Completed Doctoral Theses

2023

Concrete structures with stay-in-place flexible formworks and integrated textile reinforcement

• Doctoral candidate: Minu Lee
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. M. Fernández Ruiz, Prof. Dr. V. Mechtcherine, Prof. G. Nordenson

New insights in bond and tension stiffening of reinforced concrete under monotonic and high-cyclic loading

• Doctoral candidate: Yasmin Lemcherreq
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Prof. em. T. Vogel, Prof. Dr. C. Zanuy Sanchez, O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. M.Eng. J. Kollegger

Load-deformation behaviour of reinforced concrete structures affected by local corrosion

• Doctoral candidate: Severin Häfliger
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. B. Belletti, Prof. Dr. T. Kanstad

Rethinking Structural Concrete for Digital Fabrication

• Doctoral candidate: Patrick Bischof
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. H. Kloft, Prof. Dr. M. Meboldt

Structural behaviour of partially loaded areas and concrete hinges

• Doctoral candidate: Tomislav Markić
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. L. C. Hoang, Prof. Dr. A. Pérez Caldentey, Dr. M. Bimschas

Reinforcement Strategies for Digital Fabrication with Concrete

• Doctoral candidate: Lukas Gebhard
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata-Falcón, Prof. Dr. C. Menna, Dr. F. Bos, Dr. A. Galmarini

Distributed fibre optical sensing in structural concrete – exploring its potential to improve the mechanical modelling of bond

• Doctoral candidate: Tena Galkovski
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Dr. J. Mata Falcón, Prof. Dr. O. Fischer, Dr. C. Burns

2021

Effect of transverse bending on the shear capacity of concrete bridges

• Doctoral candidate: Dimosthenis Karagiannis
  
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Prof. Dr. E. Bentz, Dr. H. Seelhofer

Paradigms of shear in structural concrete: Theoretical and experimental investigation

• Doctoral candidate: Alexander Beck
• Examiner: Prof. Dr. W. Kaufmann
• Co-examiners: Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Kollegger, Prof. em. Dr. P. Marti