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Professional Résumé

Dipl.-Ing. Hans J. Kolitzus   

Education:

Study of Civil/Structural Engineering
University of Stuttgart, Germany
1966 graduated as Dipl.lng. (German MSC degree)

1966 - 1979 Scientific Engineer
Research and Testing Institute for Building Materials FMPA,
University of Stuttgart, Germany (Otto-Graf-lnstitut)

Memberships:

I.S.S.S. - International Association for Sports Surface Sciences

ASTM - American Society of Testing and Materials (Committee F08)

Technical Advisor to

IAAF Performance Specifications for Synthetic Surfaced Athletics Tracks (Monaco)

UEFA Turf Manual (Switzerland)

RAL Quality Guidelines 'Synthetic Surfaces', 'Sports Hall Surfaces', 'Mineral Surfaces' (Germany)

DIN Certco Certification Guidelines 'Synthetic Surfaces', Sports Hall Surfaces', Artificial Turf Surfaces' (Germany)

ESSM/BASPO Guideline 'Selection of Sporthall Surfaces' (Switzerland)
ESSM/BASPO Guideline 'Synthetic Surfaces and Environment'

DIN 18032-2 Sports Hall Surfaces (Germany)
DIN 18035-5 Mineral Surfaces

DIN 18035-6 Synthetic Surfaces
DIN 18035-7 Artificial Turf Surfaces

ASTM F 1292 Playground Surfaces (USA)
ASTM F 1536 Synthetic Sports Surfaces
ASTM F 2117 Vertical Rebound Characteristics of Sports Surface/Ball Systems

Appointments:

Court-appointed and Pre-selected Expert Whitness on Sports Surfaces in Germany
(oeffentlich bestellter und vereidigter Sachverstaendiger)

Board Member of l.S.S.S.

Member of the Cerfication Council of DIN Certco GmbH

Docent of Post Graduate Study of the University of Lucerne, Switzerland

Publications:

"Sports Hall Floors; Test Methods and Requirements", 1972, SB67, Magazine of the International Working Group for Sport and Leisure Facilities (IAKS)

"Requirements for Synthetic Surfaces for Light Athletics and Run-Up Tracks" Research Project of Federal Institute of Sports Sciences, 1974, Cologne, Germany

"Functional Standards for Playing Surfaces" in Sport Shoes and Playing Surfaces, 1984, Human Kinetics Publishers

"Quality Monitoring at Sports Surfaces" in Bauen mit Kunststoffen, 2/88, Darmstadt, Germany 1988

" Sports Surfaces and Environment"; Presentation at the l.S.S.S. Technical Seminar 1991 at Berlin

"DIN Standards - Their Development and Their Values Today "; presentation at the 2nd International Symposium on Sports Surfaces at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 1992

"QualitatssicherungSporthallenboeden" (Quality Assurance Concept of Sports Hall Flooring Systems), 1992

"Kunststoffsportbelaege und Umwelt" (Synthetic Surfaces and Environment);Stadt & Grün (Das Gartenamt), 1996

"Design of Sports Surfaces Based on Biomechanical and Technical Concepts", presentation at the ISSS Technical Seminar , Lucerne (Switzerland) 1994

"Criteria for Establishing Guidelines for Sports Surfaces", presentation at the 3rd International Symposium on Sports Surfaces at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 2003

"Ball Roll Behavior: The Functional Relationship of the Ball Roll Distance and the Timing Gate Method", ISSS Website, December 2003

"Environmental Compatibility of Sports Surfaces - History and Comments", ISSS Website, December 2003


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