Prof. Dr.-Ing. Philipp Dietsch
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Holzbau und Baukonstruktion
Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Geb. 10.50, Zimmer 504
Reinhard-Baumeister-Platz 1
D-76131 Karlsruhe
Short vita
1999 - 2005
Studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich
Academic year at McGill University, Montreal/Canada
Diploma thesis at the Center for advanced Wood Processing at UBC, Vancouver/Canada (VDI Prize)
2005 - 2012
University assistant at the Chair of Timber Structures and Building Construction (Prof. S. Winter, Prof. H. Kreuzinger)
Focus of research on long-span timber structures, e.g. the robustness of timber structures and the investigation and evaluation of damage to existing timber structures. Further concentration on the reinforcement of beams under high shear and transverse tensile stress as well as possible monitoring strategies
Dissertation "Use and calculation of shear reinforcements for glulam components"
2012 - 2020
Team leader "Timber Construction" at the Chair of Timber Structures and Building Construction
Supervision of approx. 10 scientists
Project management of 11 research projects (approx. € 3 million)
Co-supervisor, reviewer or mentor for 11 dissertations
2020 - 2021
University professorship for Timber Engineering at the University of Innsbruck
12 employees
Supervisor, co-supervisor, reviewer or mentor for 11 dissertations
October 2021
University Professorship for Timber Structures and Building Construction at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Functions
INTER (Chairman), COST (Chairman FP1402), RILEM (Co-Chairman RTE-245)
CEN (Chairman TC 250/SC 5/WG 7 "Reinforcements"), DIN (member of mirror committees "Eurocode 0" and "Eurocode 5"), DIBt (expert in SVA "Timber Construction").