Karl-Eugen Kurrer

After leaving school and completing a bricklaying apprenticeship with contractor Paul Ensle in Heilbronn, Kurrer studied civil engineering at Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences from 1970 to 1974.

Kurrer completed his PhD, On the internal kinematic and kinetic of tube vibratory mills,[3] with the highest level of distinction, summa cum laude, at TU Berlin in 1986 and went on to carry out externally funded research on energy efficiency in industry.

He worked on the further development of the in-house program suite for the calculation, dimensioning and design of cable networks for short-wave antennas according to the theory of large displacements.

In 1996 Kurrer was appointed head of the History of Technology Study Group in the Berlin-Brandenburg regional association of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure (VDI).

[9] From 1 January 1996 to 28 February 2018 Kurrer was editor-in-chief of the journal Stahlbau (Steel Construction) at publishers Ernst & Sohn,[10][11][12] a part of Wiley-Blackwell.

Kurrer and Werner Lorenz are the joint editors of the books of the Construction History Series/Edition Bautechnikgeschichte, a series published by Ernst & Sohn.

Kurrer was chairman of the scientific committee of the 3rd International Congress on Construction History (20–24 May 2009, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany) and one of the editors of the Procceedings.

[31] Kurrer has served as a visiting lecturer for the masters course in civil engineering at Coburg University of Applied Sciences since 2018, covering the history of technology in the winter semester.

[32][33] He regularly writes articles for momentum,[34] an online magazine founded in autumn 2012, which cover topics from the histories of science, technology and construction.