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Curriculum Vitae

Professional Activities
since 2009	Head of the research group River Engineering at the ETH Zurich
2007–2009	Research engineer at the VAW
2003-2007	Head of the research group 'Environmental Fluid Mechanics' at the Institute for Hydromechanics (IfH) of the University of Karlsruhe
2001-2002	Visiting scientist at TU Delft (Fluid Mechanics Laboratory)
1997-2003	Research and teaching assistant at the IfH of the University of Karlsruhe
1996	Freelancer at Waterworks Karlsruhe

Education
2004	Dr.-Ing., Institute for Hydromechanics, University of Karlsruhe
1996	Dipl.-Ing., Civil Engineering, University of Karlsruhe

Publications

http://people.ee.ethz.ch/wevolker/weitbrecht.htm

Fields of Research

Experimental methods (Surface PIV, PTV, LDA)

Experiments on sediment and drift wood transport

Mass transport in rivers (Influence of dead water zones on the dispersive mass
transport in rivers, Numerical Particle Tracking)

Fuse plug spillway at the Hagneck-Channel

Bed load and driftwood retention at the river Engelberger Aa

Drift wood retention at the ‘Kleine Emme’ near Malters, Canton Lucerne

Awards

2009 ASCE Karl Emil Hilgard Hydraulic Prize

2005 Umweltpreis der Sparkassenstiftung Karlsruhe

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