VAL5 Executive Chairs
A. Esderts, Technical University Clausthal, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
S. Werdin, Technical University Dresden
C. Bleicher, Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability LBF, Darmstadt
National Scientific Committee
O. Birk, Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg
M. Decker, AUDI AG, Ingolstadt
S. Götz, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin
M. Luke, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM, Freiburg
M. Vormwald, Technical University Darmstadt
R. Waterkotte, Schaeffler Technologies, Herzogenaurach
International Scientific Committee
D. Benasciutti, Italy
Z. Bozic, Croatia
M. Brune, Germany
A. Carpinteri, Italy
V. Chmelko, Slovak Republic
W. Eichlseder, Austria
G. Härkegard, Norway
F. Iacoviello, Italy
M. Kepka, Czech Republic
T. Lagoda, Poland
J. Newman, USA
A. Nieslony, Poland
B. Özmen, Turkey
L. Reis, Portugal
G. Savaidis, Greece
M. Stoschka, Austria
L. Susmel, United Kingdom
D. Vanderpitte, Belgium
S. Vantadori, Italy
H. Yuan, China
Local Committee
A. Esderts
S. Werdin
C. Bleicher
R. Rennert, IMA Materialforschung und Anwendungstechnik GmbH, Dresden
H. Zenner, DVM Berlin
M. Zimmermann, TU Dresden – Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS
K. Leers, S. Bachofer, DVM Berlin