-Universität Fakultät für Bauingenieurwesen Prof. Günther Schmid, Ph.D.

Günther SCHMID born April 18, 1938 in Reutlingen,

Academic and professional occupation 1959 - 1964 Technical University Stuttgart, Germany; Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering; Diplom-Ingenieur (Dipl.-Ing.) 1964 - 1967 Researcher at Faculty of Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering, 1967 - 1970 Graduate studies at University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA Faculty of Civil Engineering; Inter-departmental program; Doctor of (Ph.D) 1970 - 1972 Specialist at German Space Agency (DVL), Bonn, Germany 1971 - 1972 Lecturer at Faculty of Civil Engineering at 1972 - 1977 Researcher and lecturer at Faculty of Civil Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum 1977 - 2003 Professor at Faculty of Civil Engineering at Ruhr University Bochum 2003 - 2007 Herder-Guest Professor at St. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, Macedonia 2007 - 2008 Herder-Guest Professor at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Belgrade

Ruhr-Universität Bochum Fakultät für Bauingenieurwesen Prof. Günther Schmid, Ph.D.

Fields of teaching and research Structural Mechanics, Fluid Mechanic, Applied Numerical Methods with application in Earthquake Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Transportation Engineering

Established international teaching and research programs Bi-lateral teaching programs with Universities in France (Nantes, Strasbourg), Institute of Earthquake Engineering IZIIS (1991), Skopje, Macedonia Bi-lateral research programs with Ecole Central de Nantes, France University Sevilla, Spain University Okayama, Japan University Rostov on Don, Russia

Activities within the frame of the Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe with support of German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and German Rectors Conference (HRK) - Re-establishing of the international master course Earthquake Engineernig at IZIIS (2000) - Establishing of the intern. master course Computational Engineering at University of Belgrade - Establishing of the South Eastern European Center for Master and PhD Formation (SEEFORM) at St. Cyril and Methodius University ( Faculty of Civil Engineering and IZIIS), Skopje, Macedonia