Prof. Markus Aufleger

Innsbruck University

Head of Hydraulics Department

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About

Prof. Dr. Markus Aufleger is since 2007 full professor and head of the unit of Hydraulic Engineering at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He has been manager of the Laboratory of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering of the Technische Universität München from 2000 to 2007. He is working in the fields of dam engineering, river engineering, hydropower and water resources engineering. Markus Aufleger is active member of several professional organizations. Besides, he is co-founder of the Dreamwave Holding GmbH, Cologne.

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

dam engineering, river engineering, hydropower and water resources engineering

Major Achievements:

Technical Committees

Committee Name
Committee on Hydraulic Structures
Committee on Ecohydraulics
Committee on Fluvial Hydraulics
Committee on Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
Committee on Fluid Mechanics
Committee on Climate Change Adaptation
Committee on Groundwater Hydraulics and Management
Committee on Education and Professional Development

IAHR Position

Committee Name	Position	Start Date	End Date
JAWER Editorial Board	Associate Editors	2017-01-01	2020-03-31
Europe	Member	2012-01-01	2018-06-20

My Papers and Presentations

Title	Year
Hybrid Fish Protection System for Mitigating Fish Mortality in Hydropower Turbines	2024
Scalability of model results to nature in the case of static hydraulic waves	2024
Ecologically Compatible Hydropower Use as Part of a River Restoration	2023
Morphodynamic Impact of Increasing Diversion Discharge in an Alpine River	2023
Artificial Surf Waves on Rivers – First Module Ramp Project in Germany	2022
High-Resolution Bathymetric LIDAR Data in 2D Hydrodynamic and Habitat Modelling – Effects of Mesh Resolution on Instream Habitat Modelling	2022
Hybrid Fish Protection for the Intakes at Headrace Tunnels in Reservoirs	2022
Numerical Approach for the Evaluation of Downstream Fish Guiding at Low-Head Hydropower Plants	2022
Solution for a Sluicing Channel with High and Coarse Sediment Intake in an Alpine River	2022
The Fishprotector – an Integral Fish Protection System	2019
Experimental and Numerical Analyses on the Capacity and the Control Management of a Large Flood Retention Basin Situated at the Inn River in Tyrol	2018
Experimental Measurements of Flood-Induced Impact Forces on Exposed Elements	2018
High-Resolution LiDAR Bathymetry Data for Alpine Rivers Case Study on the Mareit/Mareta River, Italy	2018
Efficient Handling of Big Data for Topobathymetric Applications: Examples From Lake Constance and Bavaria in Europe	2017
Electrified Flexible Fish Fences	2017
Experimental Study of Head Loss Through an Angled Fish Protection System	2016
Adapted Evaluation Criterion for the Velocity Distribution in Front of Turbines	2015
Alternative to Existing Pipe-Break Valves in High-Head Power Plants	2015
Airborne Hydromapping-a Progress in River Engineering	2014
3D-Numerical Refinements to Simulate High-Head Power Plants	2013
A Hydraulic Scale Model for the Design of a Bed-Load Deposition Basin to Control Immense Fluvial Sediment Transport Within Very Limited Space	2013
Alpine Airborne Hydromapping	2013
Combining Novel and Traditional Survey Technologies to Monitor Coastal Environments: Airborne Hydromapping and Sonar Data Along the Baltic Sea Coastline, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	2013
Flexible Fish Fences	2013
Improvement of an Intake Structure -Scale Model Investigation and Numerical Calculations of a Tyrolean Weir	2013
Physical Scale Model Tests on Bridge Clogging	2013
Sedimentation and Flushing of Alpine Water Intake Reservoirs – 2D Numerical Simulation Based on Calibration Data of a Hydraulic Model Test	2013
A Model Test for the River Renaturation Project in the City of Munich	2012
New Approaches of Water as Energy Storage	2012
Airborne Hydromapping and Hydroc Onnect Shallow Water Bathymetry-Pioneering Underwater Insights	2011
Sensing the Uncertainty of Cumulative Flood Losses Due to Varying Flood Peak Distribution Functions in a Monte-Carlo Based Loss Modelling Framework	2010
Flood Control Management for an Alpine Valley in Tyrol-an Integrated Hydrological-Hydraulic Approach	2009
River Stabilisation by Breach-Ramps and Widening	2004

My Videos

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IAHR Awards

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