Associations/Organizations

• Chairman of the Board of the German Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (DGEB), since 2023
• Member of the expert review group of AiF (German Federation of Industrial Research Associations) "Expert Group 4 - Construction and Manufacturing, Subgroup 4.2 - Construction in Civil Engineering", since 2022
• Vice-President, European Association of Earthquake Engineering (EAEE), since 2022
• Member of the board of the German Research Association (Forschungsvereinigung) Baustatik-Baupraxis e.V., since 2022
• Member of the ASIIN Accreditation Commission for Degree Programmes, Chairman of Technical Committee 03 (Civil Engineering, Geodesy and Architecture), since June 2021
• Member of the Project Management Organisation Committee (Projekträger) "Interim Storage, Waste Treatment and Disposal" (PKZABE) of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the Germen Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), since 2021
• Member of the Project Management Organisation Committee (Projekträger) "Research Funding for Nuclear Safety" of the Germen Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology BMWi, since 2020
• Advisory board member of the International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT), since 2019
• Member of the Board of the German Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (DGEB), 2003-2011, since Sept. 2019
• Advisory Board Member of International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT), since 2019
• German representative in the "Seismic Subgroup" and "Concrete Subgroup" of the OECD/NEA (Organisation for European Economic Co-operation) "Working Group on Integrity and Ageing of Components and Structures (WGIAGE)", since 2018

Code Comittees

• Chairman of the Materials Testing Standards Committee, NA 062-07-43, "Components made of concrete, reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete and steel in nuclear facilities and nuclear waste management facilities", since 2018
• Member of the DIN Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection Advisory Board (NA 062-07 FBR)
• Member of the Construction Standards Committee (NABau), NA 005-51-06 AA "Earthquakes, special issues" (DIN 4149, NA Eurocode 8)
• Member of the Construction Standards Committee (NABau), NA 005-51-06-02 AK "Behaviour-based design concepts"
• Member of the European Committee for Standardisation CEN/TC 250/SC 08 "Eurocode 8; Earthquake resistance design of structures"
• Member of the Standards Committee European Committee for Standardisation CEN/TC 340-WG5 "Anti-Seismic Devices" Earthquake devices
• Member of the KTA working committee of KTA 2201.1: Design of nuclear power plants against seismic events; Part 1: Principles
• Member of the KTA Working Panel of KTA 2201.3: Design of Nuclear Power Plants against Seismic Events, Part 3: Structures
• Member of the KTA Safety Standards Committee of KTA 2201.6: Design of Nuclear Power Plants against Seismic Events, Part 6: Measures after Earthquakes
• Member of the KTA working committee of KTA 2103: Explosion protection in nuclear power plants
• Deputy member of the KTA Subcommittee on PLANT and CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING
• National Technical Contact, European Committee for Standardisation CEN/TC250/SC8/N
• Member of the VGB (VGB PowerTech e.V.) working group "Earthquake Design"
• Member of the VGB (VGB PowerTech e.V.) Project Group: "Structural Engineering for Cooling Towers"
• Member of the Construction Standards Committee (NABau), NA 005-51-07 AA, working committee "Wind turbines"
• Member of the Construction Standards Committee (NABau), NA 005-51-07-01 AK "Design, construction and execution"
• Member of the Construction Standards Committee (NABau), NA 005-57-02 AA "Bearings in construction"
• Member of the "International Advisory Board" of the "European Virtual Institute for Integrated Risk Management", European Economic Interest Grouping
• Member of the DIN Advisory Board for Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection (NA 062-07 FBR)
• Member of the ISO standardisation committee ISO/TC 85/SC 6, Reactor technology
• Member of the ISO standardisation committee ISO/TC 85/SC 6/WG 3, Power reactor, siting, design, operation, and decommissioning
• Member of the "Vibration technology" advisory board of the VDI Society for Product and Process Design (VDI-GPP)
• Member of the DIN Advisory Board NA 001-03 FB Department 3 Vibration Technology (NALS FB 3)
• Member of the Strucutral Standards Committee (NABau) NA 005-51, FBR-01 SO „GruSibau“, Principles for defining the safety requirements for structures

University Committees

• Chair of the Specialised Committee for Studies & Teaching (Dean of Studies), since 2023
• Member of the Senate of the University of Kaiserslautern, 2020-2023
• Member of the Senate Committee for the merger of the University of Kaiserslautern and the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau, since 2020
• Member of the Senate Commission for Quality in Teaching and Learning, since 2017
• Member of the Steering Committee for Studies and Teaching at TU Kaiserslautern, since 2018
• Member of the Civil Engineering Faculty Council, since 2017
   

• Eugen Pirlet Award, 2002
• “Borchers-Plakette” form the RWTH Aachen University, 2002
• DGEB-Award (German Society of Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics), 2003
• Award of the Fritz-Peter-Müller-Stiftung, 2003/2004

• EU Patent Nr. EP 2 778 291 A1 Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Erdbebenwirkungen eliminierenden Fundamentplatte für zumindest ein Gebäude, 2014

• German Patent: 10 2010 037 202.1-25 Beabstandeter Gittermantel zum Schutz von Bauwerken gegen Anpralllasten, 2011

• German Patent: 10 2010 037 201.3-25 Verbund Schutzmantel, gegebenenfalls mit DUCON zum Schutz von Bauwerken gegen Anpralllasten, 2011

• U.S. Patent No. PCT/EP01/09430, 2303 “Quick Assessment of the Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings”, 2001

• Japanese Patent No. 522368/02, 2303 “Quick Assessment of the Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings”, 2001

• EU Patent No. 01108997.6-2303 “Quick Assessment of the Seismic Vulnerability of Buildings”, 2000