Field of Activity

• Structural dynamics:
  • Field tests
  • Analysis and identification
  • Numerical modelling
• Shape memory alloys in civil engineering
  • Material characterization
  • Numerical modelling
• Porous media
  • Concrete spalling due to fire
  • Modelling of heat and mass transfer in porous media
  • Experimental techniques

Special Knowledge

• Neutron imaging
• Multiphysics simulations with COMSOL
• Programming in C++, Matlab

Publications

on Google Scholar

Membership in Professional Associations

• Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
• RILEM Technical Committee 256-SPF: Spalling of concrete due to fire: testing and modelling (Chairmen Task 5: Numerical Modelling)

Education
Dr. sc. techn. ETH Zurich
M.S. Stanford University
Dipl. Bau-Ing. ETH Zurich

Languages
German, English, French