Doctorates
Ongoing doctoral theses aligned with research foci at VAW.
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- Movement behaviour of Brown trout parr during simulated hydropeaking (Robert Nauscher)
- Electrified Fish Protection Structures for Safe Downstream Fish Passage at Water Intakes (Anita Moldenhauer)
- Sustainable Storage Hydropower for a Resilient Future Energy System (Sudesh Dahal)
- Assessment of the Remaining Useful Life of Pelton Turbines (Maxim Chiarelli)
- Advanced Bypass System for Downstream Migration of European Key Umbrella Fish Species (ABSYS) (Maximilian Kastinger)
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- Safe Design of Hydraulic Structures for High Energy Air-Water Flows (SAFAIR - part A) (Simone Pagliara)
- Composite Modelling of Dam Breaching Due to Overtopping (Mathew Halso)
- Assessment of the Remaining Useful Life of Pelton Turbines (Maxim Chiarelli)
- Advanced Bypass System for Downstream Migration of European Key Umbrella Fish Species (ABSYS) (Maximilian Kastinger)
- Integrated Distributed Fiber Optics Monitoring System (IDFOMS) for Levees (Alessio Höttges)
![eco- and etho-hydraulics](/en/research/doctorates/_jcr_content/par/accordion/accordionitem_516621109/par/textimage/image.imageformat.textsingle.1002982693.jpg)
- Movement behaviour of Brown trout parr during simulated hydropeaking (Robert Nauscher)
- Electrified Fish Protection Structures for Safe Downstream Fish Passage at Water Intakes (Anita Moldenhauer)
- Advanced Bypass System for Downstream Migration of European Key Umbrella Fish Species (ABSYS) (Maximilian Kastinger)
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- Bed Stabilization of Steep Mountain Streams with Man-made Step-pool Sequences (Fiona Maager)
- Stability of Alpine Rivers (Yannick Marschal)
- Characterization of Englacial Water Pocket Outburst Floods in the Swiss Alps by Combining Both Modelling and Field-based Approaches (Christoph Ogier)
- Machine Learning Aided ForecastIng of Drought Related Extremes (MaLeFiX) (Aaron Cremona)
- Integrated Distributed Fiber Optics Monitoring System (IDFOMS) for Levees (Alessio Höttges)
- Understanding the Impact of Rapid Glacier Retreat on Landslide and Tsunami Risk in South-central Alaska (Jane Walden)
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- Experimental Investigation of Channelised Subglacial Flow and Till Dynamics (LEAD) (Simon Jung)
- Machine Learning Aided ForecastIng of Drought Related Extremes (MaLeFiX) (Aaron Cremona)
- 21st century evolution of small glaciers and their impact on regional hydrology in the Himalayas (Alexandra von der Esch)
![glacier-meachnics-and-seismology](/en/research/doctorates/_jcr_content/par/accordion/accordionitem_1411181965/par/textimage/image.imageformat.textsingle.1971390098.jpg)
- Experimental Investigation of Channelised Subglacial Flow and Till Dynamics (LEAD) (Simon Jung)
- Characterization of Englacial Water Pocket Outburst Floods in the Swiss Alps by Combining Both Modelling and Field-based Approaches (Christoph Ogier)
- Surface nuclear magnetic resonance for investigating subglacial processes (Laura Gabriel)