Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ehlers
Principal investigator in A01
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Ehlers
Institut für Mechanik
Pfaffenwaldring 7
70569 Stuttgart
Phone: +49 (0) 711 685-66345
E-mail: [email protected]

Education
1972 - 1979 Dipl.-Ing., Civil Engineering, University of Hannover, Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alf Pflüger
Scientific degrees
1989 Dr.-Ing. habil., Mechanics, University of Duisburg Essen, Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reint de Boer
1983 Dr.-Ing., Mechanics, University of Duisburg Essen, Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Reint de Boer
Work experience
1995 - current Professor (C4/W3) of Mechanics, Institute of Applied Mechanics (Bauwesen), University of Stuttgart
1991 - 1995 Professor (C3) of Mechanics, Institute of Applied Mechanics, TU Darmstadt
1990 - 1991 Lecturer, Institute of Mechanics, University of Duisburg-Essen
1979 - 1990 Scientific employee, Institute of Applied Mechanics, University of Duisburg-Essen
Miscellaneous
2012 - current Elected member of DFG review board 410 ›Construction Engineering and Architecture‹
2014 - current President of the International Association of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics (GAMM)
2013 - current President, International Society of Porous Media (InterPore)
2010 - current Vice Coordinator, International Research Training Group “Non-linearities and upscaling in porous media” (IRTG 1398 NUPUS) in cooperation with the Dutch universities of Delft, Eindhoven and Utrecht, and the Norwegian University of Bergen
2007 - current Executive Director of the “Stuttgart Research Centre for Simulation Technology” (SRC SimTech) and Coordinator of the Cluster of Excellence in Simulation Technology (SimTech)
2003 - current Initiator and Conductor of the GAMM Activity Group Biomechanics
2002 - 2008 Elected member of the Senate and the Joint Committee of the DFG
2003 - 2006 Vice Rector for Organisation, University of Stuttgart
2000 - 2006 Member of the Executive Board of the Collaborative Research Centre ” Multifield Problems in Continuum Mechanics” (SFB 404)
2000 - 2004 DFG Expert Peer Reviewer of Applied Mechanics
2000 - 2003 Elected member, Academic Senate, Uni of Stuttgart
1998 - 2000 Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Stuttgart
1994 - 1995 Dean, Department of Mechanics, TU of Darmstadt
1990 Gottschalk-Diederich-Baedeker Award (habilitation thesis)
