Professor Steven Glaser has been chosen as the first TÜV-Süd Guest Professor at the Technical Institute of Munich (TUM). TUM is the foremost academic institute in Germany and is one of five universities chosen by the German government for the Excellence Initiative.
The professorship was awarded for Glaser’s research merging quantitative seismology with the picometer-scale displacement sensors he has designed into “nano-seismology.” From July 19-24, Steve will lead a workshop for students entitled, “From Earthquakes to Acoustic Emissions: Non-destructive Testing in Engineering,” in Munich.
As part of the professorship Steve was made a Fellow at the TUM Institute of Advanced studies. The governing board of the Institute is comprised of internal and international members from science and industry, including two Nobel laureates.