University of Technology Graz, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management, AUSTRIA
QUALIFICATION
Design and Safety Assessment of Dams
Design of Hydraulic Structures, Flood Protection Works
Water Conduits, Pressure Tunnels and Power Caverns
Membership:
President of Austrian National Committee on Large Dams (ATCOLD)
Member of Austrian Dam Commission – Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry; Chair of External Dam Safety Committee – Ireland
Member of the board of Austrian Society of Geomechanics (OEGG)
Member of International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR)
ICOLD – Committee Member on Computational Aspects of Analysis
and Design of Dams – Committee Member on Seismic Aspects of
Dam Design
Specific ICOLD related Activities
ICOLD Benchmark Workshop – Salzburg 2001
Organization and Theme Formulation
2nd Expert Seminar – Dam Safety & Monitoring, Kaprun, 2005
Organization and Contribution to Dam Safety Assessment
2nd International Seminar on Long Term Behavior of Dams (China &
Austria) – Graz, Austria, 2009
8th ICOLD European Club – Dam Safety, Austria, 2010
Organization and Contribution to Technical Sessions
24th ICOLD Congress Kyoto – General Reporter – Q93 – Dam
Safety, 2012
12th ICOLD Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Methods in Dam
Analysis and Design – Graz 2013
Organization and Theme Formulation
3nd Expert Seminar – Dam Safety & Monitoring, Landeck, 2016
Organization and Contribution to Dam Safety Assessment
Research Activities
Seismic Design of High Concrete Gravity and Arch Dams,
Hydraulic Steel Structures
Hydraulic Losses in Bifurcators – Particle Image Velocimetry
High Head Hydro Power Plant – Surge Tank Limberg; Reisseck II –
Verbund, Surge Tank Atdorf – Schluchseewerke, Krespa – Illwerke
Run of River Plants –Reservoir Desilting – Enns; Stegenwald /
Salzach; Bad Goisern / Traun; City Power Plant /Graz; Gratkorn/Mur,
Kirchbichl/Inn; Jettenbach/Inn
Flood Risk Management – Urban and rural floods
EDUCATION:
1975 – 1979 Technical College – Villach
1980 – 1985 Civil Engineering, Dipl.-Ing.;University of Innsbruck
1985 – 1988 Dr.; Wave propagation caused by blasting, University of Innsbruck
Languages:
German (native)
English (excellent)
EMPLOYMENT:
1989 – 1991 Project Engineer – Civil Design, Rock Mechanics, Dam Analyses
1992 – 1993 Project Manager – Dam – and Hydraulic Engineering
1994 – 1997 Manager of Dam Section
1997 – 2004 Manager – Dams, Underground Structures and Civil Engineering
2004 – 2007 Business Unit Manager – Hydropower Plants, Dams and Civil Engineering
Since 2007 – Graz – University of Technology – Hydraulic Engineering and Water
Resources Management
PUBLICATIONS
Proceedings of Symposia and Conferences – Editor
2014
Zenz G., Goldgruber M.
Proceedings of 12th ICOLD Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Methods in
Dam Analysis and Design
2013
Cerjak H., Enzinger N., Greiner R., Zenz G.
High Strength Steels for Hydropower Plants
Design Concepts – Pressure Conduits
2012
Zenz G.
Wasserbausymposium – Graz University of Technology
Water – Energy – Think globally – Act locally
2011
Zenz G., Hornich R.
Proceedings of the International Symposium – Urban Flood Risk Management –
UFRIM
2010
Austrian National Committee on Large Dams
8th Icold European Club Symposium
Dam Safety – Sustainability in a Changing Environment
2009
Bauer E., Semprich S., Zenz G.
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Long Term Behaviour of
Dams