{"id":2788,"date":"2021-06-02T14:59:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T12:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/?page_id=2788"},"modified":"2026-03-23T09:25:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T08:25:43","slug":"sebastian-westermann","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fzn.thga.de\/en\/fzn\/team\/sebastian-westermann\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Westermann"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Westermann<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Research focus Perpetual tasks and minewater management<\/p>

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seit 04\/2026<\/h4>Lehrauftrag f\u00fcr die Vorlesung \u201eGrund- und Grubenwassermanagement\u201c im Master-Studiengang \u201eGeoingenieurwesen und Nachbergbau\u201c an der Technischen Hochschule Georg Agricola<\/div><\/div>
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seit 04\/2026<\/h4>Lehrauftrag f\u00fcr die Vorlesung \u201eHydromechanik\u201c im Bachelor-Studiengang \u201eGeotechnik und Angewandte Geologie, Bau- und Umweltgeotechnik\u201c an der Technischen Hochschule Georg Agricola<\/div><\/div>
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seit 09\/2025<\/h4>Lecturer for the course \u201cDevelopment of Case Studies and Feasibility Studies\u201d in the master's program \u201cGeoengineering and Post-Mining\u201d at the Georg Agricola Technical University<\/div><\/div>
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seit 01\/2025<\/h4>Lecturer in module WH4 \u2013 Groundwater Management of the distance learning course \u201cWater and Environment\u201d at Leibniz University Hannover, units \u201cHydrogeological Fundamentals\u201d and \u201cHydrogeological Field and Mapping Methods\u201d<\/div><\/div>
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seit 09\/2024<\/h4>Lecturer for the course \u201cMine Life Cycle\u201d in the bachelor's degree programs \u201cGeotechnical Engineering\u201d and \u201cMining Engineering and Sustainable Resource Management\u201d at the Georg Agricola Technical University<\/div><\/div>
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seit 04\/2023<\/h4>Head of the research focus on perpetual obligations and mine water management at the FZN<\/div><\/div>
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2021<\/h4>Dissertation awarded the Oskar Niemcyzk Prize by the German Association of Mine Surveyors<\/div><\/div>
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2020<\/h4>Doctorate in engineering at the Institute of Mining at Clausthal University of Technology with the topic \u201cModel-based sensitivity analysis of system-determining factors of mine water rise in underground mines using statistical experimental design.\u201d<\/div><\/div>
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seit 2015<\/h4>Research assistant at the Research Center of Post-Mining at the Georg Agricola Technical University in Bochum<\/div><\/div>
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2010-2015<\/h4>Research assistant\/project manager at Schmidt & Partner GmbH engineering firm, Bielefeld<\/div><\/div>
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2010<\/h4>Master's thesis \u201cAssessment of the applicability of geohydraulic borehole tests in a highly permeable formation\u201d awarded the Heitfeld Prize by the Hildegard and Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Foundation<\/div><\/div>
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2009<\/h4>Research assistant at the Institute of Geology and Paleontology at the University of M\u00fcnster<\/div><\/div>
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2008-2009<\/h4>Scholarship from the Hildegard and Karl-Heinrich Heitfeld Foundation<\/div><\/div>
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2004-2009<\/h4>Studied geosciences at the University of M\u00fcnster, graduating with a Master of Science degree<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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