Roman Lenner

Background

About Roman Lenner

Roman is currently a member of the board at Valbek EU with his activities focused on digitalisation of the design process, and in particular design of bridge and high-speed rail lines. He is further appointed as a Associate Professor at Czech Technical University in Prague with a focus on concrete design and reliability of structures. As Extraordinary Associate Professor in a researcher position at the Stellenbosch University he is leading the effort in delivering a new bridge load model for South Africa. Roman also serves as a short term consultant for the World Bank in various countries, supporting the bank effort in building quality infrastructure. He received his Dr-Ing.(PhD) at the University of German Armed Forces in Munich. The aim of his study was the development of a safety concept for military traffic on existing bridges. MSc in Structural Engineering was accomplished at UC Berkeley with a focus on Earthquake related design. His additional past activities, as a self-employed consultant, included design and design review of structural engineering works with emphasis on bridges and tunnels. His previous professional experience involved large transportation projects in North America, where he mainly provided structural design services for bridges and other transportation related structures. He is licensed Professional Engineer (Civil) in California. Specialties: FE Analysis, Bridge Design/Review, Tunnel Design/Review, Bridge Inspection, Probabilistic and Reliability calculations, Dynamic Loading and Analysis