Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jochen Zehfuß

Overview

• 1991 - 1997 Structural engineering degree at TU Braunschweig, Germany
• 1998 - 2004 Research associate for Prof. Hosser at iBMB, TU Braunschweig, Germany
• 1999 European welding engineer degree (EWE) at Schweißtechnischen Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt in Hannover, Germany
• 1999 - 2003 Freelance engieer for Prof. Dr.-Ing. D. Hosser, Prüfingenieur für Baustatik in Braunschweig, Germany
• 2004 Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at TU Braunschweig, Germany, Department of structural civil engineering
  Dissertation thesis: „Design of multi-storey steel-frame buildings for realistic fire scenarios“
• 2004 - 2013 Scientific head for hhpberlin, Berlin, Germany
• 2008 - 2013 Branch manager for hhpberlin, Hamburg, Germany 
• Since 2012 Partner and proxy holder for hhpberlin, Hamburg, Germany
• Since 2012 Check Engineer for fire safety design in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
• Since 2013 Univ.- Professor for fire safety at iBMB, TU Braunschweig, Germany
• 2017 Fundraising for  research facility “ZeBra”, Center of Fire Safety Research, with large-scale calorimeter “Advanced Fire Lab”
• Since 2017 Scientific directorate for material test establishment (MPA) Braunschweig, Germany
• Since 2020 designierter speaker for „ZeBra”, Center of Fire Safety Research at TU Braunschweig, Germany

Prof. Zehfuß is married and has two children.

Memberships

• Association for the promotion of fire safety (Vereinigung zur Förderung des Brandschutzes e. V.), member of the executive committee and chair of Unit 4 “Engineering Methods in Fire Safety Design”
• CEN TC 250 SC 1 WG 4 (Actions EN 1991-1-2)
• CEN TC 250 SC 2 WG 1 TG 5 (Fire EN 1992-1-2)
• DIN-NA „Constructive Structural Fire Protection“ (chair) and „Fire protection engineering procedure“ (deputy chair)
• Expert committee „Constructive Structural Fire Protection“ of German Institute for Structual Technology, DIBt, Germany
• Technical committee „fire safety“ of the German Steel Construction Association, Germany
• Hamburg Society of Civil Engineers, Germany, structural engineering
• Fire Department in the City of Braunschweig, Germany

Teaching

In the specialization „fire safety“ of the Master’s degree program in structural civil engineering, TU Braunschweig, Prof. Zehfuß teaches the modules:

• Fundamentals of Fire Protection
• Fire Safety Engineering Methods
• Special Subjects of Fire Protection
• Advanced mathematic - natural scientific  fundamentals -  Structural Reliability

Prof. Zehfuß teaches the module „ Fire Protection for Existing Buildings“ in the specialization „Building Conservation”.

In the Bachelor’s degree program at TU Braunschweig, Prof. Zehfuß teaches the course “Fire Protection in Tunnels” and “Fire Protection” as part of the Building Physics II  (Architects & Environmental Engineers) course.

Publications

Division of Fire Safety