Simulation and optimisation techniques between scientific development and practical application for integrated water management Manfred Ostrowski Former team leader of Engineering Hydrology and Water Management (IHWB) at TU Darmstadt Michael Bach, Felix Froehlich, Steffen Heusch, Christoph Huebner, Markus Lempert, Hubert Lohr, Arne Klawitter, Dirk Muschalla, Frank Reussner, Kai Schroeter Members of our research team working on the topic during the last decade working on the topic