Profile
Bernhard PICHLER
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University Assistant & Scientific Head of the Laboratory for Macroscopic Material Testing
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 materialsCurrent Research Projects
Closed Research Projects
Project TUNCONSTRUCT - Technology Innovation in Underground Construction Computational Model for Assessment of Protection Systems for Buried Steel Pipelines Endangered by Rockfall - Biography
Personal Data
Name:
Bernhard PICHLER
Academic degrees:
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn.
Date of birth:
September 4, 1974
Place of birth:
Vienna/Austria
Nationality:
Austrian
Marital status:
Married [Mag. Christina Pichler (Burger), since 2004]
Education, Military Service, and University Studies at Vienna University of Technology
09/1984 - 06/1992:
Secondary school (humanistic branch: Latin, Ancient-Greek)
07/1992 - 02/1993:
Military service at the Austrian Army
03/1993 - 04/1999:
Diploma studies (Civil Engineering)
08/1995:
1st diploma examination (graduation with distinction)
04/1999:
2nd diploma examination (graduation with distinction)
05/1999 - 11/2003:
Doctoral studies at the Institute for Strength of Materials
11/2003:
06/2009:
Final examination (graduation with distinction)
Habilitation: Venia docendi for "Festigkeitslehre und Baustatik [Strength of Materials and Structural Analysis]"
since 10/2010: Head of Laboratory for Macroscopic Material Testing at IMWS/TU Wien 10/2011 - 02/2020:
Associate Professor at TU Wien since 03/2020: Full Professor at IMWS/TU Wien Work Experience at Vienna University of Technology
05/1999 - 03/2000:
Research Assistant (Institute for Strength of Materials)
04/2000 - 09/2004:
University Assistant (Institute for Strength of Materials)
10/2004 - 08/2005:
University Assistant (Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures [formerly: Institute for Strength of Materials])
09/2005 - 05/2006:
on leave from Vienna University of Technology (see 'Activities Abroad')
06/2006 -
09/2007:
University Assistant (Institute for Mechanics of Materials and Structures [formerly: Institute for Strength of Materials])
10/2007 -
06/2008:
on leave from Vienna University of Technology (see 'Activities Abroad') 07/2008 -
03/2011:
University Assistant at IMWS/TU Wien 04/2011 -
09/2011:
Assistant Professor at IMWS/TU Wien 10/2011 - 02/2020: Associate Professor at IMWS/TU Wien since 03/2020: Full Professor at IMWS/TU Wien Activities Abroad (on leave from Vienna University of Technology)
09/2005 - 03/2006:
'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:
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:
Scholarship holder of the city of Paris at the Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées (LCPC), Paris 02/2008 -
06/2008:
Invited Guest Researcher at LMSGC/ENPC/ParisTech Awards
1995 - 1998:
Four times award for excellent performance as a student, granted by the Department of Civil Engineering of Vienna University of Technology
2013: Outstanding Reviewer of ASCE's Journal of Engineering Mechanics 2017: Winner of Best Lecture Award, Department of Civil Engineering, TU Wien
Lecture: "Structural Analysis" (together with Dr. Mehdi Aminbaghai)
2018: Winner of Best Teacher Award, Department of Civil Engineering, TU Wien 2019: Winner of Best Lecture Award, Department of Civil Engineering, TU Wien Lecture: "Structural Analysis" (together with Dr. Mehdi Aminbaghai) 2019: Best Reviewer Award, Materials and Structures (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures, "RILEM") 2019: Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Acta Materialia (Elsevier) Languages
German
(mother tongue)
English
(fluent)
French
(basic knowledge)
Attendance of advanced schools
1996:
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:
Attendance of the CISM Advanced School 'Parameter Identification of Materials and Structures', October 6-10, 2003, Udine, Italy
2004:
Attendance of the CISM Advanced School 'Applied Micromechanics of Porous Materials', July 19-23, 2004, Udine, Italy
Organization of scientific events
2001:
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:
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:
Assistance in organizing the 'Fifth World Congress on Computational Mechanics', July 7-12, 2002, Vienna, Austria
2006: Assistance to the organization of the "Thirteenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration (ICS-13)", July 2-6, 2016, Vienna, Austria 2007: 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: Asstistance to the organization of the "ECCOMAS Conference on Computational Methods in Tunneling (EURO:TUN 2007)", August 27-29, 2007, Vienna, Austria 2012: Assistance to the organization of the "European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineeing", September 10-14, 2012, Vienna, Austria 2012: Assistance to the organization of the "24th Full Meeting of the NANOCEM Consortium", November 6-8, 2012, Vienna, Austria 2012/13: Co-chariman of the "5th Biot Conference on Poromechanics", July 10-12, 2013, Vienna, Austria 2014/15: 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: Co-chairman of the "EURO-C 2018 on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures" 2020/21: Organizer of the "ERICA-CASH II Final Conference" on advances in the nanoscience of calcium-silicate hydrates 2020/22: Co-chairman of the "EURO-C 2022 on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Cocnrete Structures" 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