Position

Professor Emeritus (Research Unit Strength of Materials and Biomechanics)

Full Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai

Publikations

Link to reposiTUm

Business Card

Link to TISS

Education and Professional Experience

1942:

born in Vienna, Austria

1967:

Dipl.-Ing. (Civil Engineering), Vienna University of Technology

1970:

Dr. techn., Vienna University of Technology

1974:

Ph.D. (Major: Structural Engineering, Minor: Mathematics), Texas Tech University, USA

1977:

Habilitation, Vienna University of Technology

1979:

Associate Professor, Vienna University of Technology

1983:

Full Professor (Strength of Materials), Vienna University of Technology

1984-2004:

Head, Institute for Strength of Materials, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

1991-1994:

Dean (Chairman), Department of Civil Engineering, Vienna University of Technology

1994-1995:

Prorector (Vice President), Vienna University of Technology

1995-2003:

Secretary General, Austrian Academy of Sciences

2003-2006:

President, Austrian Academy of Sciences

2003-2015:

Member (2010-2015: Vice Chairman) of the Austrian Science Council 

2008-2010:

Head, Inst. for Mechanics of Materials and Structures, Vienna University of Technology

2010:

Retirement

Academic and Professional Activities Abroad

1971-1973:

Fulbright Fellow, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, USA

1975-1976:

Max Kade Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

1979 (01-03):

Visiting Associate Prof., Tokyo University, Japan

1981 (09-12):

United Nations Field Expert, Zhengzhou Research Institute for Mechanical Engineering, People’s Republic of China

2012-2015:

National RPGE Chair Professor, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

2017-:

Full Professor, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

Scientific Activities

Basic and applied research in mechanics of deformable solids, structural mechanics, computational mechanics, computational acoustics, multi-field analysis, multi-scale analysis

23 books and book editorships, 549 articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and books; past co-editor of 2 international journals, member of the editorial board of 46 scientific journals

Activities in Scientific Organizations

1992-1995:

President of the Central European Association for Computational Mechanics (CEACM)

1998-2010:

Vice President of the International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)

2005-2009:

President of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS)

Acknowledgements

Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw), the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Polish Academy of Sciences and Arts (Cracow), the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Albanian Academy of Sciences, the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, the German Academy of Technical Sciences (acatech), the Engineering Academy of the Czech Republic, the Slovak Academy of Engineering Sciences, the Academy of Sciences of Lisbon (Academia Lusitana), the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Brunswick Scientific Society, Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea (London), the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg), and the Académie Européenne des Sciences, des Arts et des Lettres 

Fellow of 3 international professional societies, Honorary Member of 3 foreign scientific societies

7 honorary doctorates (Cracow University of Technology, University of Innsbruck, National Technical University of Ukraine in Kiev, Czech Technical University in Prague, University of Mining in Leoben, Technical University of Vilnius, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), honorary professorship (Tongji University Shanghai)

Acknowledgements (Selection)

1971:

Fulbright Fellowship, Texas Tech, USA

1975:

Max Kade Fellowship (nominated by the Austrian Academy of Sciences), Cornell University, USA

1977:

Cardinal Innitzer-Advancement Prize

1978:

Advancement Prize of the City of Vienna

1978:

Theodor Körner-Advancement Prize

1982:

Prize of the Chamber of Commerce of Vienna for Technical Sciences

1996:

Wilhelm Exner-Medal

1997:

Distinguished Engineer Award of the College of Engineering of Texas Tech University

2001:

Great Decoration for Services to the State of Styria, Austria

2002:

Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class

2002:

IACM Award of the International Association for Computational Mechanics

2002:

International Prize of the Slovak Academy of Sciences

2004:

Naming pf a Small Planet by its discoverer, Prof. L. Schmadel, University of Heidelberg, as “Mang”

2006:

Commander of the National Order “Star of Romania”

2006:

Great Golden Decoraction of Merit for Services to the Republic of Austria

2007:

Carl Friedrich Gauss-Medal of the Brunswick Scientific Society

2007:

Olgierd Cecil Zienkiewicz-Medal of the Polish Association for Computational Mechanics

2010:

Tsuboi Award of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (gemeinsam mit A. Steinböck, G. Höfinger, and X. Jia) for the outstanding paper “Three pending questions in structural stability”, published in the Journal of IASS during 2009

2011:

Johann Joseph Ritter von Prechtl Medal of Vienna University of Technology

2011:

Golden Decoration of Merit for Services to the State of Vienna, Austria

2012:

Leonhard Euler-Medal of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

2013:

Officer Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland

2014:

Karl Girkmann-Medal of the Faculty of Civil Engineering of Vienna University of Technology

2014:

Nathan M. Newmark Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers

2014:

Golden Vladimir Vernadsky-Medal of the American Society of Civil Engineers

2014:

Kardinal Innitzer-Acknowledgement Prize

2020:

2019 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award of the People's Republic of China

2022:

Emerald Literati Award (together with J. Zhang, X. Liu, Y. Yong, and B. Pichler) for the outstanidng paper “Transfer relations: Useful basis for computer-aided engineering of circular arch structures”, published in the Journal Engineering Computations

2022:

Naming of the top award of the Central European Association for Computational Mechanics (CEACM) as the CEACM Prof. Mang Award

2024:

Chinese Governmanet Friendship Award 2023

2024:

Military Decoration of Merit of the Republic of Austria