Prof. Dr.-Ing Michael Beer
Akademische Ausbildung und wissenschaftliche Abschlüsse
1995 | Dipl.-Ing. (M.S.) in Bauingenieurswesen, Technische Universität Dresden, Abschluss mit Auszeichnung.
1993 | Technischer Übersetzer für Russisch - German for Civil Engineering, TU Dresden (Germany), Centre for Foreign Languages, First Class Honors Grade.
Beruflicher Werdegang ab Studienabschluss
Seit 2021 | Gastprofessor, Tsinghua University, China.
Seit 2015 | Professor und Institutsleiter, Institut für Risiko und Zuverlässigkeit, Fakultät für Bauingenieurswesen und Geodäsie, Leibniz Universität Hannover.
Seit 2015 | Gastprofessor, Tongji University, China.
Seit 2011 | Professor für Unsicherheiten im Ingenieurswesen, University of Liverpool, Institute for Risk and Reliability (seit 2015 in Teilzeit).
2014 – 2015 | Gründungsdirektor, EPSRC/ESRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantification and Management of Risk & Uncertainty in Complex Systems & Environments.
2012 – 2015 | Gründungsdirektor, Institute for Risk & Uncertainty, University of Liverpool.
2007 – 2011 | Assistenzprofessor, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering.
2004 – 2007 | Mitarbeiter in Forschung und Lehre, Forschungsprojektleiter, Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Statik und Dynamik von Strukturen.
2003 – 2004 | Gastwissenschaftler, Rice University (Houston, TX, USA), Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science (Professor Pol D. Spanos).
1995 – 2002 | Hilfswissenschaftler, Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Strukturanalyse.
Sonstiges
Auszeichnungen (ausgewählt)
2022 | Alfredo Ang Award on Risk Analysis and Management of Civil Infrastructure for “groundbreaking influential research in reliability and risk analysis of complex infrastructure systems under vague information and shaping the next generation of engineers and researchers”, ASCE.
2021 | Appreciation for Distinguished Service as Founding Associate Editor of the ASCE-ASME J Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems.
2020 | Donald Julius Groen Prize of the Safety & Reliability Group of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers 2020, best paper award.
2016 | Certificate for Highly Cited Research in Structural Safety; among the 5 most highly cited papers in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
2014 | Appreciation for organizing ICVRAM-ISUMA, ASCE CDRM.
2007 | CADLM PRIZE 2007 - Intelligent Optimal Design; best paper award, CADLM.
2003/2004 | Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation.
2002 | Kurt Beyer Award für eine hervorragende Dissertation, TU Dresden / HOCHTIEF AG.
1995 | Wilhelm Gotthelf Lohrmann Medaille für exzellente studentische Leistung, Technische Universität Dresden.
Mitgliedschaften in internationalen Fachverbänden
2022 – 2024 | Chair: European Safety and Reliability Association (Member since 2012).
2020 – 2028 | Board of Directors: International Association for Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management.
2020 – 2023 | Co-Chair: Risk and Resilience Measurements Committee (RRMC), Infrastructure Resilience Division, American Society of Civil Engineers.
Seit 2022 | Executive Board: International Association for Structural Safety and Reliability (Member since 2005).
2018 – 2020 | Chair: Committee on Probability and Statistics in the Physical Sciences C(PS)2 under the auspices of the Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability (Member since 2015).
Seit 2011 | Member of the Civil Engineering Risk and Reliability Association.
Seit 2009 | Member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Member of the ASME Research Committee on Risk Technology (since 2013).
Seit 2009 | Invited Member of the European Association of Structural Dynamics.
Seit 2004 | Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and Charter Member of the ASCE Engineering Mechanics Institute (since 2008).
Seit 2003 | Member of the European Association of Structural Dynamics.
Seit 2003 | Feodor Lynen Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation.
Seit 2002 | Member of the International Association for Computational Mechanics.
Seit 2002 | Member of the German Association for Computational Mechanics.
2010 – 2011 | Secretary of the Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Society of Singapore (Committee Member 2007–2010).
Aktivitäten in internationalen Journalen (ausgewählt)
Seit 2021 | Editor in Chief: ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems (since 2021), Part A: Civil Engineering and Part B: Mechanical Engineering; | Editor in Chief (joint) of the Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering (Springer); | Mitglied in 13 Editorgremien von internationalen Journalen; including Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing; Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics; Structural Safety; Computers and Structures; Engineering Structures
Projektleiter
Institut für Risiko und Zuverlässigkeit (IRZ)
Callinstr. 34
30167 Hannover
- Telefon: +49 511 762 5986
- beer@irz.uni-hannover.de
- Gehe zur Website: https://www.irz.uni-hannover.de/de/institut/team/beer
