Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Böllinghaus

Curriculum vitae

Born 1960 in Detmold (North Rhine-Westphalia)
High School Diploma 1979
Officer in the technical troops of the German Federal Armed Forces (1979 − 1991)
Study of mechanical engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (1980 − 1984)
Basic studies of informatics at Hagen University (1984 − 1989)
International Welding Engineer, Hamburg (1991)
Dr.-Ing. degree at the Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg (1995)
General manager of the Institute for Failure Analysis and Failure Prevention (ISSV) at the Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg (1996 − 1999)
Habilitation in materials science and welding technology at the Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg (1999)
Head of Division V.5 Safety of Joined Components at the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (1999 − 2006)
Vice President of BAM (since 2003)
Honorary Professor for Failure Analysis and Failure Prevention, co-opted member of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

Mechanisms and numerical simulation of hydrogen transport and cracking in metals
Stress corrosion cracking and cold cracking of welded components
Solidification, phase transformation and hot cracking of welds
Failure analsysis and failure prevention
Life cycle of welded components and structures

President of the World Materials Research Institute Forum (WMRIF)
Editor of the scientific journal Materials Testing
Co-editor of the scientific journal Welding in the World (IIW)
Chairman of Commission IX Behaviour of Materials Subjected to Welding, International Institute of Welding (IIW)
Chairman of the section Joining Technology at German Institute for Standardization (DIN)

2012-03-20