Brief Curriculum Vitae

Folker Helfrid Wittmann

1936, April 20	Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, son of Afred Wittmann and Angela Wittmann, born Eder
1942-1946	Elementary school in Berghausen near Karlsruhe
1946-1955	High school at Karlsruhe (Markgrafen-Gymnasium Karlsruhe-Durlach)
1955-1958	Undergraduate studies in Physics and Mathematics at Karlsruhe University (TH), Karlsruhe
1958-1961	Graduate studies in physics (specialization in optics) at Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (LMU)
1961-1965	PhD-studies in nuclear physics at Munich University of Technology (TUM), Munich
1965-1976	Head of Laboratory for Building Materials Physics of the Institute for Concrete Structures (Massivbau), at Munich University of Technology, Munich
1969	Habilitation for Building Materials Physics at the Department of Civil Engineering of Munich University of Technology
1976-1980	Professor for Building Materials Science at Delft University of Technology and Head of the Laboratory for Building Materials, Delft, The Netherlands
1980-1988	Professor for Building Materials Science and Head of the Building Materials Testing Laboratory at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (Ecole Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne, (EPFL)) Lausanne, Switzerland
1988-2001	Professor for Building Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
since 2001	Director of Aedificat Institute Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
since 2002	Professor (Academician) and Head of the Centre for Durability Studies at Qingdao Technological University, Qingdao, China
1976	Received the RILEM Medal (Medaille Robert L 'Hermite) for the fundamental research, which became the basis of the Munich Model to describe the interaction between hardened cement paste and water.
1985	Nomination Advisory Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai, China
1985-1987	President of International Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (IASMiRT)
1988	Nomination Honorary Professor by Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
1995-1998	Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University Beijing, China
1995-1997	President of RILEM, International Union of Testing and Research Laboratories for Materials and Structures
1998	Award of honorary doctorate (Dr.-Ing. E.h.) in recognition of his outstanding performance in Science and Technology and for his pioneering work to strengthen interdisciplinary co-operation between scientists and civil engineers from Essen University, Department of Civil Engineering, Essen, Germany
1998	Sabbatical at Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy