Director of the Institute

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst Michael Ludwig

1984 to 1989:Studies of Building Materials Process Engineering at the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering (HAB) Weimar
Thesis: Optimisation of the application properties of a slag cement
 
1989 to 1996:Research assistant at the Faculty of Civil Engineering - Chair of Building Materials Science - HAB Weimar 
1996:Ph.D. in Weimar as Dr.-Ing. on the role of phase transformations in the frost and freeze-thaw loading of concrete 
1996 to 2008:Senior employee at Schwenk Zement KG
Overall laboratory manager (cement and concrete laboratory) at the Karlstadt cement plant
Main person responsible for cement monitoring and cement application in concrete
2001 to 2008:Head of research and development for the entire swivel group
Responsible for the advisor and coordination of R&D projects and contact with partners from industry and academia
Advisor for various internship, degree and Ph.D. theses
2002 to 2008:Managing Director of ZEMBET Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (joint research company with BASF AG).
The company is basically concerned with researching and optimising the interaction of organic materials with cementitious building materials
 
2008 to 2009:Head of Research/Development and Innovation at HeidelbergCement AG
responsible for advisor and coordination of the HC Group's R&D activities worldwide 
 
since 2009W3 professorship "Construction Materials" and Director of the F. A. Finger Institute for Building Materials at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (Faculty of Civil Engineering)
1996:Readymix Concrete Award
 
Specialist committees:
  • 1991 to 1995
    RILEM TC 1127 "Testing the freeze-thaw resistance of concrete"
  • 1996 to 2000
    Brite Euram "Duracrete" for the durability assessment of concrete components
  • 1999 to 2009
    Member of the VDZ Cement Chemistry Committee, 2005 to 2009 Chairman of the Committee
  • 2003 to 2009
    Member of the VDZ Cement Chemistry Research Advisory Board, initiation and advisor of AiF and BMBF projects
  • 2003 to 2009
    Member of NA-Bau of the German Institute for Standardisation e.V.
  • 2005 to 2009
    Member of the Cement Chemistry and Construction Chemistry Coordination Committee
  • 2008 to 2009
    Member of the Industrial Advisory Board of the European Nanocem Consortium