Education

1964-69: Graz University of Technology Diplom Ingenieur (Dipl.Ing.), Civil Engineering
1971-72: Lehigh University, U.S.A. Master of Science, Civil Engineering
1973-76: University of Queensland, Australia PhD in Civil Engineering
1976: Graz University of Technology Dr.techn.

Awards

1971-72: Fulbright Fellowship
1996: European Academic Software Award for the development of RuckZuck teachware

Employment History

1993 – : Professor of Structural Analysis, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Austria
1993 – : Head of Institute, Institute of Structural Analysis, Graz University of Technology, Austria
1985-93: Senior Principal Research Scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Division of Geomechanics, Australia
1978-85: Senior Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia
1975-78: Associate, Technische Datenverarbeitung (TDV), Graz, Austria
1972-75: Lecturer in Civil Engineering, Queensland Institute of Technology, Australia
1971-72 Research Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, Lehigh University, USA

Publications

Author 3 books, editor of 2 books, 5 contributions to books, 40 journal articles and 50 publications in conference proceedings. Has been invited to present 40 lectures, 1 plenary lecture and 5 keynote lectures. He has organised 3 mini-symposiums on tunnelling and given two one-day short courses at international conferences.

Consulting activities

Has been involved as consultant with the following companies:

Geoconsult , Austria
Lahmeyer International, Germany
Hyundai Engineering, Korea
El Teniente copper mine, Chile
Golder Associates, Canada
Golder/Grundteknik, Sweden
Chamber of Mines, South Africa
Nepal Electricity Authority
And various mining companies in Australia and Papua-New Guinea

He has been involved as an adviser in numerical modelling at a number of projects around the world including:

Caverns for the CERN Large Hydron Collider
Goldisberg Underground Power Station, Germany
Semmering road tunnel, Austria
Various underground power stations in Nepal and Iran

He has served on a panel of experts for a project in Iran (Masjed-e-Soleiman underground hydraulic power complex).