Christian Arnhardt

Field of activities

Landslides and landside risk assessment
Natural hazards and disaster management

Finished Research projects

Sensor based Landslide Early Warning System / SLEWS | 2007-2010

Development of a prototyping alarm- and early warning system to address different kinds of natural hazards citing landslides as an example

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Academic career

1994 – 1996:

basic studies and intermediate diploma in geology / paleontology, Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz)

1996 – 2001:

advanced studies and diploma in geology, Johannes Gutenberg University (Mainz)

Diploma thesis:

Engineering and geological investigations of building damages and their causes in Mainz-Hechtsheim und Mainz-Laubenheim (Palatinate)

Curriculum

2001 – 2002:

Office for Military Geosciences, Department of Geology, Euskirchen

2002:

Freelancer at the engineering department RUBEL & PARTNER, NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY (WÖRRSTADT)

2002 – 2007:

Employee at the engineering department GEO-INTERNATIONAL (MAINZ)

since 2007:

research associate / PhD student at the Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen

Memberships

AGU

American Geophysical Union (AGU)

http://www.agu.org/

FSR

Forschungsstelle Rutschungen e.V. (Landslide Research Center, Mainz)

http://www.uni-mainz.de/Organisationen/FSR/FSR.htm

DGGT

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geotechnik e.V.

http://www.dggt.de/

Publications

Woytowiz, F., Singer, J., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Arnhardt, C., Thuro, K. (2011): Entwurf eines ad-hoc multi-hop Sensornetzwerkes für die Hangbewegung Aggenalm bei Bayrischzell , In: Tagungsband der 18. Tagung für Ingenieurgeologie, 16-19 März 2011, Berlin , 361-364 .

Azzam, R., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Arnhardt, C., Klapperich, H., Shou, K.-J. (2011): Monitoring of landslides and infrastructures with wireless sensor networks in an earthquake environment , In: 5th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering (5ICEGE), Paper: MOLAZ . Read online

Azzam, R., Arnhardt, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M. (2010): Monitoring Systems for Geohazards based on Self-Organizing Sensor Networks , In: 11th Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment, Geologically Active, 5-10. September, Auckland, New Zealand , 3609-3616 .

Spagnoli, G., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Arnhardt, C., Stanjek, H., Azzam, R., Feinendegen, M. (2010): Relevance of pore fluid composition for the drained strength of clays , In: General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2010, May 02-07. 2010, Vienna (Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts , Vol. 12 (EGU2010-8535-1) . Read online

Azzam, R., Arnhardt, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M. (2010): Monitoring and Early Warning of Slope Instabilities and Deformations by Sensor Fusion in Self-Organized Wireless ad-hoc Sensor Networks , In: International Symposium and the 2nd AUN/Seed-Net Regional Conference on Geo-Disaster Mitigation in ASEAN - Protecting Life from Geo-Disaster and Environmental Hazards, February 25 - 26.2010, Bali, Indonesia , 157-164 .

Arnhardt, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Azzam, R. (2010): Sensorfusion in an ad-hoc Multi-hop Sensor network for real-time monitoring of landslides endangering human infrastructures , In: GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report 15. Early Warning Systems for Transportation Infrastructures , 38-49 .

Arnhardt, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Azzam, R. (2010): A sensor based landslide monitoring system integrated in an Early Warning Structure , In: 70. Jahrestag der Deutschen Geophysikalischen Gesellschaft (DGG), March 15. -- 18.2010, Bochum, conference transcript , 43 .

Arnhardt, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Azzam, R. (2010): Sensor Fusion of Position- and Micro-Sensors (MEMS) integrated in a Wireless Sensor Network for movement detection in landslide areas , In: General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2010, May 02-07. 2010, Vienna (Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts , Vol. 12 (EGU2010-8828) , (accepted) . Read online

Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Arnhardt, C., Walter, K., Haß, S., Niemeyer, F., Nakaten, B., Homfeld, S.D., Asch, K., Azzam, R., Bill, R., Ritter, H. (2009): SLEWS - A Prototype System for Flexible Real Time Monitoring of Landslides Using an Open Spatial Data Infrastructure and Wireless Sensor Networks , In: GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report 13. Early Warning Systems in Earth Management , 3-15 .

Arnhardt, C. (2009): Anwendung drahtloser Ad-Hoc Multi-Hop Sensornetzwerke im Bereich Umwelt-Monitoring zur Echtzeitüberwachung von Massenbewegungen , In: Tagungsband der 17. Tagung für Ingenieurgeologie, 6-9 Mai 2009, Zittau, Deutschland , 369 - 372 .

Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Haß, S., Niemeyer, F., Walter, K., Arnhardt, C., Nakaten, B., Homfeld, S.D., Asch, K., Azzam, R., Bill, R., Ritter, H. (2009): SLEWS - Ein prototypisches Beispiel für flexible Echtzeitüberwachung von Massenbewegungen mit offenen Geodateninfrastrukturen und Sensornetzwerken. 17. Tagung Ingenieurgeologie. 6-9 May 2009, Zittau, Germany .

Arnhardt, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Azzam, R. (2009): Monitoring of slope-instabilities and deformations with Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) in wireless ad-hoc Sensor Networks , In: General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2009, 19 - 24 April 2009, Vienna (Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts , 11 (EGU2009-6048) . Read online

Haß, S., Asch, K., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Arnhardt, C. (2009): People-centred landslide early warning systems in the context of risk management. , In: General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2009, 19 - 24 April 2009, Vienna (Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts , 11 (EGU2009-11466-2) . Read online

Hu, H., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Azzam, R., Arnhardt, C. (2009): 3D Modeling of Landslide in Open-pit Mining on Basis of Ground-based LIDAR Data , In: General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2009, 19 - 24 April 2009, Vienna (Austria). Geophysical Research Abstracts , 11 (EGU2009-5378) . Read online

Braun, A., Höbig, N., Grützner, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Müller, D., Arnhardt, C. (2008): Rock Fall Hazard Mapping and Runout Simulation - A Case Study from Bolonia Bay, Southern Spain , In: Kukla, P. , Littke, R. (Hrsg.): Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, Heft 60, GEO2008 - Resources and Risks in the Earth System, Aachen, 29 September - 2 October 2008 , 319 .

Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Arnhardt, C., Niemeyer, F., Haß, S., Walter, K., Homfeld, S.D., Nakaten, B., Post, C., Asch, K., Azzam, R., Bill, R., Ritter, H., Toloczyki, M. (2008): Current Status of SLEWS - a Sensor Based Landslide Early Warning System , In: R & D Programme GEOTECHNOLOGIEN – Early Warning Systems in Earth Management, Status-Seminar, 8 – 9 October, Osnabrück .

Arnhardt, C., Nakaten, B., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Azzam, R. (2008): Data-Fusion of MEMS-Sensors in a wireless Ad-Hoc Multi-Hop Sensor Network for Landslide Monitoring and Real-time Early Warning , In: Kukla, P. , Littke, R. (Hrsg.): Schriftenreihe der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geowissenschaften, Heft 60, GEO2008 - Resources and Risks in the Earth System, Aachen, 29 September - 2 October 2008 , 176 .

Arnhardt, C., Kallash, A. (2008): Anwendung drahtloser Sensornetzwerke und Sensorfusion zur Echtzeitüberwachung instabiler Hang- und Böschungsbereiche , In: 30. Baugrundtagung – Spezialsitzung „Forum für junge Geotechnik-Ingenieure“, September 2008 , Dortmund , 37 - 40 .

Arnhardt, C. (2008): Echtzeitüberwachung instabiler Hang- und Böschungsbereiche mittels moderner Netzwerk- und Sensortechnologien , In: Weiterbildungsseminar VIII der Forschungsstelle Rutschungen – Rutschungen in W und SW Deutschland, Juni 2008 , Mainz , 56 - 69 .

Haß, S., Walter, K., Niemeyer, F., Arnhardt, C., Asch, K., Azzam, R., Bill, R., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Homfeld, S.D., Ritter, H. (2008): SLEWS: Development of a geo service infrastructure with integrated real time sensor data as a early warning systems exemplifying landslides , In: 2008 Geoinformatics Conference, 11-13 June 2008, Potsdam; Paper No. 2-6 .

Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Arnhardt, C., Kallash, A., Azzam, R. (2008): Integration of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) in wireless Ad-hoc sensor networks for landslide monitoring and early warning systems.- 33rd IGC 2008, GTN01110L, Oslo 6 - 14 Aug. 2008 . Read online

Arnhardt, C., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Walter, K., Kallash, A., Niemeyer, F., Azzam, R., Bill, R. (2007): Usage of Wireless Sensor Networks in a service based spatial Infrastructure for Landslide Monitoring and Early Warning , In: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2007, 10. – 14. Dec. 2007, San Francisco (USA), Abstract IN 11A – 0101 .

Arnhardt, C., Asch, K., Azzam, R., Bill, R., Fernandez-Steeger, T.M., Homfeld, S.D., Kallash, A., Niemeyer, F., Ritter, H., Toloczyki, M., Walter, K. (2007): Sensor based Landslide Early Warning System - SLEWS. Development of a geoservice infrastructure as basis for early warning systems for landslides by integration of real-time sensors , In: GEOTECHNOLOGIEN Science Report. Early Warning Systems in Earth Management. Kick-Off-Meeting 10 October 2007 Technical University Karlsruhe , 75 - 88 .

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