Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcel Walkowiak studied civil engineering (structural engineering) at TU Dortmund. Since 2018, he has been a professor of engineering mechanics at the Institute of General Mechanical Engineering at TH Köln, where he also heads the Laboratory for Numerical Simulation and Systems Engineering.
Dipl.-Ing. Ulf Reinicke studied civil engineering (structural engineering) at TU Dortmund and has been managing partner of an engineering firm specializing in FE simulation since 2011. Since 2016, he has been a lecturer in engineering mechanics at FOM University of Applied Sciences.