The IMS - Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies, was founded in 1999 in Bobingen, near Augsburg, Germany by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Off and Prof. Alexander Furche.
![]() IMS premises in Dessau, Germany. |
With the nomination of Prof. Off to the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Dessau, Germany in 2003, the foundation for the cooperation between the Anhalt University and the IMS has been laid and the vision of an international study course “Membrane Structures” became reality.
A second establishment of the IMS has been founded in Dessau to execute the teaching part of the IMS.
Lecturers, international specialists in the field of textile constructions, impart knowledge and proficiency to the students so that they are able to design, to calculate, to detail, to build and to keep textile constructions. The special economical and forensic basic conditions will also be integrated.
Now the institute spreads all over the world. Members are working as official representatives of the IMS in the following countries ...
Bobingen and Dessau, Germany |
Guatemala, Guatemala |
Bangkok, Thailand |
Izmir, Turkey |
Neapel Italy |
Beijing, China |
Santiago, Chile |
Canaman Philippines |
Tehran Iran |
Adis Ababa Ethiopia |
The Caribbean |
Madrid, Spain |
Brazil |
Singapore |
