Franz Tscheikner-Gratl

Franz Tscheikner-Gratl is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, NTNU. He holds a Master’s in Civil Engineering (2011) and a PhD in Technical Sciences (2016) from the University of Innsbruck. Previously, he participated in the QUICS Marie Curie ITN at TU Delft and joined NTNU’s Water and Wastewater Group in 2019. He chairs the UDAM working group under the Joint Committee on Urban Drainage (JCUD) and serves on the editorial board of Urban Water Journal.

His research focuses on asset management of urban infrastructure, modeling uncertainties in water systems, and integrated catchment analysis. Key areas include deterioration modeling, green infrastructure performance, and decision-support frameworks for infrastructure resilience. He leads projects like B-WaterSmart (EU water-smart society initiative) and SESSILE (sustainable building water design).

Recent publications emphasize leakage detection in water networks, Legionella risk modeling, and transferable deterioration models for infrastructure systems. Awards include the 2013 Eduard-Wallnöfer-Price and 2016 Austrian Excellence Award. He advises on trenchless technologies and collaborates internationally on urban drainage challenges.