!!Chuanzeng Zhang - Curriculum Vitae *08.2015-: Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Germany \\ *01.2014-08.2015: Deputy Head of the Department of Civil Engineering, School of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Germany \\ *04.2014-: Visiting Professor of the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (NUAA), Nanjing, PR China\\ *04.2014-: Visiting Professor of the China Building Materials Academy, Beijing, PR China\\ *02.2011-02.2012: Member of the Council of the School of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Germany \\ *02.2011-: Member of the Research Advisory Committee of the School of Science and Technology, University of Siegen, Germany \\ *01.2009-: Guest Professor of the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, PR China\\ *12.2007-01.2010: Director of the Institute of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Siegen, Germany \\ *07.2007-: Vice-President of the „International Chinese Association for Computational Mechanics“\\ *09.2006-: Guest Professor of the Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, PR China\\ *04.2006-04.2010: Member of Senate Commission “Research and Scientific Promotion of Young Scientists”, University of Siegen, Germany \\ *04.2006-: Research Coordinator of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Siegen, Germany\\ *10.2005-04.2008: Vice-Chairman of the Committee for PhD Study at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Siegen, Germany\\ *05.2005-06.2015: Leader of the DVM Working Group "Mixed-Mode Problems“ (DVM: German Association for Material Testing)\\ *10.2004-: Professor (C4) and Chair of Structural Mechanics, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Siegen, Germany \\ *09.2002-: Guest Professor of the Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China\\ *01.1999-10.2004: Consulting Member of the Vice-Rector for Research, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Germany\\ *01.1999-10.2004: Research Coordinator of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Germany\\ *11.1995-10.2004: Professor (C3) of the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz, Germany \\ *01.1993-01.1996: Senior Consulting Engineer at BGS Ingenieursozietät for Civil and Transportation Engineering, Frankfurt/M., Germany \\ *12.1993: Habilitation (habil.) at the Institute of Mechanics, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany\\ *09.1990-01.1993: Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Mechanics, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany \\ *01.1990-: Professor of the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China\\ *04.1989- Visiting Scholar working with Professor Jan D. Achenbach, Center for Quality Engineering and Failure Prevention, \\ *10.1989: Northwestern University, USA\\ *04.1988-04.1989: Associate Professor of the Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China\\ *10.1986- Post-doctoral research fellowship with Professor Jan D. Achenbach, Department of Civil Engineering, Northwestern \\ *04.1988: University, USA \\ *04.1986: PhD (Dr.-Ing.) defense. Grade: Excellent\\ *10.1983-10.1986: Research assistant and PhD candidate of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Gross, Institute of Mechanics, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany\\ *09.1983: Diploma (Dipl.-Ing.) defense. Grade: Excellent \\ *10.1980-09.1983: Study of Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany \\ *1977-1980: Study of Building Materials at the Tongji University, Shanghai, PR China