The scope of scientific activity of the Department extends in two directions: Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering. It is being performed according to the statute of the Department, in a form of scientific grants, cooperation with the industry, EU programmes and cooperation with many foreign universities.

Our research is focused both on fundamental science and its applications and includes the following:

  • constitutive laws for soils,
  • physical and numerical modeling of soil-foundation interaction in complex soil conditions with complex loading,
  • shallow and deep foundation stability founded on natural and reinforced soils,
  • physical modeling and in-situ testing of shallow and deep foundation bearing capacity,
  • in-situ soil investigation using CPTU/DMT and in-depth interpretation of the results,
  • static and dynamic pile testing, non-destructive testing of deep foundations,
  • assessment of the bearing capacity and displacements of pile foundation based on in-situ testing,
  • technologies of increasing soil strength and repairing of existing foundations,
  • stability of slopes, deep excavations, tunnels, block foundations, retaining structures,
  • methodology of geosynthetic materials testing and usage of geosynthetics in both civil and environmental engineering,
  • transformation and protection of cliffed coast combined with probabilistic assessment of its stability,
  • numerical modeling of groundwater and contamination flow through soil and rock,
  • hydrogeological field testing and modeling focused on postglacial areas,
  • assessment  of anthropopressure and vulnerability of groundwater to contamination,
  • groundwater flow in the vicinity of engineering constructions, dewatering,
  • remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater,
  • laboratory and field testing of physical and mechanical properties of natural soils, contaminated soils, industrial byproducts and wastes,
  • usage of anthropogenic soils,
  • harbour and shipyard constructions, submarine pipelines,
  • water resource Engineering,
  • waterways repairing,
  • offshore geotechnics,
  • modeling of flow in closed and open channels,
  • numerical modeling of floods,
  • theoretical analysis of numerical flow models,
  • study of flow phenomena occurring in reactors (e.g. in sewage treatment plants).