Full Prof. Dr.-Ing. Prof. h. c. Christoph Gehlen
Area of work: Durability Assessment, Corrosion of Steel in Concrete, Durability of concrete structures, Limitation of crack widths in steel and prestressed concrete construction, Protection and repair of concrete structures, Concrete Technology
Significant memberships in national / international forums:
RILEM TC PSC (Performance-based Specifications and Control of concrete durability),
RILEM TC MMB (Methods of Measuring Moisture in Building materials and structures),
RILEM TC SCI (Steel Concrete Interface),
RILEM TC CIM (Chloride Ingress Modelling),
RILEM TC DFC (Digital Fabrication in Construction)
CEN TC 51/WG12/TG5 (Corrosion of Reinforcement),
CEN ECISS/TC 104/WG3 (Corrosion Resistant Reinforcing Steels),
ISO TC71/SC/WG4 (Durability - Service Life Design of Concrete),
CEN TC104/TC1/WG1 (German delegate representing DIN)
CEN TC250/SC2/WG1/TG10 (German delegate, representing DIN)
fib (Fédération internationale du béton / The International Federation for Structural Concrete)
Commission 8, Convenor of TG 8.6, Benchmarking of Deemed-to-Statisfy Rules in Standards) Convenor of TG 8.9, Deterioration Mechanisms (WP1, Rebar Corrosion Initiation) and invited guest of TG 2.9 (Fastenings to Concrete and Masonry Structures), Commission 10, Member of TG 10.1 (Model Code 2020) and AG4 (Action Group on Durability and Service Life)
DAfStb (Board member, Member of committee „Concrete“, Member of committee „Repair and retrofitting of structural concrete“, Convenor Committee „Service life design“, Member of workig group "Digitalization"),
German Standardisation Committees (DIN), Convenor "Reinforcing and pre-stressed steel", Member "Concrete ", Member "Repair and retrofitting of structural Concrete“),
Member of DIBt-Expert panels ("Structural lightweight concrete", "Concrete, structural concrete"),
FGSV (Member of committee LA8 „Concrete constructions“ and subcommittee AA 8.2 Building materials),
DGZfP (Member of committee „NDT in building industry“ and Subcommittee (UA)„Corrosion detection“,
GfKorr, Member of Committee „Corrosion in building industry“
Tel: +49 (0)89 5463729 - 0
Associate partner
04/88 - 10/89: Study of Physics, Chemistry and Mineralogy at the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelm-University Bonn
10/89 - 10/95: Study of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Aachen (RWTH)
10/95: Diploma Thesis at the RWTH Aachen
11/95 - 12/98: Research Assistant at Institute for Building Material Research Aachen (ibac), RWTH Aachen University, Member of Working Group „Structural Concrete and Reinforcing Steel“
01/99 - 12/99: Institute for Building Material Research Aachen (ibac), RWTH Aachen University, Head of Working Group „Structural Concrete and Reinforcing Steel“
07/00: Doctoral thesis (Dr.-Ing.) at RWTH Aachen University
since 03/00: CEO, Engineering Consultancy Prof. Schießl, Munich
SS 03 - SS 05: Teaching assignment at the Technical University Munich: "Bauschäden in der Praxis"
04/06 - 09/08: Full Professur „Building Materials“, University of Stuttgart, Director of the Institute „Materials in building industry (IWB)“of University of Stuttgart and Director of MPA Stuttgart University
since 07/07: Partner, Engineering Consultancy Schießl Gehlen Sodeikat GmbH, Munich
since 10/08: Full Professur „Materials Science and Testing“, Technical University of Munich, Head of Centre for Building Materials (cbm), Member of the Board of Managing Directors, MPA of Technical University of Munich, Head of MPA Bau, Section „Building Materials“
since 01/11: Elected member of the Department Council, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
01/12 - 09/16: Dean of Study, Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, TU Munich
since 03/14: Elected member of the Department Council, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering
02/15 - 08/15: Visiting Research Scholar, UC Berkeley, CA, USA
10/16 - 09/21: Dean, Department of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering and member of TUM Extended Board of Management (EHP)
10/17- 09 /20: Guest Professor, China Building Material Academy (CBMA), Peking, China
04/19: Honorary Professor at University Politehnica Timișoara
since 04/20: DFG-Fachkollegiat, Review Board 410, „Construction and architecture"
10/20 - 09/21: Speaker of the „Board of Deans“ of the „TUM-School of Engineering and Design“ (in Formation)
since 11/20: Board member at the DAfStb
since 10/21: Dean of TUM School of Engineering and Design
Awards
1995: Diploma thesis: Thyssen-Hünnebeck Award, Thyssen Hünnebeck Foundation
2000: Doctoral thesis: Borchersplakette of RWTH Aachen (summa cum laude)
2000: Readymix-Award, awarded by the Readymix Deutschland AG
2001: Rüsch Research Award, awarded by the German Concrete and Construction Technology Association e. V.
2010: Best paper award; 11th Int. Symposium on Concrete Roads, Oct. 2010, Seville, Spain
2012: Best paper award, 3rd Int. Symposium on UHPC and Nanotechnology for High Performance Construction Materials (HiPerMat), Kassel, Mar 7-9, 2012
12/13: Fellowship of Joachim Herz Stiftung (Teaching Award), awarded by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft)
03/14 - 02/17: Guest Professor at China Building Material Academy (CBMA), Beijing, China
2014: Best lecture award in MSc Civil Engineering, Doce et Delecta, TU Munich (TUM)
2017: TUM Honorary Certificate for Excellence in Teaching
10/17 - 09/20: Renewal of Guest Professorship at China Building Material Academy (CBMA), Beijing, China
2018: Bavarian Teaching Award, awarded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Education, Cultural Affairs, Science, and Arts
04/2019: Honorary Professor at University Politehnica Timișoara