Education

1982 - 1988
Studies of Civil Engineering at TH Darmstadt

• focussed in structural engineering with specialisation in steel construction
• graduated as Diplom-Ingenieur in October 1988

Career history

12/1988 - 09/1990
Project engineer and structural engineer at stahlbau lavis offenbach gmbH, Offenbach

10/1990 - 08/1993
Project manager at stahl + verbundbau GmbH, Dreieich

09/1993 - 07/1996
Research Associate at the Institute of Solid Structures led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gert König at TH Darmstadt
Dissertation on the topic "A mechanical model of the bond between steel and concrete"
Lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gert König
Co-lecturer: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.H. Karl Kordina, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Friemann

08/1996 - 08/2000
Project manager at stahl + verbundbau GmbH, Dreieich, Focus: Construction of large-scale projects in composite steel construction

09/2000 - 12/2004
Technical manager at DSD-Hilgers Bausystem GmbH, Bad Honnef, Focus: Turnkey building construction

01/2005 - 03/2006
Export manager at Donges Stahlbau GmbH, Darmstadt

04/2006 - 09/2008
Partner in the engineering office Bode, Ramm und Partner, Kaiserslautern

seit 04/2006
Head of the department Steel Construction at TU Kaiserslautern

seit 04/2008
Test engineer for structural analysis, specialising in metal construction

seit 10/2008
Managing partner of BORAPA Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Kaiserslautern

seit 10/2008
Member of the management of the Materials Testing Institute of the TU Kaiserslautern

Standardisation, committees of experts

2004 - 2006
Member of the "Deutscher Ausschuss für Stahlbau"

since 2004
Member of NA 005-08 "FBR Lenkungsgremium Fachbereich 08 - Metallbau"

since 2009
Member of NA 062-07-43 AA "Bauteile aus Stahl- und Spannbeton in kerntechnischen Anlagen"

since 2011
Member of Na 005-08-99 AA "Verbundbau (SpA zu CEN/TC 250/SC4)"

Membership in technical-scientific committees, reviewers and advisory board activities

2004 - 2010
AA "Parkhaus-Merkblatt", DBV

since 1994
Working committee on Composite Structures, DSTV

since 2008
Principal Investigator and Speaker of the research focus RESCUE - Sustainable Construction Industry

since 2011
Praxis Regeln Bau, Arbeitsgruppe 3 "Stahl- und Stahlverbundbau"

since 2011
Audit Committee for the recognition of testt engineers, Hessen / Rheinland-Pfalz / Saarland / Thüringen

university self-administration

2008 - 2011
Member of the Faculty Council for Architecture / Spatial and Environmental Planning / Civil Engineering

since 2011
Member of the Faculty Council for Civil Engineering

since 2011
Member of the Senate of the TU Kaiserslautern

2011 - 2014

Dean of the Civil Engineering Department