• Claus Mattheck 2018 Lectures – Friday 15th June

Symbiosis Consulting are proud to be hosting Claus this June for his final lectures in the UK.
The venue is Holywell Park Conference Centre at the Loughborough University Science and Enterprise Park.
Due to overwhelming demand, the lectures on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th June are sold out but Wednesday’s lecture is being repeated on Friday 15th June – see details below:

Friday 15th June: Advanced VTA and Tree Engineering

Targeted at more experienced practitioners, during the morning session Claus will introduce his latest book, the condensed translation of his recent 500 page German book on the Body Language of Structures, entitled ‘Pauli Explains the Form in Nature’, a copy of which is included in the delegate package. The afternoon session will be a summary of the best of the last five years of VTA research, including:

  • Failure of trees because they are too vigorous
  • Advantages and risks of ovalization in branches
  • The rule of rays for growth stresses in hollow and solid trees
  • Extreme examples of the body language of trees
  • Types of root decay and related failure
  • Veteran trees- the strategy of assessment and care
  • Whirls in wood and a new understanding of wood failure and self-repair
  • Unavoidable limitations in tree biomechanics

The delegate fee is £195.00 plus V.A.T. (£234.00)

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Prof. Dr. Claus Mattheck ~ a brief biography

Born in Dresden, Germany in 1947, Claus gained a PhD in Theoretical Physics in Dresden in 1973, qualified to lecture in Failure Analysis at Karlsruhe University in 1985, and now lectures on biomechanics as a professor. He is head of department of Biomechanics at the Institute for Materials Research II of the Karlsruhe Research Centre, licensed consultant on the mechanics and fracture behaviour of trees, on wood decomposing fungi and on fatigue fractures in engineering components.

During his career Claus has received many prestigious awards, including:

  • Science Award of the Industrial Research Foundation for the computer simulation of biological growth in 1991
  • Literature Award of the Karl Theodor Vogel Foundation for technical journalists in 1992
  • George Winter Award of the European Society for Biomaterials in 1993
  • Science Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in 1998
    (founded by the Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz Foundation)
  • Chadwick Award of the ISA for arboricultural research in 1998
  • Henry Ford European Conservation Award (environment technology)
  • Inge & Werner Grüter Award for science journalism in 1999
  • English Arboricultural Association Annual Award 2002
  • German Environmental Award 2003
  • Honorary advisor of the Urban Tree Diagnosis Association, Japan 2008
  • KIT Distinguished Senior Fellow since 2013