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Dr.-Ing. Patrick Forman
Executive Director
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30167 Hannover
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Dr.-Ing. Patrick Forman
Executive Director
Address
Appelstr. 9a
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
301

Research Fokus

  • Structural optimization methods for reinforced concrete structures
  • Modular construction
  • Automated and serial prefabrication
  • Numerical simulation of reinforced concrete structures
  • Quality assurance and monitoring concepts

Curriculum vitae

  • Career history

    since 06/2025    Executive Director at the Institute of Concrete Construction at Leibniz University Hannover

    since 2024    Member of the advisory board of the journal “Beton- und Stahlbetonbau”

    2022    Co-author of the technical book “Optimization Aided Design – Reinforced Concrete”

    2020 – 2025    Managing Director of the DFG Priority Program 2187 “Adaptive Modular Construction made in a Flux” (SPP 2187)

    2016–2025    Research associate in the role of senior engineer at the Institute of Concrete Structures at Ruhr University Bochum

    07/2016    Promotion, phd-topic: “Optimization strategies for parabolic troughs for solar radiation concentration made of high-performance concrete,” Institute of Concrete Structures, Ruhr University Bochum

    2010–2016 Research associate at the Institute of Concrete Structures at Ruhr University Bochum 

    2003–2010 Study of civil engineering, Ruhr University Bochum, Specialization: Structural engineering