Tag Archives: TFH Georg Agricola

On 15th April 1816, the first 14 students began their studies in “mining sciences” at the Bochumer Bergschule (Bochum School of Mining). This central training institute for the coal mining industry gave birth to today’s Technische Hochschule (TH) Georg Agricola. In a ceremony held on 15th April 2016, Hannelore Kraft, Minister-President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dr. Werner Müller, ...

The conference will focus on the new VISION ZERO Prevention Strategy of the ISSA & its 7 Golden Rules for successful implementation and economical effective prevention in enterprises. By that a new leaf in safety & health in mining and other high risk industries will be turned over.

Der Rohstofftag in dem 200sten Jubiläumsjahr unserer Hochschule nimmt die zukünftige Entwicklung unserer Branche in den Focus. Was werden die technischen Entwicklungen sein? Wie werden sich die Anforderungen an die Mitarbeiter in der Branche entwickeln? Wie muss sich die Hochschule entwickeln, um zukunftsfähiges Wissen zu schaffen und zu vermitteln?

At the end of 2015, Dr Andreas Merchiers will retire from the Management Board of Schalker Eisenhütte Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Bochum and, on 1st January 2016, he will take office as a professor at the TFH Georg Agricola University of Applied Siences in Bochum. His successor at Schalker Eisenhütte will be Karl-Heinz Rieser, who will simultaneously serve as Managing Director ...

After having completed his second term of office as a vice-president of the TFH Georg Agricola University of Applied Siences in Bochum, which he has held since 2009, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Dauber is leaving his post at his own request. His successor is Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Paschedag, who was appointed to the TFH as a Professor for International Mining since ...

In May 2014, a terrible mining disaster struck the Turkish town of Soma, resulting in the deaths of over 300 miners. A research group from Bogazici University in Istanbul examined the causes of the disaster. Working with experts from TFH Georg Agricola University, the Turkish engineers now plan to look into ways to prevent this type of catastrophe occurring in ...

Hydrogeology, the science of the subterranean water, investigates the origin, the stocks and the dynamics of the water and deals with its physical and chemical qualities. Special attention is paid to the development and use of ground water as well as interferences of human activities. The supply of reliable data for the judgement of the hydrogeological circumstances of an investigation ...