Phone:
+49 711 685 66245
Contact
Pfaffenwaldring 7
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: 2.144
Subject
Structural Stability | Structural Durability | Structural Hazard Performance | Structural Innovation for Sustainability
| Personal Information: | |
| Name | Markus Knobloch |
| Date of birth | 21 June 1976 |
| Education: | |
| 2014 | PD (Habilitation), ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2007 | Ph.D. (Dr.sc.techn.), ETH Zürich, Switzerland |
| 2001 | M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing.) in Civil Engineering, TU Darmstadt, Germany |
| Professional & Work Experience: |
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| Since 2024 | University of Stuttgart Full Professor - Institute of Structural Design |
| 2021-2023 | Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| 2015-2021 | Head of the Institute of Structural Engineering |
| 2014-2024 |
Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) Research in the field of Steel and Composite Structures with special interests in: Structural Mechanics • Structural Stability • Structural Durability, Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics • High-Performance |
| 2011-2014 | Gruner AG, Consulting Engineers, Basel Co-expert for Steel and Lightweight Structures |
| 2010-2014 | University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Muttenz Professor of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Structures |
| 2008-2010 | Tuchschmid AG, Steel Construction Company, Frauenfeld Project Leader and Structural Engineer |
| 2007 | Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane Visiting scientist |
| 2006-2007 | Tokyo Institute of Technology (TiTech), Materials and Structures Laboratory Visiting scientist |
| 2001-2006 | ETH Zürich, Institute of Structural Engineering Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant |
| Professional Activities: | |
| Selected Code Committees | Project Team Member, M/515 CEN/TC250/SC3/PT SC3.T1 (EN 1993-1-1) |
| Project Team Member, M/515 CEN/TC250/SC3/PT SC3.T6 (EN 1993-1-2) | |
| Chairperson, CEN/TC250/SC3 (Eurocode 3 - Steel Structures) | |
| National Delegate, CEN/TC250/SC3/WG1 (EN 1993-1-1) | |
| National Delegate, CEN/TC250/SC3/WG2 (EN 1993-1-2), WG9 (EN 1993-1-9), WG12 (EN 1993-1-12), WG22 (EN 1993-1-14) |
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| National Delegate, CEN/TC250/SC4 (Eurocode 4 - Composite Structures) | |
| National Delegate, CEN/TC250/SC4/WG4 (EN 1994-1-1, EN 1994-1-2, EN 1994-2) | |
| Member, ECCS TC8 - Structural Stability | |
| Member of the Technical Committees, ECCS TC3 - Fire Safety, ECCS TC6 - Fatigue, ECCS TC11 - Composite Structures, ECCS TC16 - Wind Energy Supporting Structures | |
| Member of the DIN Standard Committees, NA 005-51 FBR KOA 01, NA 005-08-16 AA Structural Design, NA 005-08-23 AA Steel Bridges, NA 005-08-99 AA Composite Structures, NA 005-52-22 AA Structural Fire Safety | |
| Member of the Swiss Code Committees for Struct. Codes (KTN), Steel Structures (SIA 263) | |
| Chairperson of the Swiss Code Committee for Composite Structures (SIA 264) | |
| Journal Editorial Activities | Editorial Board Member, Stahlbau |
| Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Steel Structures | |
| Editorial Board Member, IABSE Bulletins | |
| Guest Editor, Steel Construction, Structural Engineering International, Stahlbau | |
| Selected Conference Committees |
Scientific Committee, Int. Conference Series on Structures in Fire (SiF) |
| Scientific Committee, Int. Colloquium Series on Stability and Ductility of Steel Struct. (SDSS) | |
| Scientific Committee, Nordic Steel Construction Conference Series | |
| Selected Conferences, Courses & Workshops |
Conference Organizer, 9th International Conference of Composite Construction in Steel and Concrete (CCIX), 27-29 July 2021, Online |
| Session Organizer, Behavior of Structures in Fire, Conference on Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation SEMC 2019 & 2016, Cape Town | |
| Session Organizer, Modern Wind Turbines - Challenges and New Design Technologies for Wind Turbine Structures, IABSE Symposium, 19-23 September 2017 | |
| Conference Organizer, IABSE Young Engineers Colloquium YEC 2017, 31 March - 1 April 2017, Bochum | |
| Conference Organizer, 7th International Conference on Structures in Fire (SiF2012), 6-8 June 2012, Zurich | |
| Academic Distinctions: | |
| Since 2025 | Member of the expert and evaluation board of the Industrial Collective Research (IGF) |
| 2022 | Best Paper Award I Structures in Fire |
| Since 2022 | Executive board member of the German Committee for Steel Structures (DASt) |
| Since 2022 | Chairperson of CEN/TC 250/SC 3 |
| 2021 | ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering - 2020 Best Paper of the Year Award |
| 2019 + 2024 | Bernt Johansson Outstanding Paper Award, nomination |
| 2019 | Tomás Vraný SDSS Award |
| 2008 | IAFSS Thesis award 2005-2007 for the best thesis |
| 2007 | Medal of the ETH Zürich for an outstanding doctoral thesis |
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