Karl Schweizerhof’s Curriculum Vitae

• Born on 4. July 1947 in Tübingen
• Oct. 1966 – Nov. 1971 studies of Civil Engineering  at the University Stuttgart
  (Scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung since 1968), graduation in Civil Engineering
• July 1971 – July 1972 employee in an engineering firm for structural analysis
• Jan. 1974 – Sept. 1982 scientific assistant at the Institute of Structural Analysis at the University of Stuttgart (Prof. Bornscheuer)
• Doctorate 1982, Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (Prof. E. Ramm)
• Sept. 1982 – August 1984 University of California, Berkeley, Department of Structural Engineering and Structural Mechanics,  Post-doctorate Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
• Sept. 1984 – March 1986 scientific employee at the Institute of Structural Analysis, University Stuttgart (Prof. E. Ramm)
• March 1987 – Dec. 1987 Self-employed Engineer, calculations in the spheres of civil and mechanical engineering, finite element soft ware, organisation of a FEM- working group
• Dec. 1987- March 1993 Professor (C3), Institute of Structural Analysis at the University of Karlsruhe
• Since April 1993 Professor (C4), Head of the Institute of Mechanics, University of Karlsruhe

Additional Activities

• 1986-2001: Leader of the LS-DYNA Group at CAD-FEM GmbH, Grafing
• August 2001: Formation of DYNA more GmbH, engineering company for calculation services and FE software.
  
  
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