Thomas Vogel

Biography

Thomas Vogel has been Full Professor of Structural Engineering at the Institute of Structural Engineering (IBK) of the ETH Zurich since October 1, 1995. He chaired the institute from 1996 to 1998, from 2004 to 2006 and from 2013 to 2014. Thomas Vogel, born in October 1955 in Aarau and from Kölliken AG, studied at the faculty of civil engineering of the ETH Zurich and received his diploma in 1980. He subsequently worked for five years in a consulting firm in Chur, first as a junior later as project engineer. In 1986 he returned to Zurich as engineering manager of a medium consulting firm. One year later he took over the management - together with a partner - of the firm due to the owner's decease. The constructions planned included public, commercial, industrial and residential buildings as well as bridges in the Zurich region and the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. In 1992 Thomas Vogel was appointed Associate Professor at the ETH Zurich.1995-1999 he chaired the Zurich branch of the Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA) and from 2005 to 2013 he was member of the Administrative Committee of the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE). At ETH he was delegate of studies for the civil engineering courses (1999-2001), president of the university senate (1999-2005) and vice-rector for doctoral studies (April 2008-March 2016). Since January 2016 he is the head of D-BAUG, the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering of ETH Zurich.

Research Interest

Evaluation of existing concrete structures (especially non-destructive testing); Ductile design with brittle materials (concrete, glass carbon reinforced polymers); The robustness of structures and concrete structures to cope with natural hazards.