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See:
http://www.p-s-p.de/english/about-us/partners.html
http://www.uni-due.de/iml/07institut_mitarbeiter_herbertschmidt.php
Univ.-Prof. em. Dr.-Ing. Herbert Schmidt
Institut für Metall- und Leichtbau, Bauwissenschaften
Universitätsprofessor für Stahlbau an der Universität GH Essen von Juni 1981 bis August 2001
University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
1957-1962 civil engineering studies at TU Braunschweig,
thereafter bridge design engineer with MAN Gustavsburg,
1965-1977 scientific assistant, later on chief engineer at the Institute for Steel Structures at TU Braunschweig, 1970 obtaining a doctor’s degree (Dr.-Ing),
1974/75 visiting research fellow at Lehigh University / USA,
1978-1981 professor at Stuttgart University, head of construction engineering division of Otto-Graf-Institute (FMPA Baden-Württemberg),
1982-2001 professor for steel structures at Essen University,
1989-2004 approved proof engineer for structural steel design,
member in many German and European expert and working committees,
1995 co-founder of the engineering consultants partnership Prof. Schmidt & Partners.
Herbert Schmidt was born in 1936 in Goslar/Niedersachsen. After his high school graduation in 1956 and his civil engineering diploma graduation at TU Braunschweig in 1962, he worked three years as a bridge design engineer at the Gustavsburg constructional steelwork plant of the company MAN. Five years as a scientific assistant for steel structures at the Civil Engineering Department of TU Braunschweig followed, which were rounded-off with obtaining a doctor’s degree (Dr.-Ing.). As a chief engineer he then established and supervised the research operations in the newly founded Institute for Steel Structures of TH Braunschweig (head: Prof. R. Barbré, later on Prof. J. Scheer). In the years 1974/75 he stayed for 11 months as a visiting research fellow at Lehigh University in Bethlehem/USA.
At the end of 1977, H. Schmidt was appointed to a C3-professorship at the University of Stuttgart. There, he headed in the Otto-Graf-Institute (FMPA Baden-Württemberg) the construction engineering division, until in 1981 he was appointed to the newly established C4-professorship for steel structures at the University of Essen.
Two decades of dedicated and productive teaching and research activities followed in Essen. Under the guidance of Prof. Schmidt, 16 doctoral theses and a great number of publications and conference papers were produced (publication list IML UniDuE). Many of the results being worked out in Essen found their way into engineering handbooks, recommendations and standards. H. Schmidt contributed significantly to the development of the series of standards DIN 18800. In 1990 and 1998 he stayed as a guest professor at Australian universities. His scientific achievements were appreciated by appointing him to honorary positions in many German and European panels and committees, amongst others the expert committees for metal and composite structures at the German Institute for Construction Technology (DIBt) in Berlin, the German Scientific Board for Steel Structures (DASt), and the working group on shell stability of the European Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) (as their long-time chairman).
Since 2001, Herbert Schmidt is officially retired. After his legal approval as a proof engineer for structural steel design has ex-pired in 2004, he addresses himself more intensively to his role as a scientifically consulting senior partner in the engineering consultants partnership PSP that he founded in 1995 together with Ufuk Kocabiyik and Peter Swadlo. Apart from this, he writes technical papers and books (e.g. the Beuth Commentary „Execution of Steel Structures“ as co-author in charge), gives lectures and is in certain demand as a forensic engineering expert.
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