Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Christos Vrettos
Paul-Ehrlich-Str.
Building: 14
Room: 415
67663 Kaiserslautern
Tel.: +49 631 205-2930
E-Mail: vrettos@rptu.de
Personal Data
| 1960 | born in Athens |
Education
| 1978 | High school diploma for university entrance, Deutsche Schule Athen (Dörpfeld Gymnasium) |
| 1978 - 1983 | Civil engineering studies at the University Karlsruhe; area of specialisation: structural engineering |
| 1983 | Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) |
Employment History
| 1984 - 1989 | Research Associate, Division of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1989 | Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan |
| 1990 | Visiting Scientist, Department of Civil Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, U.S.A. |
| 1990 - 1996 | Senior Lecturer (C2), Division of Foundation Engineering and Soil Mechanics, Technical University of Berlin |
| 1997 - 1998 | Consulting Engineer in Berlin |
| 1997 - 2003 | Privat-Dozent at the Technical University of Berlin |
| 1998 - 2000 | Project Manager, Department of Infrastructure Projects / Project Management, Philipp Holzmann Planung GmbH, Frankfurt/Main |
| 2000 - 2004 | Senior Project Manager, Consulting Office GuD Geotechnik und Dynamik Consult GmbH, Berlin |
| 2003 - 2010 | Professor without Regular Chair at the Technical University of Berlin |
| since 2004 | University Professor (C4) for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering at the Technical University Kaiserslautern |
Academic Degrees
| 1988 | Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying, University of Karlsruhe |
| 1997 | Habilitation (Dr.-Ing. habil.) in the field of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Dynamics at the Technical University of Berlin |
Membership in Committees
CEN/TC 250/SC 7 Eurocode 7
CEN/TC 250/SC 8 Eurocode 8
DIN 1054 Soil - Verification of the safety of earthworks and foundations
DIN 4017 Soil - Calculation of design bearing capacity of soil beneath shallow foundations
DIN 4018 Soil- Calculation of the bearing pressure distribution under spread foundations
DIN 4019 Soil - Analysis of settlements
DIN 4084 Soil - Calculation of embankment failure and overall stability of retaining structures
DIN 4085 Soil - Calculation of earth pressure
DIN 4149 Buildings in german earthquake areas - Design loads, analysis and structural design
DIN 4150 Vibrations in buildings - Part 1: Prediction of vibration parameters
Working Group 1.4 of the German Geotechnical Society on "Soil Dynamics"
Reviewer for Funding Agencies
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung
Israel Science Foundation
Irish Research Council, Irland
Swiss National Science Foundation, Schweiz
Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung (FWF), Österreich
Österreichische Forschungsförderungsgesellschaft FFG, Österreich
General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Editorial Activities
Head of the Editorial Board of the journal "geotechnik"
Reviewer for internationbal journals (regularly): Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering; Bulletin of Earhquake Engineering; International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics; Computers and Geotechnics; Geotechnical and Geological Engineering
Reviewer for international journal (occasionally): link