Research Areas
Strength grading of hardwood species
Development of high-performance 2D and 3D truss systems for commercial timber construction
Mechanical behavior of screw connections
Development of timber-steel-hybrid components for large spans in multi-storey buildings
Lectures
- Current developements in wood science
- Timber in Construction
- Assessment of Timber Structures
- Technologies and utilisation of wood
- Principles and technologies of material utilization
- Material properties of wood
- Physical methods in wood research
Presentations
- 2020, A conceptual model to predict the withdrawal capacity of screws inserted parallel to grain in beech, ash and spruce, International Network on Timber Engineering Research INTER, Online-Meeting
- 2019, Mechanical performance of truss components made of European beech, PhD Colloquium on Timber Engineering Research, Vancouver, Canada.
- 2019, Withdrawal strength of screws and screw groups in European beech (Fagus s.) parallel to the grain, International Network on Timber Engineering Research INTER, Tacoma, USA.
- 2018, Tensile strength and stiffness of low quality beech (Fagus sylvatica) sawn timber, World Conference on Timber Engineering WCTE, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
- 2018, Tensile and compression strength of small cross section beech (Fagus s.) glulam members, International Network on Timber Engineering Research INTER, Tallinn, Estonia.
- 2018, Vorstellung der Forschungsprojekts Beech Connect, Technischer Ausschuss Brettschichtholz der Studiengemeinschaft Holzleimbau, Wiesloch, Deutschland.
- 2017, Strength and stiffness perpendicular to the grain of ash (Fraxinus e.) and beech (Fagus s.) in comparison to spruce (Picea a.), International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing, Lahti, Finland
- 2016, Mechanical behavior of CLT under concentrated loads in-plane – A finite element analysis. Holzwissenschaftliches Seminar, Holzforschung München.
- 2014, Querzugfesigkeit von Buchen- und Eschenholz. Holzwissenschaftliches Seminar, Holzforschung München