Academic Committee
Christian Boller
Director
Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing
Introduction
- Born December 22, 1954 in Jevnaker/Norway
- 1973, Abitur,Augustinerschule Friedberg/Hessen
- 1980, Diploma,Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
- 1988, Doctoral degree (Dr.-Ing.) with a thesis entitled
- The Influence of Specimen Size and Surface Roughness on Fatigue Life Evaluation Based on Local Stresses and Strains
- Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
- 1981 – 1986, Research assistant, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
- 1984 – 1985, Scholarship (6 months),Fatigue Testing Division of the National Research Institute for Metals (NRIM), Tokyo/Japan
- 1987 – 1990, Research associate ,Battelle-Institut e.V., Frankfurt
- 1990 – 1993, Research engineer and senior research engineer at Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG (formerly Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm) Military Aircraft in Ottobrunn/Munich, responsible for smart structures technologies
- 1993 – 1997, Member of the Daimler-Benz Research and Technology Exchange Group, Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart
- 1998 – 2003, Chief engineer aircraft structures at DaimlerChrysler Aerospace (now EADS) Military Aircraft, Ottobrunn/Munich
- 1999 – 2003, Visiting Professor within the Aerospace Engineering Course at University of Sheffield/UK
- 2003 – 2008, Professor (Chair) in Smart Structural Design at the University of Sheffield/UK, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
- Since 2008, Professor (Chair) in Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Quality Assurance at Saarland University & Director of the Fraunhofer Inst. for NDT in Saarbrücken and Dresden
Memberships (a selection)
- Fellow of the Institute of Physics
- Member of the Components and Materials Evaluation Panel of the German Reactor Safety Society (since 2011)
- Coopted scientific member of the advisory board of the German Society for Nondestructive Testing
- Member of the Canadian Institute for NDE
- Member of the Scientific advisory council for Materials and technical Systems – Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)
- Member of the Editorial Board of ‘Smart Materials and Structures’
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the European Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Internat. Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring
- Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Structural Health Monitoring
Award
- International Workshop on Structural Health Monitoring, Stanford, USA, Lifetime Achievement Award
Major Book Publications
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C. Boller & H. Janocha: New Trends in Smart Technologies; Fraunhofer-Verlag, 2013
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C. Boller: Proc. of the 6th Euroepan Workshop on SHM; DGZfP-Publ., 2012
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C. Boller, F.-K. Chang & Y. Fujino: Encyclopedia of Structural Health Monitoring; Vol. I – V; John Wiley & Sons, 2009
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C. Boller & W.J. Staszewski: Proc. of the 6th Euroepan Workshop on SHM; DesTech Publ., 2004
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W.J. Staszewski, C. Boller & G.R. Tomlinson: Health Monitoring of Aerospace Structures; John Wiley & Sons, 2003
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C. Boller & T. Seeger: Materials Data for Cyclic Loading; 5 Vol.s; Elsevier Science Publ., 1987
