Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Torsten Leutbecher
Room: PB-A 111/2 |
Curriculum vitae
since 2014 | Full professor for Structural Concrete at the University of Siegen |
2009 | Scientific award of the Association of Graduates and Promoters of Civil Engineering at the University of Kassel e.V. (AuF BAU) |
2008 to 2014 | Senior researcher at the Chair of Structural Concrete at the University of Kassel |
2006 to 2008 | Ingenieurbüro für Bauwesen Fehling + Jungmann GmbH – Consulting engineers VBI, Kassel |
2007 | Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at the University of Kassel Topic: Crack formation and tensile behaviour of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) reinforced with reinforcing bars and steel fibres |
2003 | Award of the Kasseler-Beton-Betrieb (KBB) |
2001 to 2006 | Research assistant at the Chair of Structural Concrete at the University of Kassel |
1999 to 2001 | Studies of civil engineering at the University of Kassel |
1998 to 1999 | rmi REUTER + MITTNACHT Ingenieure – Consulting engineers VBI, Würzburg |
1999 | Medal of honour of the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt-Aschaffenburg |
1994 to 1999 | Studies of civil engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt-Aschaffenburg |
Research topics
Courses
Publications
Memberships and task group activities
- 2024 Expert assessor in the internal accreditation procedure for the Civil Engineering degree programmes at TU Dresden
- since 2023 Member of Advisory Board of the Journal "Beton- und Stahlbetonbau"
- since 2023 Chairman of Task Group "Serviceability SLS" of the DAfStb-subcommittee "Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete"
- 2021 Expert assessor in the concept review of the new Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering at the University of Rostock
- Fachvertreter für die Konzeptbegutachtung im Rahmen der Neueinrichtung des Bachelorstudiengangs Bauingenieurwesen an der Universität Rostock
- since 2021 Member of DAfStb-subcommittee "Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete"
- since 2021 as well as 2015-2017 Member of Faculty Board of the School of Science and Technology at the University of Siegen
- since 2019 Member of Examination Board of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Siegen
- 2017 to 2019 Spokesman of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Siegen
- since 2016 Member of Research Advisory Board of the German Committee for Structural Concrete e.V. (Deutscher Ausschuss für Stahlbeton e.V., DAfStb)
- Member of Scientific Committee — HiPerMat 2016, HiPerMat 2020, and HiPerMat 2024
- 2015 to 2019 Member of Research Advisory Board of the School of Science and Technology at the University of Siegen
- 2015 Member of the jury for the "BAB 45 design concept" competition, North Rhine-Westphalia road construction authority (Landesbetrieb Straßenbau Nordrhein-Westfalen)
- since 2015 Executive council of the Institute for Advanced Materials and Structures (FiBB) at the University of Siegen
- since 2014 Member and chairman of several appointment committees for professorships at the University of Siegen
- since 2014 Member of Quality Circle of the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Siegen
- since 2014 Chairman of Task Group "Design and Construction" of the DAfStb-subcommittee "Ultra-High Performance Concrete"
- since 2014 Member of DAfStb-subcommittee "Ultra-High Performance Concrete"
- since 2005 Member of Task Group 4.2 "Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete" of the fédération internationale du béton (fib)