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Introduction of President Konrad Bergmeister

President Konrad Bergmeister Fellow, German National Academy of Sciences LeopoldinaFellow, European Academy of Science and ArtProfessor, University for Natural Resources and Life S

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

Email: konrad.bergmeister@boku.ac.at

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