Bernhard Pichler
- Position:
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- Head of Research Unit Research Unit Structural Analysis and Experimental Mechanics
- Scientific Head of the Laboratory for Macroscopic Material Testing
- Publications
- Business Card
Research Activities
- Nonlinear static stability analysis of shell structures Parameter identification via back analysis based on soft computing (neural networks and genetic algorithms)
- Pipeline engineering: experimental and numerical study of protection strategies considering (i) rockfall loading and (ii) wear of the outer anti-corrosion coating
- Impact engineering: experimental and semi-analytical analysis of rockfall onto gravel layers
- Continuum micromechanics of cracked brittle materials
Current Research Projects
Closed Research Projects
- TUNCONSTRUCT - Technology Innovation in Underground Construction
- Computational Model for Assessment of Protection Systems for Buried Steel Pipelines Endangered by Rockfall
Personal Data
- Name:
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Bernhard PICHLER
- Academic degrees:
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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
- Date of birth:
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September 4, 1974
- Place of birth::
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Vienna, Austria
- Nationality:
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Austrian
- Marital status:
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Married [Mag. Christina Pichler (Burger), since 2004]
Education, Military Service, and University Studies at TU Wien
- 09/1984 - 06/1992:
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Secondary school (humanistic branch: Latin, Ancient-Greek)
- 07/1992 - 02/1993:
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Military service at the Austrian Army
- 03/1993 - 04/1999:
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Diploma studies (Civil Engineering)
- 08/1995:
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1st diploma examination (graduation with distinction)
- 04/1999:
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2nd diploma examination (graduation with distinction)
- 05/1999 - 11/2003:
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Doctoral studies at the Institute for Strength of Materials
- 11/2003:
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Final examination (graduation with distinction)
- 06/2009:
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Habilitation: Venia docendi for "Festigkeitslehre und Baustatik [Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis]"
- since 10/2010:
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Head of Laboratory for Macroscopic Material Testing at IMWS/TU Wien
- 10/2011 - 02/2020:
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Associate Professor at TU Wien
- since 03/2020:
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Full Professor at IMWS/TU Wien
Work Experience at TU Wien
- 05/1999 - 03/2000:
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Research Assistant (Institute for Strength of Materials)
- 04/2000 - 09/2004:
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University Assistant (Institute for Strength of Materials)
- 10/2004 - 08/2005:
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University Assistant (Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures [formerly: Institute for Strength of Materials])
- 09/2005 - 05/2006:
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on leave from TU Wien (see 'Activities Abroad')
- 06/2006 - 09/2007:
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University Assistant (Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures [formerly: Institute for Strength of Materials])
- 10/2007 - 01/2008:
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on leave from TU Wien (see 'Activities Abroad')
- 07/2008 - 03/2011:
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University Assistant at IMWS/TU Wien
- 04/2011 - 09/2011:
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Assistant Professor at IMWS/TU Wien
- 10/2011 - 02/2020:
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Associate Professor at IMWS/TU Wien
- since 03/2020:
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Full Professor at IMWS/TU Wien
Activities Abroad (on leave from TU Wien)
- 09/2005 - 03/2006:
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'Professeur invité de l'Ecole National des Ponts et Chaussées (ENPC)' (Invited Professor at the National School of Civil Engineering), Paris Institute of Technology (Paris Tech), Marne-la-Vallée, France
- 04/2006 - 05/2006:
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the 'Laboratoire des Matériaux et des Structures du Génie Civil' (Laboratory for Materials and Structures in Civil Engineering), ENPC, Paris Tech, Marne-la-Vallée, France
- 10/2007 - 01/2008:
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Scholarship holder of the city of Paris at the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), Paris
- 02/2008 - 06/2008:
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Invited Guest Researcher at LMSGC/ENPC/ParisTech
Awards
- 1995 - 1998:
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Four times award for excellent performance as a student, granted by the Faculty of Civil Engineering of TU Wien
- 2013:
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Outstanding Reviewer of ASCE's Journal of Engineering Mechanics
- 2017:
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Winner of Best Lecture Award, Faculty of Civil Engineering, TU Wien
Lecture: "Structural Analysis" (together with Dr. Mehdi Aminbaghai) - 2018:
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Winner of Best Teacher Award, Faculty of Civil Engineering, TU Wien
- 2019:
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Winner of Best Lecture Award, Faculty of Civil Engineering, TU Wien Lecture: "Structural Analysis" (together with Dr. Mehdi Aminbaghai)
- 2019:
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Best Reviewer Award, Materials and Structures (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures, "RILEM")
- 2019:
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Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Acta Materialia (Elsevier)
Languages
- German
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mother tongue
- English
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fluent
- French
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basic knowledge
Attendance of advanced schools
- 1996:
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Attendance of the CEEPUS Summer School 'Analysis of elastomers and flow and creep of glass and metals - computer modeling', August 19-30, 1996, Zilina, Slovak Republic
- 2003:
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Attendance of the CISM Advanced School 'Parameter Identification of Materials and Structures', October 6-10, 2003, Udine, Italy
- 2004:
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Attendance of the CISM Advanced School 'Applied Micromechanics of Porous Materials', July 19-23, 2004, Udine, Italy
Organization of scientific events
- 2001:
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Organization of the '13th Inter Institute Seminar for Young Researchers from the Technical Universities of Budapest, Cracow and Vienna', October 26-28, 2001, Vienna, Austria
- 2002:
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Co-organization of the exhibition 'G.W. Leibniz: Philosoph, Mathematiker, Physiker, Techniker' (G.W. Leibniz: Philosopher, Mathematician, Physicist, Technician), July 10 - October 4, 2002, Main Building of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
- 2002:
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Assistance in organizing the 'Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics', July 7-12, 2002, Vienna, Austria
- 2006:
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Assistance to the organization of the "Thirteenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICS-13)", July 2-6, 2016, Vienna, Austria
- 2007:
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Organization of the "16th Inter Institute Seminar for Young Researchers from the Technical Universities of Budapest, Cracow and Vienna", May 17-20, 2007, Vienna, Austria
- 2007:
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Asstistance to the organization of the "ECCOMAS Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling (EURO:TUN 2007)", August 27-29, 2007, Vienna, Austria
- 2012:
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Assistance to the organization of the "European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineeing", September 10-14, 2012, Vienna, Austria
- 2012:
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Assistance to the organization of the "24th Full Meeting of the NANOCEM Consortium", November 6-8, 2012, Vienna, Austria
- 2012/13:
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Co-chariman of the "5th Biot Conference on Poromechanics", July 10-12, 2013, Vienna, Austria
- 2014/15:
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Co-chariman of the "CONCREEP 10 on Mechanics and Physics of Creep, Shrinkage, and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures", September 21-23, 2015, Vienna, Austria
- 2016/18:
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Co-chairman of the "EURO-C 2018 on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures"
- 2020/21:
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Organizer of the "ERICA-CASH II Final Conference" on advances in the nanoscience of calcium-silicate hydrates
- 2020/22:
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Co-chairman of the "EURO-C 2022 on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Cocnrete Structures"
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Bernhard Pichler
Head, Research Unit of Structural Analysis and Experimental Mechanics
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