The course is primarily open to all PhD students at Gdansk University of Technology. This course is compulsory for PhD students assigned to Civil Engineering and Transport as well as Environmental Engineering, Mining and Power Engineering tracks at Doctoral School of GUT.

This course allows the PhD students to obtain the knowledge related to the experimental equipment and types of experiments carried out at GUT in the field of civil engineering, transport, environmental engineering, mining and power engineering. PhD students participate in experiments carried out in different departments. They have a possibility to see the advanced measuring stations, modern equipment and devices.

General topics coverage:

1. Interpretation of CPTU and DMT tests. Calibration chamber and centrifuge as modern tools for physical modelling in geotechnics. Measurements with piezometers. Reliability assessment of engineering structures, random modelling of action and resistance parameters.
2. Advanced measuring instruments used in geodetic surveys.
3. Measurements in earthquake engineering using shaking table.
4. Selection of appropriate methods of chemical and/or microbiological analysis. Methods of data evaluation.
5. Measurements of mechanical and electromagnetic wave propagation. Measurements for non-destructive testing of materials and structures.
6. Measurements in rivers. ADCP technics.