Prof. Eugen Brühwiler

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Eugen Brühwiler

Dr Structural Engineer ETH IABSE IABMAS
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
(EPFL) Lausanne, Switzerland and BridgIng Consultant in Lussy_VD Switzerland
Lecture title

UHPFRC TO IMPROVE EXISTING AND BUILD NEW, SUSTAINABLE BRIDGES

Biography

Eugen Brühwiler holds a Master degree in civil engineering from ETH Zurich and a Doctoral degree from EPFL Lausanne. After a post-doctoral leave at the Colorado University in Boulder USA, he was bridge engineer for the Swiss Railways for four years.

From 1995 to 2023, Eugen Brühwiler was professor for maintenance and safety of existing structures at EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Lausanne, Switzerland. His teaching and research activities included methods of bridge examination of structural and fatigue safety by means of data from monitoring as well as the use of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composites (UHPFRC) for the rehabilitation and strengthening of existing RC structures.

Currently, he is consultant in many projects related to existing bridges and buildings, often of high cultural values and implementing the UHPFRC design and construction technology.