell- und Feldversuche zur Optimierung der Kolkbildung an Blocksteinriegeln* (PDF, 352 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Erhöhung eines Steinschüttdamms zur Vergrösserung der Speicherkapazität (PDF, 297 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Development of turbulent Eddies-based behavioral fish Guidance System (EGS) for safe fish passage at hydropower intakes* (PDF, 207 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Investigation of hydroabrasion at Mud Mountain Sediment Bypass Tunnel, USA* (PDF, 255 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Erschliessung von neuen Wasserkraftpotenzialen durch Ausbauten und Erweiterungen von Druckstollen in Triebwassersystemen (PDF, 225 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Kasumigaura and Teganuma: Improvement of the lake and marsh environment** (PDF, 207 KB)
- Download vertical_align_bottom Imanoura river: Improvement of aquatic habitat in a local urban area** (PDF, 220 KB)