Manfred Curbach
Former institute's director and professor of Concrete Structures
NameMr 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
Visiting address:
ABS, Floor 05, Room 009 August-Bebel-Straße 30/30A
01219 Dresden
Postal address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology Institut für Massivbau
01062 Dresden
Parcel address:
TUD Dresden University of Technology Institut für Massivbau Helmholtzstr. 10
01069 Dresden
Curriculum Vitae
Personal details | ||
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-Gymnasium in Dortmund | |
06/1976 |
Abitur |
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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. |
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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 | |
since 08/1994 | 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 |
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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 |
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since 2021 | Initiator and spokesperson of the Building Research Center "LAB - Living Art of Building |
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Memberships and committees | ||
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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 |
2018
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Determination of Material Properties of TRC Under Cyclic Loads , 2018, ACI SP-324: Composites with Inorganic Matrix for Repair of Concrete and Masonry Structures. de Felice, G., Sneed, L. H. & Nanni, A. (eds.). Detroit (USA), Vol. 324. p. 1.1, 116 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Discrete Element simulation of concrete fracture and crack evolution: Statistically varying properties of concrete specimens , 2018, In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau. 113, S2, p. 91-95, 5 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Dynamic behaviour of reinforced slabs – blast testing , 2018, p. 485-493, 9 p.Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Finite element research of reinforced concrete structures strengthened with Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) , 2018, Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures - Proceedings of the conference on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures, EURO-C 2018. Pichler, B., Rots, J. G. & Meschke, G. (eds.). CRC Press/Balkema, p. 829-838, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Future applications in carbon reinforced concrete (CRC) , 2018, IABSE Conference, Kuala Lumpur 2018: Engineering the Developing World - Report. Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia): International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), Zürich, p. 356-357, 2 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Precast slab structures made of carbon reinforced concrete , 2018, In: Structures. 18, April , p. 20-27Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Shear strengthening of structures with carbon reinforced concrete , 2018, In: fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering . 12, p. 879-885, 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal > Conference article
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Strengthening and repair with carbon concrete composites – the first general building approval in Germany , 2018, Strain-Hardening Cement-Based Composites: Proc. of SHCC 4, 18.–20.9.2017 in Dresden (Germany). Mechtcherine, V., Kabele, P. & Slowik, V. (eds.). Springer Nature, p. 743-751, 9 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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The Invention of Reinforced Concrete (1848 – 1906) , 2018, High Tech Concrete: Where Technology and Engineering Meet : Proceedings of the 2017 fib Symposium, held in Maastricht, The Netherlands, June 12-14, 2017 . Hordijk, D. & Lukovic, M. (eds.). Springer, Cham, p. 2785-2794, 10 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Treppe aus Carbonbeton , 2018, In: Betonwerk international : BWI ; die moderne Fachzeitschrift für die Betonindustrie. p. 134-140Research output: Contribution to journal > Research article