Memberships

VDEH Steel Institute, Association of German Iron and Steelworksmen e.V. since 1985

DVM, German Association for Materials Testing, since 1997

DGM, German Society for Materials Science, since 1997

VDI, Association of German Engineers, since 1997

FESI, UK Forum for Engineering Structural Integrity, since 2011

ESIS European Structural Integrity Society, since 2002

Awards

Borchers Plaque, RWTH Aachen 1996, for dissertation with distinction

DVM honorary pin, 1998, for outstanding technical and scientific achievements in the application of fracture-mechanical safety concepts in steel construction