PhD in partnership with AREP and Universit Gustave Eiffel.
Structural behavior and renovation of iron and steel trusses in 19th century train sheds: between engineering and construction history.
Work experience
- 2020: Universit Gustave Eiffel / AREP (SNCF Group), Nantes (France), PhD position
- 2016 – 2019: Bollinger + Grohmann Engineering, Berlin then Paris, Structural engineer:- Gare de Lyon, Petite Halle Voyageurs, Paris | rehabilitation | Architects: AREP Challenge: restoring watertight integrity while preserving historical architecture
– CIT Montparnasse, Paris | high rise rehabilitation | Architects: Lacaton & Vassal Challenge: restructuring the cores, transferring new loads on existing structure
– Steglitzer Kreisel, Berlin | high rise rehabilitation | Architects: Fuchshuber Challenge: connecting new balconies, reinforcing steel transfer beams
Research & Education
- 2013 – 2015 Technical University of Munich, Germany, MSc Structural Engineering
- 2010 – 2015 Ecole Polytechnique ParisTech, France, Engineering degree
Research projects:
– Reinforcement of timber beams with carbon fiber
– Reconfiguration of plants under snow load
– Equivalent viscosity of foam - 2015 Maurer Söhne Engineering, Munich, 6-month master thesis
Research on friction properties of innovative slider bearings for bridges and buildings - 2013 Imperial College, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Londres, 4-month internship
Research on 3D finite-element modelling of an active car suspension system
Further Information
- Honors Multidisciplinary excellence program Oskar-von-Miller-Forum, Munich (2015)
- Computer skills Structure modelling | RFEM, Infocad, Abaqus – Scripting | VBA, Matlab, Java
- Sports: swimming, hiking, yoga
Arts: choir singing, guitar, painting
Volunteering: French and literacy courses for refugees
Contact data
Hannah Franz
Telephone: +33 6 70 66 51 33
hannah.franz@univ-eiffel.fr
www.linkedin.com/in/hannah-kr-franz
11 rue Henri Eug ne Gouillard
44100 Nantes
France
