Dr.-Ing. Georg Heerten Appointed Honorary Professor

On September 21, 2004, Dr.-Ing. Georg Heerten, managing partner of Naue
Fasertechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Luebbecke, Germany, was appointed honorary
professor by the president of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule
(RWTH) in Aachen, thus paying recognition to his many years of teaching during his
lectureship “geosynthetics in geotechnical application” for the chair geotechnics in
structural engineering at the faculty for civil engineering at RWTH, Aachen. Professor
Heerten’s lectures were directed at teaching young civil engineers about innovative
structural methods using geosynthetic materials, e.g. in civil engineering, road
construction, hydraulic engineering as well as in environmental protection
applications.
For more than two years, Dr.-Ing. Georg Heerten has also acted as deputy Chairman
for the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geotechnik e.V. with registered headquarters in
Essen. The DGGT e.V. is the technical and scientific contact center for more than
2000 geo-engineers and engineering geologists. The DGGT e.V. has just held its 28th
Deutsche Baugrundtagung (subsoil conference) in Leipzig, Germany, with more than
1000 attendees and a special session “Forum for Young Geosynthetic Engineers”
chaired by Dr.-Ing. Georg Heerten for around 200 of the up-and-coming generation of
young engineers, aged up to 35. It was this part of the conference which, on the one
hand, documented the high level of professional knowledge and responsibility in the
science and practice of geotechnics among the young civil engineers and, on the
other hand, provided incentives and motivation for students. Even in the Ancient
World it was said that building meant designing the future and a society which did
not, or no longer built, was one doomed to decline. Naue Fasertechnik are committed to
supporting young civil engineers and keeping them informed about the application of
geosynthetics in geotechnical applications.