Here you will find suggested topics for theses and student papers. We are also interested in your own topic suggestions in the aforementioned areas or in the broader field of construction informatics.

Topic: Machine Learning, AI & Digital Twin

• Automatic Design Planning with AI Image Generators, Supervisor: Jörn Plönnigs
• Digital Twins of Road Infrastructure, Supervisor: Jörn Plönnigs
• LLM-based Document-Analysis of Construction Regulations and Documentation, Supervisor: Jörn Plönnigs
• Energy Use Prediction with Large Language Models (LLM), Supervisor: Jörn Plönnigs
• Automated Usage of Point Clouds in Civil Engineering (Segmentation, Recognition, Annotation), Supervisor: Nils Krause
• Possibilities of Sensor-Integration into Street Infrastructure, Supervisor: Nils Krause
• Street-based Navigation Systems: Analysing Integration of Sensors into Infrastructure, Supervisor: Nils Krause
• Environmental reconstruction as a point cloud from smartphone pictures, Supervisor: Miguel Merino
• Analysis and Transformation of BIM-Data with LLM/LVMs, Supervisor: Clemens Kujat
• Data Augmentation for BIM-Data: Generating Building Models as Training Data for Machine Learning, Supervisor: Clemens Kujat

Topic: Robotics & 3D-Printing

• Developing a Scaled Experimentation-Model of a Street Segment with Integrated Sensors, Supervisor: Nils Krause
• 3D Clay Printing of Facade and Wall Constructions, Supervisor: Nils Krause / Miguel Merino
• Environmental Reconstruction with Quadruped Robot, Supervisor: Miguel Merino
• Additive construction, from IFC to a real word 3D model, Supervisor: Miguel Merino

Topic: Visualisation & Interaction

• Development of a Mobile Tangible Interface for Public Participation in Planning Processes, Betreuer: Markus Berger
• A Web-based, Virtual Campus Model for Navigation Assistance, Supervisor: Markus Berger
• Ambient Display of Sensor Data in Facility Management, Supervisor: Markus Berger
• Volumetric Display and Interaction with Building Models in MR or on Holographic Displays, Supervisor: Markus Berger
• Designing Speculative AR-enabled Tools and Devices for the Construction Site of the Future, Betreuer: Markus Berger

Topic: Other

• Applications of Quantum Computers in Civil Engineering, Supervisor: Jörn Plönnigs

• Evaluierung der Datenverfügbarkeit für ein Campusenergiemanagement mit KI-Methoden, Bachelorarbeit 2024, Irina Schreiber, AUF
• Entwicklung eines Konzeptes für die Automatische Bestandsdatenaufnahme mit Roboterhunden, Bachelorarbeit 2024, Thore Labrenz, AUF
• Recording and Analyzing Spatialized Sentiments for Public Participation, Masterarbeit 2022, Ahmed Al-Jabinawi, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Lehrstuhl für Visual Analytics, IEF
• Interaktive parameterbasierte Planung und Bewertung von Radwegen in urbanen Räumen, Masterarbeit 2022, Jan Hasselberg, in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Lehrstuhl für Praktische Informatik, IEF
• 3D-Visualisierung von Grünblauer Regenwasserbewirtschaftung auf einem Gelände der Universität Rostock, Masterarbeit 2021, Sarah Westphal, AUF