Prof. Dr. Karsten Moritz

 

Personal Data

1963

born in Hannover, Germany

Education/Professional Experience

1982

Abitur, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany

1992

Graduate Structural Engineer (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Hannover, Germany

1997

Graduate Architect (Dipl.-Ing.), University of Hannover, Germany

2007

Doctoral Examination (Dr.-Ing.), Thesis: ETFE-Foil as Structural Element, Technical University of Munich, Germany

   

Professional Activities and Research

since 2022

Vice President R&D Building Components, ecoworks GmbH, Berlin, Germany

2016 - 2022

Director of Research & Development (R&D), Taiyo Europe GmbH, Sauerlach, Germany

2013 - 2016

Technical Director, seele cover GmbH, Obing, Germany

2007 - 2013

Director of Research & Development (R&D) incl. Test Laboratory, seele cover GmbH, Obing, Germany

2000 - 2007

Structural Engineer and Co-Owner, ENGINEERING + DESIGN Linke and Moritz GbR, Engineering Office for lightweight and Membrane Structures, Rosenheim, Germany

2000 - 2005

Assistant Professor, Research in the field of lightweight Structures, Technical University of Munich, Faculty of Architecture, Chair of Structural Design, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Barthel, Munich, Germany

1997 - 1999

Structural Designer and Construction Engineer, Deputy Head of Engineering Department, KOCH MEMBRANE STRUCTURES GmbH (later: SKYSPAN EUROPE GmbH), Company for planning and building in the field of membrane structures, Rimsting, Germany; 10/1998: Secondment to TENSYS Ltd., Office for structural design and engineering in the field of lightweight Structures, Bath, U.K.

1992 - 1997

Project Manager, OBERMEYER PLANEN + BERATEN GmbH, planning and consulting company for buildings, environment, traffic and technical equipment, department of architecture and building construction, Hannover, Germany

Memberships / Volunteer experience

since 2022

Registered and licensed as qualified Structural Engineer and as Specialist Engineer in Membrane Structures, Chamber of Engineers, Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg, Germany

since 2021

Director of the Teaching Programme for Specialist Engineers in Membrane Structures, IMS BAUHAUS® Archineer® institutes e.V., Dessau-Rosslau, Germany

since 2016

Registered and licensed as Architect, Bavarian Chamber of Architects, Munich, Germany

since 2014

Member of Working Groups ETFE (WG05), Pneumatic Structures (WG06) and Sustainability & Comfort, TENSINET, Brussels, Belgium

since 2013

Peer Reviewer of Scientific Papers regarding to Applications with Fluoropolymer Films, ELSEVIER SCIENCE, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

since 2013

Member of the Scientific Committee, CIMNE, International Conference Structural Membranes, Munich/Germany, Barcelona and Valencia/Spain

since 2011

Professor (hon.) for Membrane Structures and Materials, University of Appplied Sciences, FH Anhalt, Dessau

since 2009

Teaching Assignment: Pneumatic Structures (postgraduate master study membrane structures, optional module), University of Applied Sciences Dessau, Germany

since 2006

Teaching Assignment: Structural Design Concepts (postgraduate master study membrane structures, mandatory module), University of Applied Sciences Dessau, Germany

since 2006

Membership, IMS BAUHAUS® Archineer® institutes e.V., Dessau-Rosslau, Germany

since 1996

Registered and licensed as qualified Structural Engineer, Chamber of Civil Engineers in Lower Saxony, Hannover, Germany

Contact

+4915205240100 mail@ims-institute.org