Prof.dr.ir. P.C. (Christian) Louter
Prof.dr.ir. P.C. (Christian) Louter
Profile
Christian Louter is Professor of Structural Design & Building Engineering at the Faculty of Civil Engineering & Geosciences at TU Delft. Christian holds a PhD degree from TU Delft on the topic of Structural Glass and has worked at EPFL, TU Delft and TU Dresden before re-joining TU Delft in 2022.
Next to his research and teaching activities, Christian is an Organiser of the international Challenging Glass Conference series, an Editor-in-Chief of the Glass Structures & Engineering journal (Springer), Editorial Board member of the Architecture, Structures and Construction journal (Springer) and member of several international committees.
Research interests
The research of Prof. dr. ir. Christian Louter and the group of Structural Design & Building Engineering focuses on the development of novel methods and strategies for the design and construction of safe, smart and sustainable structures. The research includes the following thematic areas:
- Structural Safety, Resilience & Forensics
- Digital Design & Production
- Sustainable Design & Construction
Moreover, Christian has more than 15 years of research experience in the field of glass structures.
Publications
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2023
Exploring the potential of the critical shear crack theory for reinforced and post-tensioned glass beams
Initial analysis and experiments
Jagoda Cupać / Christian Louter / Alain Nussbaumer -
2023
Glass and the energy crisis
J. Schneider / J. Belis / C. Louter / J. H. Nielsen / M. Overend
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2023
The new CEN/TS 19100
Design of glass structures
Markus Feldmann / Maximilian Laurs / Nebosja Buljan / Annie Criaud / Eric Dupont / Martina Eliasova / Laura Galuppi / Christian Louter / Mauro Overend / More Authors -
2023
Thermo-mechanical numerical analyses in support of fire endurance assessment of ordinary soda-lime structural glass elements
Chiara Bedon / Christian Louter
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2022
Celebrating the international year of glass
J. H. Nielsen / Jan Belis / C. Louter / M. Overend / J Schneider
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Media
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2018-02-01
Challenging Glass 6
Appeared in: Innovatieve materialen
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2018-04-17
The science of gluing glass
Appeared in: Delta TU Delft
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2018-03-07
Short interview BNR Nieuwsradio
Prizes
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2019-2-7
Aanmoedigingsprijs/ Encouragement Award
The TU Delft Glass and Transparency group received the Encouragement Glass Award from Bouwend Nederland. The award acknowledges the importance of fundamental academic glass research to develop new solutions for the future. Through the award, Bouwend Nederland wants to support the efforts from educational institutions towards glass innovations. The TU Delft Glass & Transparency research group consists of researchers from BK Bouwkunde and the faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences.
Glas Award 2019
Ancillary activities
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2023-01-01 - 2024-12-31
Other services
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2023-01-01 - 2024-12-31
Other services