Post by Institute of Structural Concrete at RWTH Aachen University

🎓 He earned his doctorate with honors! Congratulations to Mario Aguilar Rueda on successfully defending his dissertation: “Modeling and Characterization of Concrete Fatigue Across Different Scales: Lattice-Discrete and Microscale Models Based on a Unified Dissipative Hypothesis” Today, May 22, 2026, Mario impressively demonstrated that while fatigue may be a problem for concrete—it certainly isn’t for him. 💪 The entire IMB team congratulates him wholeheartedly and wishes him all the best for his future professional and personal career. ¡Felicidades y mucho éxito! 🚀 Photo, from left to right: Prof. Dr. techn. Bernhard Pichler | Prof. Dr. habil. Rostislav Chudoba | Mario Aguilar Rueda, M.Sc. | Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Claßen | Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E. h. Josef Hegger | Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raul Fuentes