Organizational Structure

Executive Board

SFB Coordinator
Institute for Structural Mechanics
Vice SFB Coordinator
Tunneling and Construction Management
Computing in Engineering
Chair of Building Materials


Dipl.-Ing. Jörg Sahlmen
Assistant to the Coordinator

Elke Köster
Administrative Assistent
Consortium

Project Leaders
Name Institute Subproject/Research Group
Dr. Arash Alimardani Lavasan
arash.alimardanilavasan@rub.de
Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics A5 
Dr.-Ing. Wiebke Baille
wiebke.baille@rub.de
Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics A6 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Balzani
daniel.balzani@rub.de
Continuum Mechanics C6 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Breitenbücher
rolf.breitenbuecher@rub.de
Building Materials B1 B3
Prof. Dr. Steffen Freitag
steffen.freitag@sd.rub.de
Institute for Structural Analysis C1 MGKT2
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Friederich
wolfgang.friederich@rub.de
Geophysics A2 
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Klaus Hackl
klaus.hackl@rub.de
Mechanics of Materials A2 C6 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Koenig
koenig@inf.bi.rub.de
Computing in Engineering C2 C3 D1 D3 T3 
Dr.-Ing. Elham Mahmoudi
elham.mahmoudi@rub.de
Computing in Engineering C2 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Mark
peter.mark@rub.de
Concrete Structures B1 D3
Prof. Dr. techn. Guenther Meschke
guenther.meschke@rub.de
Structural Mechanics B2 C1 C4 T2 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Inka Mueller
inka.mueller@hs-bochum.de
Structural Health Monitoring C7 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tamara Nestorovic
tamara.nestorovic@rub.de
Mechanics of Adaptive Systems A2 
Prof. Dr. Joerg Renner
joerg.renner@rub.de
C5 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arne Roettger
roettger@uni-wuppertal.de
Materials Technology C5 
Dr.-Ing. Britta Schoesser
britta.schoesser@rub.de
Tunneling and Construction Management A6 
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Thewes
markus.thewes@rub.de
Tunneling and Construction Management A1 A4 C3 T3 
Dr.-Ing. Jithender J. Timothy
jithender.timothy@tum.de
Structural Mechanics B2 
Prof. Dr. Andreas Vogel
a.vogel@rub.de
High Performance Computing C4 

Research Assistants
Name Institute Subproject/Research Group
Dr.-Ing. Mark Alexander Ahrens
alexander.ahrens@rub.de

Concrete Structures B1 D3 
Dr.-Ing. Abdullah Alsahly
abdullah.alsahly@rub.de

Structural Mechanics C1 
Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Barciaga
Thomas.Barciaga@rub.de

Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics A5 
M.Sc. Judith Berns
judith.berns@rub.de

Tunneling and Construction Management T3 
M.Sc. Lukas Brackmann
lukas.brackmann@rub.de

Materials Technology C5 
M.Sc. Hoang-Giang Bui
giang.bui@rub.de

Structural Mechanics C1 
M.Sc. Sahir Butt
sahir.butt@rub.de

Structural Mechanics C4 
Dr.-Ing. Ba Trung Cao
ba.cao@rub.de

Structural Mechanics C1 T2 
M.Sc. Florian Christ
florian.christ@rub.de

Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics A5 
M.Sc. Alena Conrads
alena.conrads@rub.de

Tunneling and Construction Management C3 
M.Sc. Sascha Freimann
sascha.freimann@rub.de

Tunneling and Construction Management A4 
M.Sc. Nicola Gottardi
nicola.gottardi@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Structural Mechanics B2 
M.Sc. Lukas Heussner
lukas.heussner@rub.de

Concrete Structures D3 
Dr.-Ing. Michael Hofmann
michael.hofmann@rub.de

Structural Mechanics B2 
M.Sc. Raoul Hölter
raoul.hoelter@rub.de

Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics C2 
M.Sc. Golnaz Hoormazdi
golnaz.hoormazdi@rub.de

Mechanics of Materials C6 
Dr. Ulrich Hoppe
ulrich.hoppe@rub.de

Mechanics of Materials C6 
M.Sc. Tagir Iskhakov
tagir.iskhakov@rub.de

Structural Mechanics B2 
M.Sc. Annika Jodehl
annika.jodehl@rub.de

Tunneling and Construction Management C3 D1 
M.Sc. Christina Krikelis
Christina.Krikelis@rub.de

Building Materials Technics B3 
M.Sc. Sebastian Kube
sebastian.kube@rub.de

Tunneling and Construction Management A6 
M.Sc. Andre Lamert
andre.lamert@rub.de

Geophysics A2 
Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Lehner
karlheinz.lehner@rub.de

Computing in Engineering D1 
M.Sc. Abdiel Ramon Leon Bal
Abdiel.LeonBal@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Structural Mechanics C4 
M.Sc. Peyman Mianji
peyman.mianji@rub.de

Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics A6 
M.Sc. Gerrit Emanuel Neu
gerrit.neu@rub.de

Structural Mechanics B2 
M.Sc. Marcel Neuhausen
marcel.neuhausen@rub.de

Computing in Engineering D3 
Dr.-Ing. Markus Obel
markus.obel@rub.de

Concrete Structures D3 
M.Sc. Diego Nicolás Petraroia
diego.petraroia@rub.de

Concrete Structures B1 
M.Sc. Sven Plückelmann
sven.plueckelmann@rub.de

Building Materials B1 
M.Sc. Sebastian Priebe
Sebastian.Priebe@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Structural Mechanics C7 
M.Sc. Christopher Riedel
Christopher.Riedel@rub.de

Mechanics of Materials A2 
M.Sc. Poria Saberi
seyed.saberiyahyaei@rub.de

High Performance Computing C4 
M.Sc. Maximilian Schoen
maximilian.schoen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics A5 
Marius Schröer
marius.schroeer@rub.de

Tunneling and Construction Management A4 
M.Sc. Christoph Schulte-Schrepping
Christoph.Schulte-Schrepping@rub.de

Building Materials B3 
Dipl.-Ing. Mario Smarslik
mario.smarslik@rub.de

Concrete Structures B1 
M.Sc. Maximilian Trapp
maximilian.trapp@rub.de

Mechanics of Adaptive Systems A2 
M.Sc. Andre Vonthron
andre.vonthron@rub.de

Computing in Engineering D1 
M.Sc. Rodolfo Javier Williams Moises
Rodolfo.WilliamsMoises@ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Structural Mechanics C1 
M.Sc. Dennis Wingender
dennis.wingender@rub.de

Continuum Mechanics C6 
Dr. Hongwei Yang
hongwei.yang@rub.de

Geophysics C5 
Dr.-Ing. Bou-Young Youn-Cale
Bou-Young.Youn@rub.de

Building Materials Technics B3 
M.Sc. Yaman Zendaki
yaman.zendaki@rub.de

Structural Mechanics C1 
Dr.-Ing. Chenyang Zhao
chenyang.zhao@rub.de

Foundation Engineering, Soil & Rock Mechanics A5 C2 
Dipl.-Ing. Felix Amberg
Company Management
Amberg Engineering AG

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hansgeorg Balthaus
Chairman of the Management Board
Hochtief Consult, Hochtief Solutions AG

Dr. Gerhard Wehrmeyer
Director of Research and Development
Fa. Herrenknecht AG

Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Ehrbar
ETH Zürich

Dr.-Ing. Roland Leucker
Executive Director
Research Association for Underground
Transportation Facilities (STUVA)

Dr.-Ing. Peter Michael Mayer
Department Manager
Technical Head Office, Ed. Zueblin AG

Dipl.-Geol. Ingo Pähler
Head of the Department for
Bridge, Tunnel and Urban Rail
Office for Transport Management, Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludger Speier
Member of Executive Board
Zerna Ingenieure