| Time: | January 28, 2025, 6:00 p.m. (CET) |
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On behalf of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Bischoff and Dr.-Ing. Malte von Scheven, we would like to invite you to the to the second lecture in the winter semester as part of the lecture series “Structures – Design, Modelling and Construction”.
At the invitation of the Institutes of Structural Engineering, leading experts from research and practice will provide insights into current topics and projects in this lecture series. The lectures are followed by a small reception, sponsored by the Förderverein Freundeskreis Stuttgarter Statik.
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Speaker: |
Roger Smith |
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Topic: |
Lean Design |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 28 January 2025 | 6:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
Lecture Hall V 47.03 (University of Stuttgart, Campus Vaihingen, Pfaffenwaldring 47) |
The lecture will take place hybrid. A link for online participation will follow.
About the presentation:
Roger Ridsdill Smith is a Structural Engineer, Senior Partner and Head of Structural Engineering at Foster + Partners. Roger will describe the work of the Structural team at Foster and Partners and give some thoughts on the future of structural engineering in the current climate crisis.
About the presenting person:
After graduating from Cambridge University, Roger started work in Paris, before moving to Arup in London where he became a Director in 2003.
Past projects include the London Millennium Bridge and Citibank tower at Canary Wharf. Recent and ongoing projects include towers in New York, Lusail, Budapest, Shenzhen and Manila, airports in Panama, Phnom Penh, and Warsaw, a medical school in Mumbai, and the new Ellison Institute Laboratories in Oxford.
Roger is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, Associate Editor for the ICE Structures and Buildings Journal and member of the British Standards code committee for concrete.
The lecture will be held in English language.
More information about the lecture and the speaker can be found here.
[Picture: Foster + Partners]
