President Konrad Bergmeister
Fellow, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Fellow, European Academy of Science and Art
Professor, University for Natural Resources and Life Science, Vienna, Austria
Studies in
- Civil Engineering, Univ. of Innsbruck (Austria)
- Rural Architecture, History of Art, Philosophy, Univ. of Innsbruck
- Manufacturing systems, University of Clarkson, NY (USA)
Doctoral degree in Philosophy, University of Innsbruck
Doctoral degree in Technical Sciences, University of Innsbruck
Doctoral degree in Macro-Economics, EU University of Bratislava-Vienna
- 1990 founding of the civil engineering company “Bergmeister Engineers”
- 1993 Professor at the Institute of Structural Engineering, Vienna
- 1999 – 2006, Chief Engineer and Technical Director of the Brenner highway
- 2006 – 2019, CEO of the Brenner Base Tunnel (world longhest tunnel)
- Since 1999 chief editor of the journal “Beton- und Stahlbetonbau”
(Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Structures) - Since 2003 editor of the Betonkalender with Fingerloos, Wörner
Promotor and editor of CEND from 2020 – 2023
Position
- Member of IABSE and various national committees on structural engineering
- National delegate from Austria of fib
- Member and chair of fib commissions
- Member of the national group of experts for Infrastructures, Italy
- Chair of the Austrian Working group of “Sustainability for Constructions”
- Full member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
- Full member of the National German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Full member of the European Academy of Science and Art
- Full member of Acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering
- Honorary Professor of the Zhejiang Guangsha College of Technology, China
- Honorary Doctorate of the University of Bundeswehr, Munich
- Honorary Doctorate of the University of Stuttgart
- 700 scientific publications, 5 books and editor of 20 books
- 800 civil engineering projects
Awards
- 2024 Ehrenzeichen des Landes Tirol
- 2023 Outstanding Structure Award from the European Association on Quality Control of Bridges and Structures.
- 1985 Eduard Wallnöfer-Anerkennungspreis, Industriellenvereinigung Tirol
Research Focus
- Fastening technology Evaluation
- monitoring and maintenance of engineering structures Life cycle-based design Building optimisation