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 |
2023
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Testing of Reinforced Concrete Plates under Impact Loading and Investigation of Strengthening Layers , 16 May 2023, 10 p.Research output: Contribution to conferences > Paper
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Die Zeit drängt , 2 May 2023, In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau. 118, 5, p. 301-302, 2 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Editorial (Lead article)
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Der Forschungsbau CUBE demonstriert eindrucksvoll die Praxistauglichkeit des innovativen Baustoffs Carbonbeton , May 2023, In: Der Prüfingenieur : das Magazin der Bundesvereinigung der Prüfingenieure für Bautechnik. 62, 5/23, p. 21-27, 7 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Dokumentation zum Entwurf und Bau der CarboLight Bridge im Deutschen Museum München , May 2023, 25 p.Research output: Preprint/documentation/report > Manual/Technical documentation
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Simulation of concrete fracture under high loading rates using discrete elements , 9 Apr 2023, Book of abstracts of the 1st International Conference on Mechanics of Solids 2022. Quântica Editora, p. 72, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Conference contribution
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Ein Versuchsstand mit der Anmutung eines Gebäudes , 6 Apr 2023, In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau. 118, S2, p. 1-1, 1 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Editorial (Lead article)
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Investigation on the crack formation in carbon concrete for the use in deck caps on cantilever slabs of bridges , Apr 2023, In: Structural concrete. 24, 2, p. 2563-2574, 12 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to journal > Research article
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Jahresbericht 2022 , Apr 2023, Dresden: Technische Universität Dresden, 200 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph
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Nachhaltiger Betonbau - Vom CO2- und ressourceneffizienten Beton und Tragwerk zur nachhaltigen Konstruktion , 13 Mar 2023, Bauphysik-Kalender 2023: Schwerpunkt: Nachhaltigkeit (inkl. e-Book als PDF). Fouad, N. A. (ed.). 1 ed., Berlin: Ernst & Sohn, p. 259-364, 104 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Contribution to book/conference proceedings/anthology/report > Chapter in book/Anthology/Report
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Berücksichtigung von Temperaturfeldern bei Ermüdungsversuchen an UHPC , Mar 2023, Dresden: Technische Universität Dresden, 207 p.Electronic (full-text) versionResearch output: Book/Report/Anthology > Monograph