Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Bernhard Heck
- Professor i.R.
- Room: 102 (Außenstelle Post)
- Phone: +49 (0)721 608 42307
- Fax: +49 (0)721 608 46808
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Biography
| 1951 | Born in Au am Rhein/Germany |
Education and academic degrees:
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1969 - 1974 |
Studied Surveying at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) earning the degree "Diplom in Engineering" |
| 1979 | Doctorate in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.), Fakulty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
| 1984 | Postdoctoral lecture qualification and grant for the teaching certificate in the field of Geodesy, University of Karlsruhe (TH) |
Professional activities:
| 1980 - Present | Member of various special study groups (SSG) including the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), Chairman of the SSG 5.122 (Geodynamical effects of global gravity field variations, 1987-1991) and SSG 4142 (Application of boundary value techniques to space and airborne gravity field observations, 1991 – 1995) |
| 1994 - Present | Member of the German Geodetic Commission |
| 1995 - 1999 | Secretary of Section IV for the IAG (General Theory and Methodology) |
| 1995 - 2003 | Speaker for the Geodesy Section of the National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics (Nationalkomitee für Geodäsie und Geophysik, NKGG) |
| 1996 - 2000 | Expert for the German Research Foundation (DFG) in the Subject "Geodesy" |
| 1996 - 2009 | Dean of the Surveying degree program (rather Geodesy and Geoinformatics) |
| 1999 - Present | Director of the Geoscience Community Observatory for the universities of Karlsruhe and Stuttgart in Schiltach/ Black Forest (BFO) |
| 1999 - 2003 | President of Section IV for the IAG (General Theory and Methodology) |
| 1999 - Present | Member of the DVW-Working Group 10 “Experimental, Applied, and Theoretical Geodesy” |
| 2000 - Present | Member of the Editorial Board for the Delft University Press |
| 2001 - 2002 | Director of the DVW-Working Group 2 “Vocational training and technical literature” |
| 2001 - Present | Member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the international geosciences project EUCOR-URGENT |
| 2002 - Present | Senate Representative for the University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with the Technology and Economics University of Budapest/ Hungary |
| 2003 - Present | Member of the Steering Committee for the IAG Inter-Commission Committee on Theory |
| 2004 - Present | Spokesperson for the Scientific Committee of the German Geodetic Commission (DGK) |
Awards:
| 1986 - 1991 | Heisenberg-Scholarship Holder from the DFG |
| 1991 - Present | IAG Fellow |
| 09. / 10.1996 | Guest professor at the TU Budapest/Hungary |
| 03.2004, 03.2005 | Guest professor at the UFPR (Federal University of Paraná) Curitiba/Brazil |
| 2006 | Awarded an honorary degree (Dr.h.c.) at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
Research and Projects
Main areas of work:
- Analysis of geodetic networks (network adjustment, outlier tests, deformation analysis)
- Mathematical Geodesy (textbook for land surveying)
- Physical Geodesy (gravity field determination, geodetic boundary value problem)
- Satellite Geodesy (positioning with GPS, satellite gradiometry)
- Approx. 80 scientific publications in journals, series and anthologies, as well as a textbook
- Approx. 100 scientific presentations for various symposiums and seminars
- Supervision of 12 doctoral and 2 postdoctoral theses
Scientific Projects:
- 1990 - 1993 Nonlinear effects in the geodetic boundary value problem, DFG project He 1433/2
- 1994 - 1999 Collaborative project, GPS reference networks in Antarctica, BMBF Subproject of GIK
- 1997 - 1999 Collaborative project, GPS reference networks in Antarctica II, BMBF Subproject of GIK
Teaching
Lectures at the University of Karlsruhe (since 1991)
- Satellite Geodesy
- Earth Measurements and Physical Geodesy, I and II
- Geometric Models of Geodesy
- Selected topics for position determination using GNSS
- High precision Geoid and Gravity Field determination
- 3D and integrated models of Geodetic Network Adjustment
Organisation and implementation of training seminars for Surveying with GPS at the Geodetic Institute, University of Karlsruhe
- September 2004: GPS for GIS users (in cooperation with the university course Geographic Information Systems (UNIGIS) at the University of Salzburg)
- September 2002: GPS for GIS users (in cooperation with the university course Geographic Information Systems (UNIGIS) at the University of Salzburg)
- September 2000: GPS for GIS users (in cooperation with the university course Geographic Information Systems (UNIGIS) at the University of Salzburg)
- March 2000: GPS for GIS users (in cooperation with the university course Geographic Information Systems (UNIGIS) at the University of Salzburg)
- Oktober 1998: GPS for GIS users: Classical methods and real-time concepts (in cooperation with the DVW National Association of Baden-Württemberg)
- March 1995: GPS training seminar to the Administration for Surveying in Saarland
- October 1994: GPS-achievements 1994 (DVW-Seminar)
- October 1991: GPS and Integration of GPS into existing Geodetic Networks
Lectures at the University of Stuttgart (1985 - 1991)
- Gravimetric analysis and Earth tides
- Satellite Geodesy
- Geodetic Coordinate Systems
- Time-dependent effects in geodetic observations
- Geodynamic applications of satellite and VLBI (very-long-baseline interferometry) methods
Lectures in international summer schools
- Sept. 1986 4th Int. Summer School in the Mountains, Admont/Austria: "The Space-Time Geodetic Boundary Value Problem"
- Mai 1996 Int. Summer School on Theoretical Geodesy "BVP and the Modelling of the Earth's Gravity Field in View of the One Centimeter Geoid", Como/Italy: "Formulation and Linearization of Boundary Value Problems: From Observables to a Mathematical Model"
- 31.05.-04.06.2010 GOCE-Summer School, Herrsching at Ammersee "Gravitational field and vertical reference systems"
Publications
For the list of publications and presentations, please refer to the German page of Bernhard Heck.