fib International PhD Symposium

16th edition of the fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

Vienna, Austria

9-11 September 2026

Organizing Committee

Symposium Chairs

Symposium Chairs

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Alfred Strauss

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

O.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. MSc. Ph.D. Dr.phil. Dr.techn. Konrad Bergmeister

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Committee Chairs

Alfred Strauss

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Oliver Zeman

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Klaus Voit

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Sérgio Fernandes

ANSER, Santo Tirso, Portugal

Committee Members

Benjamin Täubling-Fruleux

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria

Scientific Committee

National Scientific Committee

Alfred Strauss

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Konrad Bergmeister

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Jan Hofmann

University Stuttgart, Institue of Construction Materials, Germany

Sylvia Keßler

Helmut-Schmidt-University / University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg, Germany

Wit Derkowski

Cracow University of Technology, Poland

Said KENAI

University of Blida1, Algeria

György L. Balázs

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Joaquim Barros

University of Minho, Portugal

Beatrice Belletti

University of Parma, Italy

Ruben Paul Borg

University of Malta, Malta

Alberto De la Fuente

Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

János Lógó

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Giuseppe Mancini

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Ildiko Merta

Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Cristina Barris Pena

University of Girona, Spain

Simone Spagnuolo

University of Rome (La tor Vergata), Italy

Robert Vollum

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Sherif Yehia

American University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Frank Dehn

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) – IMB/MPA/CMM, Germany

Akio Kasuga

The University of Tokyo, Japan

Sándor Sólyom

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Billy Boshoff

University of Pretoria, South Africa

Matteo Colombo

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Abdulkader El-Mir

University of Balamand, Lebanon

Viktor Halvička

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Eva Ollers Ibars

Universtat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

Ivan Ignjatović

University of Belgrade, Serbia

Balázs Kövesdi

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Simone Labò

University of Bergamo, Italy

Balázs Nagy

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Salem G. Nehme

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Róbert Németh

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Maria Rosaria Pecce

University of Napoli (Federico II), Italy

Ágoston Restás

Ludovika University of Public Service, Hungary

Samindi Samarakoon

University of Stavanger, Norway

Dirk Schlicke

University of Graz, Austria

Jongsung Sim

Hanyandg University, South Korea

Luc Taerwe

Ghent University, Belgium

Maurizio Taliano

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Georgia Thermou

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Jean-Michel Torrenti

University of Gustave Eiffel, France

Thanasis Triantafillou

University of Patras, Greece

Lukas Vrablik

Czech Technical University Prague, Czech Republic

Giulio Zani

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Hans Rudolf Ganz

VSL, Switzerland

Max Hendriks

University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands

Alper Ilki

Istanbul University of Technology, Turkey

Tamás Kovács

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Ingrid Lande

University of Adger, Norway

Tamás Nagy-György

Technical University of Timisoara, Romania

Eduardo Júlio

University of Lisbon, Portugal

Alberto Meda

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Marco Carlo Rampini

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Walter Kaufmann

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Arpad Čeh

University of Novi Sad, Serbia

János Szép

Széchenyi István University, Hungary

Diego Alejandro Talledo

University IUAV of Venice, Italy

John P. Forth

University of Leeds, United Kingdom

László Csetényi

University of Dundee, United Kingdom

Ákos Török

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Marta del Zoppo

University of Napoli (Federico II), Italy

Farid Benboudjema

ENS Paris-Saclay, France

Torsten Leutbecher

Univ. Siegen – Lehrstuhl für Massivbau, Germany

Panagiotis Spyridis

University of Rostock, Germany

Szabolcs Rózsa

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Johann Kollegger

Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Daman K. Panesar

University of Toronto, Canada

István Sajtos

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Avraham Dacygier

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Steffen Marx

Institute of Concrete Structures, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Peter Mark

Ruhr-Universität Bochum – Lehrstuhl für Massivbau, Germany

Hugo Corres

University of Madrid, Spain

Manfred Curbach

Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Agnieszka Bigaj-van Vliet

TNO Delft, The Netherlands

Katalin Kopecskó

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Syed Yasir Alam

Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France

Marco di Prisco

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Antonio Mari Bernat

Universtat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain

Thomas Braml

Univ. Bundeswehr München – Prof. für Massivbau, Germany

Hans Rudolf Beushausen

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Silke Scheerer

Institute of Concrete Structures, Technical University of Dresden, Germany

Tor-Ole Olsen

Norway

Viktor Gribniak

Vilnius Gediminas Techn University, Lithuania

Maciej Kożuch

Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland

Peter Paulik

University of Bratislava, Slovakia

György Farkas

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Michael Fardis

University of Patras, Greece

Lucio Blandini

Univ. Stuttgart – Inst. für Leichtbau, Entwerfen und Konstruieren, Germany

Jürgen Feix

University of Innsbruck, Austria

Marko Marinković

University of Belgrade, Serbia

Ravindra Gettu

Indian Institute Of Technology Madras, India

Maurizio Guadagnini

University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Terje Kanstad

Norwegien University of Science and Technology, Norway

Roman Wan-Wender

Magnel Laboratory Of Concrete Structures, Belgium

Patrick Huber

TU Wien, Austria

Martin Claßen

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Bruno Massicotte

Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada

Alessandro Palermo

University of California, San Diego, United States of America

Giovanni Plizzari

University of Brescia, Italy

Fausto Minelli

University of Brescia, Italy

Johan Silfwerbrand

KTH Royal Inst. Of Technology, Sweden

Francesca Ceroni

Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

Sándor Ádány

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Muhammad Imran Rafiq

University of Brighton, United Kingdom

Ivan Markovic

University of Applied Sciences of Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland

Stijn Matthys

Ghent University, Belgium

Kálmán Koris

Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary

Alexander Stark

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, Germany

Yahya Kurama

University of Notre Dame, France

Christian Glock

RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau – Fachgebiet Massivbau und Baukonstruktion, Germany

Tobias Huber

TU Wien, Austria

Duc Tung Nguyen

Helmut-Schmidt-Univ./Univ. der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Germany

François Toutlemonde

University of Gustave Eiffel, France

Danièle Waldmann-Diederich

TU Darmstadt, Germany

Ali Amin

The University of Sydney, Australia

Registration

Those interested in being part of the Scientific Committee of the 16th fib PhD Symposium can register by filling in the form below.

If you encounter any issue during the process please e-mail us at fibphdsymp2026@boku.ac.at.

Secretariat

Scientific Secretariat

Sérgio Fernandes

ANSER, Santo Tirso, Portugal

Evelin Kamper

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Florentina Doina Ionescu

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Organizing Secretariat

Evelin Kamper

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

Sérgio Fernandes

ANSER, Santo Tirso, Portugal