The School of Civil Engineering of NTUA (National Technical University of Athens) up to the glaciers of the Alps!
- 11 days
- 130 fourth-year students
- 20 technical subjects
- 2400 km
- 14 cities and villages
- 48 sponsors!
For another year, the Geotechnical Division of the School of Civil Engineering organized the great field trip of Engineering Geology, which has been training students and young engineers around Europe for the past 30 years.
With this field trip, our team visited failures of major civil engineering projects and discussed technical issues in Greece, Italy, and France, which play a crucial role in the education and development of students as real engineers. These issues were analyzed in depth, making the large—and real—scale of the projects apparent, which is as significant as the responsibility that future engineers will bear.
This year, the sponsorship support from companies within and outside our technical field surpassed all previous years, setting a new record! This year, 48 companies contributed, covering over 70% of the total cost of the excursion, thus supporting the massive participation of 130 students!
We extend our heartfelt thanks to our 48 sponsors for their significant support in the educational process.
And of course, we thank our institution, the National Technical University of Athens, and especially our School, for the opportunity to print the excursion booklets, a valuable resource for the students’ library.
The excursion was completed with absolute success and with experiences that will remain indelible in the students’ memories! A hallmark of this year’s excursion was the smiles, the impressed looks at each stop, and the large group hugs, despite the difficulties of the program.
Responsible for this success was Assistant Professor of the School of Civil Engineering Vasilis Marinos, in collaboration with a student committee, the PhD Student Themis Chatzitheodosiou, and the good spirits and interest of the students throughout the excursion.
