Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Gutermann

Position	Structural Engineering and Experimental Statics
Organisation	Fakultät 2, Abt. B+U
Building, Room	AB, 810
Address	Neustadtswall 30 28199 Bremen
Phone: +49 421 5905 2345
Fax: +49 421 5905 2316
Email

Teaching Area: "Structural Engineering and Experimental Statics"

Structural engineering forms the link between structural analysis and the basic design subjects, such as timber construction, steel construction or reinforced concrete construction. The aim is to understand the design of structures as a development process that optimizes all concerns under the given framework conditions.

On the one hand, experimental statics is a didactic method to develop and consolidate the theoretical basics in the bachelor's program through guided and independent experiments. On the other hand, it is my passion to analyze existing structures and to test their structural safety. Experiments have always accompanied the process of describing physical reality in abstract models.

In Bremen, this approach is reversed: the load test on the existing structure is the proof and reveals the potential of (historic) structures in the form of reserves, or useful load increases.

Research interests and further interests

Structural diagnosis and experimental structural safety assessment (building construction, civil engineering and bridges)
Experimental assessment of serviceability and structural safety of (historic) load-bearing structures, in particular of listed structures
Masonry vault bridges (rail and road): load-bearing behavior and computational evaluation using experimentally based methods.
Residual service life, or fatigue, of masonry structures (fatigue strength)
Development and optimization of building structures with innovative materials or load-bearing concepts

Curriculum Vitae

Since 06/2007 Professorship University of Applied Sciences Bremen
Doctorate at the TU Dresden
Studies of civil engineering at the University of Hannover
Head of the Department of Construction and Environment, Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Environment (03/16 - 03/20)

Head of the Institute for Experimental Statics, Bremen University of Applied Sciences

Member of the Selection Committee for the Deutschlandstipendium, Bremen University of Applied Sciences

Member of the Program Committee of the Symposium on Structural Engineering, Esslingen Technical Academy

Member of the board of the Bremen Chamber of Engineers (since 2011)

Reviewer of the DAAD scholarship program "SPDL South and Southeast Asia

Jury member of the German Steel Construction 2020

Jury member of the student competition of the Bremen Chamber of Engineers (since 2015)

Technology transfer (third-party funded projects) in the field of structural diagnosis and experimental structural safety assessment (structural, civil and bridge engineering)
1st Federal Award for Craftsmanship in the Preservation of Historical Monuments 2018. Although an award for craftsmanship, the laudation recognizes the "exceptionally accomplished structural design".

Patent No. 10 2017 118 041 on "Method and apparatus for testing the load-bearing capacity of a structure." Date of publication: 26.03.2020.
VDI Association of German Engineers: Head of Technical Committee 4.52: "Structural analysis and monitoring in structural engineering".

Member of the working group for the revision of the guideline for load tests (DAfStb)

Member of working group 7-4 'Compressive strength of existing masonry' Wissenschaftlich Technische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Bauwerkserhaltung und Denkmalpflege e.V. (Scientific Technical Working Group for Building Preservation and Conservation)

Member of the working group WG199 Health Monitoring for Port and Waterway Structures

Reviewer Czech Science Foundation
Institutions/ Cooperations

VBI - Association of consulting engineers

VDI - Association of German Engineers

Engineers without borders

Chamber of Engineers Bremen

Official Materials Testing Institute Bremen

Institute for Materials Testing and Structural Maintenance GmbH, Oldenburg

Partnerships/ International Contacts

ÖBB-Infrastruktur AG, Line Management and Facility Development, Bludenz

Department of Mechanics and Materials, CTU Prague

CMB Ltd, Riga

Research

Most important research projects of the last five years

2020: Research project BMWi (Wipano): System for the use of mobile cranes for carrying out load tests on road bridges with smaller span widths (SyMoB); funding amount 113 T€, 18 months. Identifier 03THW04K04

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marc Gutermann

Teaching Area: "Structural Engineering and Experimental Statics"

Research interests and further interests

Curriculum Vitae

Institutions/ Cooperations

Partnerships/ International Contacts

Research

Most important research projects of the last five years

Activities

News from HSB

Cross-national international teaching with the DAAD project I_PaCE

Networking the dual study program with the construction industry and associations

STARS EU: first Blended Intensive Programmes start and Staff Week at HSB

Teaching Area: "Structural Engineering and Experimental Statics"

Research interests and further interests

Curriculum Vitae

Academic career

Responsible activities outside of teaching

Prizes and awards

Memberships in scientific associations

Networks/ Cooperations/ Sponsors

Research

Most important research projects of the last five years

Cross-national international teaching with the DAAD project I_PaCE

Networking the dual study program with the construction industry and associations

STARS EU: first Blended Intensive Programmes start and Staff Week at HSB