Alfred Strauss
Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr. Alfred Strauss
Institute fo Structural Engineering
Location Peter-Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Wien
Email alfred.strauss@boku.ac.at
Tel: +43 1 47654-87511
Structural design Computational engineering Structural analysis Strength of materials Fracture mechanics Reinforced concrete construction Sustainable building
Research Focus
Alfred Strauss’ research primarily focuses on Structural Mechanics and Reliability Analysis of Structures, including bridges, tunnels, protective structures, and other civil engineering works. A major emphasis is on Lifecycle-Oriented Planning, Maintenance, and Sustainability of Infrastructure, which addresses not only design but also service life, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization over the entire lifecycle. He also specializes in Probabilistic Methods, Reliability Assessment, Structural Monitoring, and Lifetime-Optimized Design, developing approaches to minimize structural damage while maximizing service life. His work further investigates the interaction of structures with natural hazards, including and extreme events, as well as soil-structure interactions that influence the performance of foundations and structural systems. Additionally, he studies the impact of climate change on infrastructure and structures, integrating these effects into design, maintenance, and lifecycle optimization. Finally, he applies modern numerical and analytical methods to analyze the performance and service life of both existing and new structures under complex environmental and operational conditions.
Career
- 2022 Professor for Systems Engineering
- 2022 fib Presidium International Federation for Structural Concrete
- 2020 fib Technical Council (TC) International Federation for Structural Concrete
- 2019 Chair of Austrian Group of IABSE International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering
- 2017 Visiting Prof., Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, ATLSS Center, USA
- 2017 Visiting Prof, Technische Universität Brno, Czeck
- 2016 Deputy Chair, Institute of Structural Engineering
- 2015 Visiting Prof., University Gent, Gent
- 2013 - 2016 Director, Institute of Structural Engineering
- 2010 Chairmanship, Institute of Structural Engineering
- 2009 Research Representative, Dept. of Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards
- 2009 Visiting Researcher, Lehigh University, ATLSS Center, USA
- 2009 Assoc. Prof., Univeristy of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- 2007 Habilitation "Struktural Mechanics" Adjunct. Prof., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- 2007 Chairmanship, Structural Mechanics at the Institut
- 2006 - 2008 Postdoc, Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, ATLSS Center, USA
- 2005 Consulting Engineer Civil Engineering
- 2004 - 2009 Teaching Representative Dept. of Civil Engineering and Natural Hazards, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- 2003 Visiting Scientists, Technical University Brno, Czeck
- 2002 - 2004 Visiting Scientists, Technical University Bologna, Italy
- 2001 - 2004 Ph.D, University of Natural Ressources and Life Sciences, Vienna
- 1990 - 1996 Civil Engineering/Structural Engineering, Technical University Vienna, Vienna
Awards
- Year: 2022 Awards: IABSE Outstanding Paper Award Category ‘Scientific Paper’: "Round Robin Analysis of Slender Columns"
- Year: 2019 Awards: IABSE Outstanding Paper Award Category ‘Scientific Paper’: "Shear Performance Mechanism Description Using Digital Image Correlation"
- Year: 2019 Awards: Medal of Honor from the Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
- Year: 2015 Awards: NÖ Innovation Award 2015 Hydraulisch aktive Hochwasserschutzsysteme verliehen von Tecnet equity & accent Gründerservice
- Year: 2012 Awards: WIRTSCHAFTSKAMMERPREIS 2012 "Lebenszyklusbewertung von Stahlbeton-Strukturen" Abteilung für Bildungspolitik und Berufsausbildung; Wirtschaftskammer Wien, Rudolf-Sallinger-Platz 1 | 1030 Wien
- Year: 2011 Awards: HOUSKAPREIS of B&C Privatstiftung; Nominated with "Monitoring based software tools for the lifetime assessemnt of fatigue endangered structures" http://www.houskapreis.at/78-projekte/98-houska-preis-2011-nominierte-projekte
- Year: 2011 Awards: STAATSPREIS CONSULTING 2011 - Ingenieurconsulting; Nominated with " Erdbeben im Wiener Becken, Beurteilung, Gefährdung, Standortrisiko"
- Year: 2011 Awards: ÖSTERREICHISCHE BAU-PREIS of Immobilien Privatstiftung; Nominated with the research project "Seismische Systemidentifikation für das Wiener Becken, SEISMID"
- Year: 2003 Awards: KlAUS FISCHER Innovationspreis für Technik und Umwelt for the Ph.D Thesis "Stochastic modeling and reliability assessment of engineering structures"
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