Manfred Curbach

Prof. Manfred Curbach © Ulrich van Stipriaan

Former institute's director and professor of Concrete Structures

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Mr Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. em. Manfred Curbach

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Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of Concrete Structures

Technische Universität Dresden - Institute of Concrete Structures

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TUD Dresden University of Technology Institut für Massivbau

01062 Dresden

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TUD Dresden University of Technology Institut für Massivbau Helmholtzstr. 10

01069 Dresden

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CCC Carbon Concrete CUBE Einsteinstr. 12

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Curriculum Vitae

Personal details
28.09.1956  

Born in Dortmund
School years
04/1963-07/1967   Dietrich-Bonhoeffer elementary school in Dortmund
08/1967-06/1976   Einstein-Gymnasium in Dortmund
06/1976  

Abitur
University studies
10/1977-08/1982   Studies in the Department "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 to 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   Research assistant at the Chair of Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Construction at the University of Dortmund under Prof. Josef Eibl
01/1984-10/1988   Research assistant at the Institute of Concrete Structures and Building Material 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   Lecturer in solid construction at the TU Dresden
08/1994-06/2004   Partner in the engineering office Köhler + Seitz, Nuremberg / Dresden / Munich
08/1994–09/2024   University Professor (C4), holder of the Chair of Concrete Structures at TU Dresden
since 12/1997   Test engineer for structural analysis, Department of solid construction
07/1999-06/2011   Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre 528 "Textile Reinforcements for Structural Strengthening and Repair" (DFG)
02/2000-08/2002   Expert reviewer of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
08/2002-06/2008   Member of the Senate of the DFG
since 01/2005   Partner in the engineering office Curbach Bösche Ingenieurpartner, Dresden
12/2006-08/2010  

Vice-Rector for Structure and Development appointed
07/2011-03/2022   Speaker of the DFG_Priority Program SPP 1542: Lightweight Construction with Concrete
02/2012-04/2020   Review board member of the DFG
07/2013-09/2022   Spokesperson of the BMBF consortium C³ - Carbon Concrete Composite
07/2020-06/2024   Spokesperson of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 280

"Construction strategies for material-minimized carbon concrete structures - foundations for a new way of building" (DFG), funding phase 1
since 2021   Initiator and spokesperson of the Building Research Center
"LAB - Living Art of Building
Memberships and committees
  • Chairman of the Board of the VDI Society for Building Technology (01/2003-12/2008)
  • National delegate of the fib for Germany, until May 1998 of the predecessor association CEB
  • Head of the German delegation (Head of Delegation) of the International Concrete Federation fib (Fédération internationale du béton) (since 01/2010)
  • Convenor of the fib Task Group 1.6 History of Concrete Structures
  • Convener of fib Task Group 2.10 Textile Reinforced Concrete - Construction and Design
  • Member of ACI, ASCE, DAfStb, IngKammer, PCI, RILEM, VDI, VPI
  • Member of the DAfStb research advisory board
  • Chairman of the DAfStb Executive Board (02/2004-03/2012)
  • Member of the DIN working committee "Design and Construction"
  • Member of the scientific advisory board of the journal "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau" (since 01/1999)
  • Member of the Research Advisory Board of the TU Kaiserslautern (since 01/2015)
  • Member of the Standing Commission for Research and Early-Career Researchers of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) (04/2016-05/2024)
  • Member of the Thuringian Program Commission (TMWWDG) (since 06/2011)
  • Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Institute for Hydraulic Engineering (BAW) (since 03/2011)
  • Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) (04/2014–12/2024)
  • Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Civil Engineering Design (Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn)
  • Member of the Advisory Board of structure - Zeitschrift für Tragwerksplanung und Ingenieurbau
  • Corresponding member of the Class for Engineering Sciences of the Braunschweig Scientific Society
  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Bundesstiftung Bauakademie (since 09/2023)

  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Deutsches Museum München (since 05/2024)

  • Deputy Chairman of the Federal Foundation Bauakademie (since 05/2024)
Awards
11/2011   Awarded an honorary doctorate by the TU Kaiserslautern
since 06/2013   Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
09/2014   Awarded the Wolfgang Zerna Medal of Honor by the VDI Society for Construction and Building Technology
since 02/2016   Full member of the Technical Science Class of the Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
02/2016   Awarded the George Sarton Medal of the History of Science Society, University of Ghent
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   Presentation of the Wackerbarth Medal
03/2019   Awarded the Emil Mörsch Memorial Medal of the DBV
05/2019   Awarded the Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal of the Braunschweig Scientific Society (BWG)
since 12/2019   Full member of acatech - German Academy of Science and Engineering
02/2022   Award as fib-fellow 2022 of the fib - Fédération internationale du béton
05/2023   Awarded the Medal of Merit of the fib - Fédération internationale du béton
04/2024   Techtextil Innovation Award 2024 in the "New Concept" category in cooperation with the Institute of Textile Machinery and High Performance Material Technology (ITM) at TU Dresden
10/2025   Nobel Sustainability Trust Sustainability Academic Award in the category “Leadership in the Implementation of Sustainability”
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