Lecturer Information
Name: Tarvo Mill
Home Institution: TTK University of Applied Sciences, Pärnu mnt 62, 10135 Tallinn, Estonia

Career
2018 - … TTK UAS, Institute of Civil Engineering, Professor, Curriculum Coordinator of Road Construction
2005 -2017 TTK UAS, Institute of Civil Engineering, Lecturer
2003 - 2005 Surveying company Geometria OÜ, Land Surveyor

University Education
2017 PhD, Tallinn University of Technology
2008 MSc, Tallinn University of Technology
2006 BA, Tallinn College of Engineering

Honors & awards
Supervised engineering diploma theses: 2024, Anni Luht, "Wildlife Infrastructure on a Main Road", awarded Best Thesis in the Road Construction curriculum at TTK UAS; also awarded the Estonian Research Council’s national prize for student research works in applied higher education and bachelor's studies
Supervised engineering diploma theses: 2022, Justus Allemann, "Possible Measures to Reduce the Number of Cars in Tallinn", awarded Best Thesis in the Road Construction curriculum at TTK UAS and recognized with the Best Thesis Award by the Estonian Infra Construction Association (ESTICA).

Recent project
01 November 2020 – 30 April 2023. Project number: 2020-1-EE01-KA203-0779702022 Virtual technology for use in STEM. TTK University of Applied Sciences, Centre for Sciences

31 January 2020 – 24 April 2020. Project number: 4-14/83. Load tests of the Pärnu Bridge. TTK University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Civil Engineering.

6 June 2018 – 10 October 2019. Project 4-14/419, The effect of heavy vehicles on bridges. The validation of traffic loads and the analysis of their effect. TTK University of Applied Sciences, Institute of Civil Engineering.

Recent publications
Ovtšarenko, O.; Mill, T. (2024). Engineering Educational Program Design Using Modern Bim Technologies. 17th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2024), Seville, Spain, 11 to 13 November 2024. IATED [forthcoming].

Mill, T. (2021). Comparison of 3D Digitization Technologies. The Mediterranean Geosciences Union Annual Meeting (MedGU-21). Abstract and oral presentation. Istanbul, Turkey, on 25–28 November 2021. Springer Nature

Mill, T. (2020). Estimation of Accuracy and Reliability of Terrestrial Laser Scanner in the Detection of Object Shape. Baltic Journal of Modern Computing.

Societal Contribution
Estonian Infra Construction Association (ESTICA): Representative of TTK UAS
ESTICA Road Maintenance Advisory Committee: Head of the working group in the field of environmental matters.
Estonian Qualifications Authority: Representative of TTK UAS in the working group for Civil Engineer qualifications in road engineering.