Rüdiger Höffer

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Rüdiger Höffer (born November 12, 1961 in Attendorn ) is a German university professor for civil engineering .

Life and education

Rüdiger Höffer was born in Attendorn in the Sauerland and graduated from the Rivius Gymnasium in his hometown. He then studied civil engineering at the Ruhr University in Bochum from 1981 to 1988 and then worked there as a research assistant . In 1995 and 1996 Höffer was a visiting scientist, first at the Danish Maritime Institute in Copenhagen and then at the research institute CRIACIV at the University of Florence in Prato . In February 1996 he received his Dr.-Ing. Degree from the Ruhr University under Hans-Jürgen Niemann with a thesis on “Stationary and unsteady models for the time domain simulation of wind forces on linear structures” . PhD.

Act

In the following years, Höffer worked in the commercial sector until, in October 2003, he was appointed professor of civil engineering at the Ruhr University in Bochum to head the working group for aerodynamics and fluid mechanics in civil engineering.

Since 2004, Höffer has also been the main coordinator for the DAAD of the German-Southeast European network DYNET / SEEFORM for science and studies, based in Skopje, and has been a member of the DAAD selection committee since 2006.

In May 2010, Höffer was recognized by the NRW Chamber of Engineers as an expert for testing stability in the field of solid construction.

Volunteering

In May 2006, Höffer was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Heilig Kreuz Foundation in Gladbeck - Butendorf as a specialist advisor , which elected him as its chairman in February 2015.

Works (excerpt)

  • Arenas in the 21st Century: Stadium Construction Exhibition , Berlin 2004.
  • Effects of wind on structures under construction (together with Norbert Hölscher and Hans-Jürgen Niemann). Windtechnological Society, Aachen 2007, ISBN 3-928909-09-6
  • Wind action for the design and verification of rope bridges (together with Norbert Hölscher and G. Setzpfandt). In: WTG reports No. 9, Windtechnologische Gesellschaft, Aachen 2005, ISBN 3-928909-08-6 , p. 93 ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung of May 12, 2010 (Der Westen)

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personal data
SURNAME Höffer, Rudiger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil engineer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Attendorn