Dr. Robert Jockwer
Dr. Robert Jockwer
Lecturer at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
ETH Zürich
Additional information
Robert Jockwer is Associate Professor for Timber Structures in the research group Lightweight Structures at the Division of Structural Engineering at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. He studied Civil Engineering at RWTH University in Aachen, Germany, and did his PhD at ETH Zurich in Switzerland in collaboration with Empa Dübendorf about the fracture, reinforcement and reliability of notched glulam beams.
Since then, he has focused in his research on several fields including the reinforcement of timber structures by means of self-tapping screws in tension and compression, the structural behaviour of high-performance connections, the reliability of timber structures and connections, the robustness of tall timber buildings and also circularity in timber engineering. Robert Jockwer is active amongst others in the international standardisation committees for the revision of Eurocode 5, in COST Action CA20139 “Holistic design of taller timber buildings”, and in RILEM TC TPT “Tests methods for a reliable characterization of resistance, stiffness and deformation properties of timber joints”.
He is active as consulting engineer in the company Timber Hub AB.
Publications
Curriculum vitae / Personal data
- Position: Research Assistant since 07/09, Institute of Structural Engineering, Steel, Timber and Composite Structures (IBK), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
Guest Researcher at Wood Laboratory, Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research, Dübendorf - Specialisation: timber engineering
- Education: Degree in Civil Engineering 2009 (Dipl.-Ing.) at the University of Aachen/ Germany, one year study abroad at the ETS. Caminos, Canales y Puertos at University of Granada/ Spain. Diploma thesis in structural engineering entitled Analyses of the influence of circular inhomogenities on stress fields at crack tip and crack growth direction in panels at the Institute of mechanics and building constructions (LMBau) at University of Aachen.
Awards
- 26.11.2010:
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Award of RWTH Aachen for outstanding scientific performance in the diploma thesis - 22.01.2010:
1st prize at F.C. Trapp Award 2009 for outstanding performance as a student of civil engineering