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Prof. Dr. Martin Synold

  • A smiling man wearing glasses and a black suit with a white shirt stands in a blurred indoor setting, embodying the professionalism of Hochschule Coburg.

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Teaching and research areas

  • Construction and design of resource-efficient structures with innovative materials
  • Lightweight construction
  • Adaptive building envelopes

Functions at the university

  • Vice President for Research and Junior Academics since May 2022
  • Head of the General Civil Engineering program
  • Head of the Energy Efficient Building Design program
  • Member of the Design Faculty Council
  • Member of the Campus Design Space Commission
  • Senate Committee for Research and Young Scientists

Courses

  • Cross-material structural design
  • Structural analysis
  • Timber construction
  • Supporting structures with innovative materials
  • Structural dynamics and load-bearing structures
  • Interdisciplinary project

Short vita

  • Professorship “Construction and design of resource-efficient load-bearing structures with innovative materials” at Coburg University of Applied Sciences
  • Lectureships at the University of Stuttgart and the FH Technikum Kärnten
  • Project manager and authorized signatory at the engineering office Werner Sobek Stuttgart
  • Freelance work as a structural engineer
  • Doctorate on the topic of material-appropriate force application in prestressed membrane structures (Reporter: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Schlaich, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner Sobek, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hans-Wolf Reinhardt)
  • Research assistant at the University of Stuttgart, Institute for Structural Design and Construction (Prof. J. Schlaich) and Institute for Lightweight Design and Construction (Prof. W. Sobek)
  • Studied structural engineering at the TH Leipzig and the University of Stuttgart
  • Training as a concrete worker

Memberships

  • International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)
  • Association of Tensioned Membrane Structures (TensiNet)
  • Baden-Württemberg Chamber of Engineers (INGBW)
  • Bundesstiftung Baukultur e.V., Support Association
  • Association for the Promotion of Lightweight Construction e.V.
  • Department Day Civil Engineering
  • Technical Committee for Structural Engineering