Personal Data

Born:

31.10.1954 in Tönisvorst, NRW

married, one daughter

Education

1961-1965

Elementary school in Vorst near to Krefeld

1965-1973

Public high school Thomaeum Kempen

Studies

1973-1979

Studies of Civil Engineering at the RWTH Aachen University (Germany)

12/1984

PhD, Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany), topic: Einfluss der Verbundart auf die Grenztragfähigkeit von Spannbetonbalken (Influence of bond type on the capacity of prestressed concrete girders)

Professional Career

08/1979-07/1985

Research associate at the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) with Prof. Kordina

08/1985-08/1993

Project engineer and project manager in the construction industry at Philipp Holzmann AG, Frankfurt/Main: Project Manager of the high-rise buildings Trianon and Japan Center

since 09/1993

Professor for Structural Concrete and Head of the Institute of Structural Concrete at RWTH Aachen University

since 04/1994

Authorized expert for structural engineering in the field of structural concrete and associate partner at H+P Ingenieure GmbH

01/1997-12/2008

since 02/1997

since 05/1998

Convenor of Execution of structures DIN 1045-3

Authorized expert of the German federal railway organisation

Member of several technical committees at the German Institute for Building Technology (DIBt) (e.g. structural concrete, prestressed concrete, detailing of reinforcement and members)

07/1999-12/2014

Speaker of the Collaborative Research Center 532 “Textile Reinforced Concrete - Development of a new technology"

04/2004-03/2012

Member of DFG review board for Structure Engineering and Architecture

08/2004

declined an offer of a professorship at TU Braunschweig

since 02/2005

Member of Akademie der Wissenschaften

since 01/2009

Convenor of NA 005-07-01 AA "Design of concrete structures", German mirror committee of CEN/TC 250/SC 2, ISO/TC 71/SC 5, ISO/TC 71/SC 6

since 01/2009

Member and German representative at CEN/TC 250/SC 2/WG 1 "Coordination and Editorial Panel"

since 01/2010

since 04/2012

Chief Editor of the annual Handbook "Stahlbeton aktuell", Beuth-Verlag, Berlin

Vice-Dean, Faculty of Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University

since 05/2012

Convenor of the CEN-Taskgroup CEN/TC 250/SC 2/WG 1/TG 4 "Shear, Punching, Torsion"

since 02/2014

Chief Editor of the journal Bauingenieur (civil engineer), publisher: Springer VDI

08/2014-07/2017

Member of the senate and Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)

since 09/2015

Member of the Project Team 1 for the new Draft of Eurocode 2 – Design of Concrete Structures

since 10/2016

since 06/2020

Member of the fib Task Group 10.1 Model Code 2020

DFG Liaison Officer, RWTH Aachen University

since 07/2020

Region Spokesman of the Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio 280 "Construction principles of material-minimized carbon concrete structures"

Selected Memberships

Code advisory committees Civil Engineering

NA 005-07-01 AA

Design and Constrution - Mirror committee for Eurocode 2 (Convenor)

CEN/TC 250/SC 2/WG 1

Eurocode 2, Design of Concrete Structures

Projekt Team 1 for the new Draft of Eurocode 2 - Design of Concrete Structures

Cordination and Editorial Panel for Eurocode 2

/TG4

Shear, Punching, Torsion (Convenor)

Authorized expert of the "Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik" (DIBt)

SVA - A - 413a

Beton-, Stahlbeton-, Spannbetonbauteile

SVA - A - 413b

Spannbetonhohlplatten

SVA - A - 413c

Bewehrungselemente

SVA - A - 436

Tiefbau/Grundbau/Verpressanker/Verpresspfähle

SVA - A - 457

Metallbau/Verbundbau

SVA - A - 408

Spannverfahren

SVA - A - 449

Stahlfaserbeton

PG

Windenergieanlagen

Managing Board of the Deutscher Ausschuss für Stahlbeton (DAfStb, German Committee for Reinfoced Concrete)

AG

NAD zum EC2 (EN 1992-1-1)

International Federation for Structural Concrete

TG 4.2

Ultimate limit state models

TG 6.1

TG 10.1

Prestressed hollow core floors

Model Code 2020

Selected Publications

[1]

Kueres, Dominik; Ricker, Marcus; Hegger, Josef: Improved Shear Reinforcement for Footings - PUnching Strength inside Shear-Reinforced Zone. In: ACI Structural Journal 114, 6/2017, pp. 1445-1456, DOI 10.14359/51689499

[2]

Kueres, Dominik; Siburg, Carsten; Herbrand, Martin; Claßen, Martin; Hegger, Josef: Uniform Design Method for punching shear in flat slabs and column bases. In: Engineering Structures 136, 2017, pp. 149-164, DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2016.12.064

[3]

Teworte, Frederik; Herbrand, Martin; Hegger, Josef: Structural Assessment of Concrete Bridges in Germany - Shear Resistance under Static and Fatigue Loading. In: Structural Engineering International 25, 3/2015, pp. 266-274, DOI 10.2749/101686615X14210663188411

[4]

Scholzen, Alexander; Chudoba, Rostislav; Hegger, Josef: Thin-walled shell structures made of textile reinforced concrete (Part II): Experimental characterization, ultimate limit state assessment and numerical simulation. In: Structural Concrete 16, 1/2015, pp. 115-124, DOI: 10.1002/suco.201400046.

[5]

Shams, Ali; Horstmann, Michael; Hegger, Josef: Experimental investigations on textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) sandwich sections. In: Composite Structures, 118/2014, pp. 643-653, DOI:10.1016/j.compstruct.2014.07.056.

[6]

Chudoba, Rostislav; van der Woerd, Jan; Hegger, Josef; Schmerl, Matthias: ORICRETE - Modeling support for design and manufacturing of folded concrete structures. In: Advances in engineering software. Barking: Elsevier Science Publ., 2013, online-publication. ISSN 0141-1195, 0965-9978.

[7]

Teworte, Frederik; Hegger, Josef: Querkraftermüdung von Spannbetonträgern ohne Querkraft­bewehrung. In: Beton- und Stahlbetonbau 108, 1/2013, pp. 34-46, DOI: 10.1002/best.201200057.

[8]

Hegger, Josef; Voss, Stefan: Investigations on the load-bearing behavior and application potential of textile reinforced concrete. In: Engineering Structures 30, 7/2008, pp. 2050-2056.

[9]

Hegger, Josef; Sherif, Alaa G.; Görtz, Stephan: Investigation of pre- and postcracking shear behavior of prestressed concrete beams using innovative measuring techniques. In: ACI Structural Journal 101, 2/2004, pp. 183-192.

[10]

Hegger, Josef; Sherif, Alaa G.; Roeser, Wolfgang: Nonseismic design of beam-column joints. In: ACI Structural Journal 100, 5/2003, pp. 654-664.

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