Address:
Office: ul. Akademicka 5, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Phone: +48 32 237 2873
E-mail: rb7@polsl.pl
Head of Department:
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Prof., PhD, DSC Joanna Bzówka |
Department of Geotechnics and Roads is one of the six at the Faculty of Civil Engineering within the Silesian University of Technology. At present, the Department of Geotechnics and Roads employs 21 persons including 20 research and teaching academics ( list of employees ).
The department has well-equipped specialist laboratories that give possibility to test physical and mechanical properties of natural soils, mine waste materials or materials for construction of road pavements. Moreover, the department has an equipment for in-situ soil testing, geodetic measurements and also advanced computer software for numerical simulations. Research and teaching academics are mainly specialized in:
- Laboratory and in-situ soil testing and results interpretation
- Analyzes of soil-structure interaction problems
- Design foundations on weak and/or compressible soils
- Geodetic measurements