Manfred Curbach
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Institute's Director | Chair of Concrete Structures
NameMr Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Manfred Curbach
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Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of concrete structures
Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of concrete structures
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Technische Universität Dresden Institut für Massivbau
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Curriculum Vitae
| Personal | ||
| 28.09.1956 |
born in Dortmund |
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| School years | ||
| 04.1963–07.1967 | Dietrich-Bonhoeffer elementary school in Dortmund | |
| 08.1967–06.1976 | Einstein High School in Dortmund | |
| 06.1976 | High school diploma | |
| Study | ||
| 10.1977–08.1982 | Studies of "Structural Engineering", Department of Civil Engineering, University of Dortmund | |
| 02.1980 | Admission to the German National Academic Foundation | |
| 08.1982 | Diploma | |
| 09.1982–10.1982 | Study visit at Princeton University, New Jersey, USA, with Prof. David Billington, focusing on "Bridge Building in the USA" and "Maillart", as a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation. | |
| Professional activity | ||
| 11.1982–12.1983 | Scientific employee at the Chair of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Construction at the University of Dortmund with Prof. Josef Eibl | |
| 01.1984–10.1988 | Scientific employee at the Institute for Solid Construction and Building Materials Technology at the University of Karlsruhe with Prof. Josef Eibl | |
| 07.1987 | Doctorate | |
| 11.1988–07.1994 | Project manager at the engineering office Köhler + Seitz, Nuremberg / Dresden / Munich | |
| 04.1994–07.1994 | Lehrauftrag für Vorlesung im Fach Massivbau an der TU Dresden | |
| 08.1994–06.2004 | Partner in the engineering office Köhler + Seitz, Nuremberg / Dresden / Munich | |
| seit 08.1994 | University professor (C4), holder of the chair for solid construction at the TU Dresden | |
| 12.1997 | Recognition as test engineer for structural analysis, specializing in solid construction | |
| seit 01.1999 | Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau" (Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Construction) | |
| 07.1999-06.2011 | Spokesman of the Collaborative Research Center 528 "Textile Reinforcements for Structural Reinforcement and Repair" | |
| 02.2000–08.2002 | Expert reviewer of the German Research Foundation (DFG) | |
| 08.2002–06.2008 | Member of the Senate of the DFG | |
| 01.2003–12.2008 | Chairman of the Board of the VDI Society for Civil Engineering | |
| 02.2004-03.2012 | Chairman of the Executive Board of the DAfStb | |
| seit 01.2005 | Partner in the engineering office Curbach Bösche Ingenieurpartner, Dresden | |
| 12.2006-08.2010 | Prorector for University Development | |
| seit 01.2010 | Head of the German Delegation (Head of Delegation) of the International Concrete Federation fib (Fédération internationale du béton) | |
| seit 03.2011 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) | |
| seit 06.2011 | Member of the Thuringian Program Commission, TMWWDG | |
| seit 07.2011 | Spokesman of the Priority Program SPP Leicht Bauen 1542 | |
| 11.2011 | Honorary doctorate awarded by the TU Kaiserslautern | |
| seit 02.2012 | Review board member of the DFG | |
| seit 06.2013 | Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina | |
| seit 07.2013 | Spokesman of the BMBF consortium C³ - Carbon Concrete Composite | |
| seit 04.2014 | Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) | |
| 09.2014 | Award of the Wolfgang Zerna Medal of Honor of the VDI Society for Construction and Building Technology | |
| seit 01.2015 | Member of the Research Advisory Board of the TU Kaiserslautern | |
| 02.2016 | Award of the George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society, Ghent University | |
| 02.2016 | Elected as full member of the Technical Sciences Class of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig | |
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04.2016 |
Member of the Standing Commission for Research and Young Academics of the German Rectors' Conference HRK | |
| 11.2016 | Winner of the German Future Prize 2016, Prize of the Federal President for Technology and Innovation | |
| 11.2018 | Presentation of the Dresden Congress Award | |
| 11.2018 | Award of the Wackerbarth Medal | |
| 03.2019 | Award with Emil-Mörsch-Denkmünze | |
| 05.2019 | Award of the Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal of the Braunschweig Scientific Society (BWG) | |
| seit 12.2019 | Speaker of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 280 "Design strategies for material-minimized carbon concrete structures" | |
Memberships
- National delegate of fib for Germany, until May 1998 of the predecessor association CEB
- Convenor of fib Task Group 1.6 History of Concrete Structures
- Member of ACI, ASCE, DAfStb, IngKammer, PCI, RILEM, VDI, VPI
- Member of the Research Advisory Board of DAfStb
- Member of the working committee "Design and Construction" of DIN, responsible for DIN 1045-1 and others
- Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau" (Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Construction)
- Member of the Research Advisory Board of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern
- Member of the Standing Commission for Research and Young Academics of the German Rectors' Conference HRK
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Full member of the Technical Sciences Class of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
- Member of the Thuringian Program Commission, TMWWDG
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Civil Engineering Design (Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn - Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG)
- Member of the Advisory Board of structure - Zeitschrift für Tragwerksplanung und Ingenieurbau (Journal for Structural Design and Civil Engineering)
- Corresponding Member of the Class for Engineering Sciences of the Braunschweig Scientific Society