• Fluvial hydraulics and hydraulic structures under consideration of
  - morphodynamic (bed load, erosion, scour) and other river processes
  - geotechnical and structural factors
• Physical modeling with rigid and movable bed
• Further development of measurement techniques

• Extreme flow condition behavior of bridges across watercourse

Theses:

Beetz D. (2024). Surface flow pattern and bed morphology interaction in the vicinity of hydraulic structures. Master’s Thesis (unpublished). Institute for Water and Environment – Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.

Beetz D. (2023). Suitability of Surface-PIV measurements in the context of investigations of the flow field around porous hydraulic structures. Study Project (unpublished). Institute for Water and River Basin Management – Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany.

Beetz D. (2020). Investigation of colmation in the residual flow reach of the hydropower plant Toeging at the River Inn. Bachelor’s Thesis (in German, unpublished). Department of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany.

• Young Professionals group member in the German Committee on Large Dams (DTK)