Dr.-Ing. Jan Lyzwa

Overview

• 2007 - 2014  Structural civil engineering degree at TU Braunschweig, Germany
• 2014 - 2021  Research associate for Prof. Zehfuß at iBMB, TU Braunschweig, Germany
• 2021  Doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) at TU Braunschweig, Germany, Department of structural Civilengineering
• Since 2022  Senior Engineer at iBMB, Fire Safety Division, Germany

Memberships

• vfdb Unit 4 -  Engineering Methods in Fire Safety Design – Member of working group 6 – Constructive Fire Protection
• Since 2021 director of vfdb Unit 4 - Engineering Methods in Fire Safety Design

Research Themes and Interests

• Constructive Fire Protection
• Fire behavior of construction materials and structural elements 
• Investigation of thermal and thermo-mechanical material properties
• Execution of fire tests
• Numerical studies of structural behavior of structural elements in the fire event with FE-Models
• Evacuation simulations

Teaching

• Fire Protection for Existing Buildings
• Fire Safety Engineering Methods
• Structural Reliability Assessment of Existing Structures
• Inderdiciplinary Project „ Building Conservation“

• Supervision of student research and Master’s theses

Publications

Division of Fire Safety