Jan Knippers

• 2000 – present Full Professor and director of the Institute of Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE), University of Stuttgart
• 2001 – 2017 Partner and co-founder Knippers Helbig GmbH
• 1993 – 2000 Schlaich Bergermann und Partner, Stuttgart

Qualification Indicators

• Since 2019 Vice Rector Research of University of Stuttgart
• 2014 – 2019 Spokesperson of the transregional DFG Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 141 “Biological Design and Integrative Structures – Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture” at the Universities of Stuttgart, Freiburg and Tübingen
• 2013 – 2019 Elected member of the DFG review board 410 “Construction Engineering and Architecture” (DFG-Fachkollegium “Bauwesen und Architektur”) (periods 2013 – 2016 and 2016 – 2019)
• Since 2018 German representative in European Code Committe CEN TS250 „Fibre Reinforced Polymers“.

• Awards: Tsuboi Award of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (2016), Timber Construction Award of the state of Baden-Württemberg in the category Groundbreak- ing Innovation (2015), Gips-Schüle-Forschungspreis (2013), Hangai Award of International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (2013), International Bionic Award of the VDI (2012), Techtextil Innovationprize (2011)

• Since 2011 Member of The Association of German Engineers (VDI) work group “VDI Richtlinie 6226: Bionik – Architektur, Industriedesign und Ingenieurbau”
• Since 2010 Board member of the Biomimetic Competence Network Baden-Württemberg, dep- uty spokesperson of the University of Stuttgart
• Since 2010 Scientific Reviewer for SNF Swiss National Science Foundation, Research Foundation Flan- ders, Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft

• Deputy Director 
• Principal Investigator
• Research Infrastructure Commission
• Industry Collaboration Commission 

• RP 3-1 – Multi-Storey Wood Building System
• RP 3-2 – Co-Design, Adaptation, Integration and Optimization of Multi-Storey Timber Building Systems for Building Stock Extension
• RP 11-1 – Long-span Fibre Composite Structures
• RP 11-2 – Hybrid FRP-Timber Building System and Material System Development for Long-Span Structures and Existing Building Stock Extensions
• RP 12-2 – Computational Co-Design Framework for Fibre Composite Building Systems
• RP 13-1 – Form Finding, Mechanical Modelling and Assessment
• RP 23-1 – Durability and Longevity of Timber Buildings

• AP 2 – Timber Construction 4.0
• AP 3 – Application Methods of Curved Wood Components
• AP 5 – Transition from Rod-to Surface-Like Components
• AP 6 – Multi-Stage Filament Winding
• AP 12 – Natural Fibre Structures
• AP 22 - Strand Composite Lightweight Slab
• AP 23 – Flectuation- Adaptive Façade Shading with Pneumatically Actuated FRPs