WULF SCHUBERT
Austria
ISRM
CV:
1977 Dipl.-Ing., Graz University of Technology
1980 Dr.mont., Mining University Leoben
Professional Career
1977 – 1980 Researcher and Lecturer at Mining University Leoben
1980 – 1992 GEOCONSULT, Consulting Engineers, Salzburg
1992 – 2018 Head of Institute for Rock Mechanics and Tunnelling, Graz Univ. of Technology
Since 1999 Professional Engineer
Since 1999 Partner of 3G – Gruppe Geotechnik Graz ZT Consulting Engineers
Professional Experience
Design, construction supervision, consulting for above and underground projects in Austria, Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Slovenia, Slovakia, USA, Canada, Iran, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Laos, Nigeria, Pakistan, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Colombia (total approx. 3.500 km tunnels)
Main Areas of Research/ Scientific activities
Failure and deformation phenomena of tunnels in poor ground. Improvement of monitoring data evaluation and interpretation. Influence of heterogeneous rock mass on stress field and displacements of tunnels. Development of tools for early detection of critical situations in tunnelling based on monitoring data evaluation. Improvement of prediction of displacements for tunnels. Investigation on performance of rock bolts in squeezing ground. Development of improved support systems for tunnels in fault zones. Improvement of geological documentation for tunnels by stereophotographic methods and three-dimensional modelling of rock mass. Improvement of methods for rock mass characterization and determination of support for tunnels.
Seminars and Workshops in USA, Korea, Taiwan, China, Thailand, Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, Ethiopia, Chile
Functions in national and international Societies
Past Vice President at Large of the ISRM (International Society for Rock Mechanics)
President of the Austrian Society of Geomechanics since 2008
Member of various Committees and Working Groups of the ISRM and ITA
Conference Chairs
EUROCK 2004
EUROCK 2015
Annual Geomechanics Colloquium since 2008
ISRM Congress 2023
Publications
More than 300 publications in journals, conferences, contributions in books
Supervision of theses
- Master theses: about 120 completed
- Doctoral theses (first supervisor): 26 completed, 2 currently under preparation
- Doctoral theses (second supervisor): 16 completed