Dr. Wolfgang Kickmaier

Persönliches Profil

Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Leiter International Relations

www.zhaw.ch/de/engineering/studium/internationaler-austausch/

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte, Spezialkenntnisse

Strategisches Management
Internationale Beziehungen
Forschungskooperationen
Training & Education

Aus- und Fortbildung

1990 (Dr.phil.nat.)Dissertation an der Universität Bern, Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut in Zusammenarbeit mit dem National Fonds, Shell Oman und dem Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals Oman
1987 Diplom Geologie/Paläontologie an der Universität Münster
1984 Gaststudent an der Universität Bern
1983 Grundstudium Geologie / Paläontologie Universität Münster (Deutschland)

FH Solothurn - Nachdiplom Betriebswirtschaft für Nichtbetriebswirtschaftler mit Abschlussarbeit - Strategisches Management
MAZ - Medientraining
CEPS / Uni Basel – Stiftungsmanagement
Arbeitsaufenthalte in Schweden, Südafrika

Beruflicher Werdegang

Managing Director MCM – McCombie, Chapman, McKinley Consulting
Experte IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
Delegierter Forschung FHNW – Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Geschäftsführer Stiftung FHNW – Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Course Director and Lecturer ITC – international School for Underground Waste Storage and Disposal
Stellvertretender Bereichsleiter ISP International Services and Projects
Länderkoordinator für Spanien, Deutschland und Japan
Vertreter der Schweiz IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency - Initiative Centers of Excellence
Hauptprojektleiter FLG – Felslabor Grimsel

Mitglied in Netzwerken

• EAIE - European Association of International Education
• NAFSA - Association of International Educators
• AIEA - Association of International Education Administrators
• IAESTE - Switzerland Board Member

Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW

Publikationen
Not included are commercial in confidence technical reports
2021
• Klein E. Hardie S.M.L. Kickmaier W. McKinley I.G.(2021): Testing repository safety assessment models for deep geological disposal using legacy contaminated sites; Science of The Total Environment Volume 776, 1 July 2021, 145949, Elsevier.


2015
• Chapman N., McCombie C., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E. (2015): Developing a Spent Fuel Management Strategy for a Newcomer Nuclear Power Country; IAEA SF Conference, Vienna, Austria.

• Kickmaier W., (2015): What can Germany learn from other national radioactive waste management programmes; 46th Annual Meeting on Nuclear Technology (AMNT) 5 – 7 May 2015, Berlin, Germany.

• Amano K., Semba T., Makino H., Hama K., Mizuno T., Seo T., Kickmaier W., Hardie S.M.L., McKinley I.G., McKie D., Neall F.M., McKinley L., Takase H. and Alexander W.R. (2015): CoolRepH26: Integrated R&D report for supporting safety case development; ANS 2015 IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management, 12 - 16 April 2015, Charleston, USA.

• Clark A., Tuthill C., Johnson M., Beattie T., Robarts S., Kickmaier W., McKinley I.G. and Gentles D. (2015): Feasibility studies for the design of disposal vaults for multi-purpose containers (MPCs) construction, operation, ventilation and management of heat; Abstract for Waste Management WM2015 Conference, 15 - 19 March 2015, Phoenix, USA.
2014
• Clark A., Tuthill C., Beattie T., S. Robarts, Kickmaier W., Green A., Passaris E. and Meeks K., (2014): Feasibility studies for the design of disposal vaults for multi-purpose containers (MPCs): Feasibility to construct, operate, ventilate and manage heat, MCM-Atkins, 5104220/11/007/02, December 2014.

• Kickmaier W. and McCombie C. (2014): Regionale Tiefenlager – eine notwendige Komponente zur sicheren Entsorgung radioaktiver Abfälle in der EU (invited presentation); Endlagersymposium 23 – 25 June, 2014, Aachen Institute of Nuclear Training, Aachen, Germany.

• Alexander W.R., McKinley I.G., Kickmaier W., Hardie S.M.L. and Klein E. (2014): Assessment of state-of-the-art in determining bentonite porewater chemistry; AOGS 2014, IG23-A013, (Abstract)
• Kickmaier W. (2015): Managing large volumes of liquid waste (invited presentation); 2nd International Caesium Workshop in Fukushima, 6 – 9 October 2014, Fukushima, Japan.
2013
• Hardie S.M.L., Klein E., McKinley I.G. and Kickmaier W. (2013): Developing a holistic strategy for managing large volume wastes and identification of required policy infrastructure; IAEA Training Meeting on International Low Level Waste Disposal Network (DISPONET) – Workshop on Disposal of Large Volume of Radioactive Waste; IAEA, November 2013, Vienna, Austria.
• Bennett D.G., Forsström H., Kickmaier W., Vähänen M., Bruno G. and Nachmilner L. (2013): An International Peer Review of the Programme for the Deep Geological Disposal of High Level Radioactive Waste from Pyro-Processing in the Republic of Korea - Report of an IAEA International Review Team; International Atomic Energy Association, September 2013.
• Kickmaier W., McCombie C., McKinley I.G. and Scourse E.M. (2013): The strategic role of underground rock laboratories in a geological disposal programme; IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management; 28 April - 2 May 2013, Albuquerque, USA.
• McCombie C., Chapman N.A., Kickmaier W. and Scourse E.M. (2013): Planning an integrated waste management strategy for new nuclear nations; IHLRWM International High Level Radioactive Waste Management. 28 April- 2 May 2013. Albuquerque, USA.
• McKinley I.G., Hardie S.M.L., Klein E. and Kickmaier W. (2013): Fukushima Remediation Waste Management; PSAM; 14 - 18 April 2013, Tokyo, Japan.
• Ichikawa Y. and Kickmaier W. (2013): A one week training course on Geological Disposal of Radwastes in Korea; in cooperation with Okayama University for the International School for Geoscience Resources of Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM), 15 – 19 April, 2013, Daejeon, South Korea.
2012
• Scourse E.M., Kickmaier W., McKinley I.G., Kawamura H. and Stephens S.T. (2012): The Importance of Verification and Validation Testing of Engineering Designs in Underground Rock Laboratories; Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXXV, 435-440.
2010
• Kickmaier W. and Büttikofer M., (Editors) (2010): FHNW, Forschungseinblicke 2009/2010; Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, September 2010, Windisch, Switzerland.
2009
• Kickmaier W. and Büttikofer M. (Editors) (2009): FHNW, Forschungseinblicke 2007; Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, März 2008 Windisch, Switzlerland.
2007 Kickmaier W. (Editor) (2007): Forschungsbericht 2006/2007; Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, November 2007, Windisch, Switzlerland.
• Vomvoris S. and Kickmaier W. (2007): Grimsel Test Site - Phase VI: Review of accomplishments and next steps. Proceedings ICEM '07. The 11th international conference on environmental remediation and radioactive waste management, September 2-6, 2007, Bruges, Belgium.
• Yoshimura K., Sakashita S., Ando K., Bruines P., Blechschmidt I., Kickmaier W., Onishi Y. and Nishiyama S. (2007): Study on creating hydraulic tomography for crystalline rock using frequency dependent elastic wave velocity; Proceedings ICEM '07. The 11th international conference on environmental remediation and radioactive waste management, September 2-6, 2007, Bruges, Belgium.
2005
• Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W., Frieg B. and McKinley I.G. (2005): Studies of hyperalkaline effects on clays in the near and far field – present status and future requirements. Extended abstract in Clays in Natural & Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement; International Meeting, March 14 -18, 2005, Tours, France. Andra Technical Report, Andra, Paris, France.
• Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S., McKinley I.G. and Kaku K. (2005): Nagra's Grimsel URL: From underground testing to the demonstration of disposal systems; Proc. ICEM '05 conference, pp. 1678-1683.
• Huertas F., de la Cruz B., Fuentes-Cantillana J. L., Alonso E., Linares J., Samper J., Elorza F.J., Svemar C., Salo J.P., Muurinen A., Pacovský J., Verstricht J., Bazargan- Sabet B., Jockwer N., Vignal B., Shao H., Kickmaier W., Baeyens B., Börgesson L., Rhén I., Villieras F., Robinet J.C. and Gourry J.C. (2005): Full-Scale Engineered Barriers Experiment for a Deep Geological Repository for High-Level Waste in Crystalline Host Rock – Phase II; FEBEX II. Euratom EUR 21922.
• Kelokaski M., Lähdemäki T., Penttinen L., Höltta P., Möri A., Biggin C. and Kickmaier W. (2005): Visualisation of conductive pore space by 14C-PMMA impregnation-development work for in situ studies; Proceedings Migration '05: Chemistry and migration behaviour of actinides and fission products in the geosphere.
• Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S. and McKinley I.G. (2005): Radwaste Management: Brothers Grimsel; Nucl. Eng. Internat., 50, 10-13.
• Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S., McKinley I.G. and Alexander W.R. (2005): Grimsel Test Site: challenges for the 21st century and beyond; European Geologist, No.19, 19-22.
• Schwyn B., Mäder U., Blümling P., Johnson L. and Kickmaier W. (2005): Use of cement in opalinus clay and its Consequences; 2nd low-pH workshop. Madrid, June 15-16, 2005 Enresa, SKB and the ESDRED-project in: R&D on Low pH Cement for a geological repository Editor: Göran Bäckblom, Conrox AB.
• Van Dorp F., Biggin C. and Kickmaier W. (2005): Aspekte des Strahlenschutzes in Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeiten der NAGRA; Beispiele aus Arbeiten in den Felslaboratiorien Grimsel und Mont Terri. Fachverband für Strahlenschutz, Jülich, 383-390.
2004
• McKinley I.G., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W. and Neall F.B. (2004): The bentonite / cement interaction problem: Cutting the Gordian Knot; Posiva WR 2004-25 / NUMO TR-04-05, 86-90.
• Vomvoris S., Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (2004): Education and Training in Nuclear Waste Management; NWMO Background Paper 7-12. Nuclear Waste Management Organisation of Canada. 146 pps.
2003
• Biggin C., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (2003): Integrated programme of research into the behaviour of the clay engineered barrier – An example from Nagra’s Grimsel Test Site; Andra Sci. Tech. Series, Clays in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste confinement, pp. 18-27.
• Biggin C., Möri A., Alexander W.R., Ota K., Frieg B., Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (2003): In situ radionuclide retardation in groundwater conducting systems: overview of the research carried out at Nagra's Grimsel Test site, central Switzerland; pp 207-228 in Environmental Radiochemical Analysis II (ed P.Warwick) RSC, London, UK.
• Kickmaier W. (2003): An underground laboratory in granite – The Grimsel test site; Colloque AGB Besançon, France.
• Kickmaier W., Alexander W.R., Frieg B. and McKinley I.G. (2003): Building confidence in the performance of the geological barrier; EGS-AGU-EGU joint assembly 2003, Book of Abstracts.
• Kickmaier W., Frieg B., Vomvoris S., McKinley I.G. and Mäder U. (2003): Grimsel test site – Finalisation of Phase V and initiation of Phase VI; Proc. IHLRWM LV'03, pp549-556.
• Kickmaier W. and Vomvoris S. (2003): Grimsel Test Site – Nagra's underground research laboratory in crystalline rock – Status of the scientific programme 1997 – 2002; Paper in the BRGM Bulletin "Hydrogéology et stockage de déchets radioactifs".
• Sakuma H., Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S. and McKinley I.G. (2003): The evolution of Nagra’s Grimsel URL – From underground testing to the demonstration of disposal systems; Proc. ICEM’03.
• Vomvoris S., Kickmaier W. and McKinley I. G. (2003): Grimsel Test Site: The next decades; Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVI, 13-18.
2002
• Ando K., Adachi T., Fujiwara A., Vomvoris S., Kickmaier W., Yamamoto S. and Shimmura A. (2002): Backfilling for silo-type repository under realistic conditions – The gas migration test at the Grimsel Test Site; Presented at SCK·CEN Topical Day on Ethics on radioactive waste – How radiant is our future?
• Biggin C., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (2002): Integrated programme of research into the behaviour of the clay engineered barrier: An example from Nagra's Grimsel Test Site; Clays in natural and engineered barriers for radioactive waste confinement: International meeting, Reims, December 9-12, 2002: Abstracts. Andra, Châtenay-Malabry, 287-288.
• Biggin C., Möri A., Alexander W.R., Ota K., Frieg B., Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (2002): In situ radionuclide retardation in groundwater conducting systems; Overview of research carried out at Nagra’s Grimsel Test Site, Central Switzerland, Proc. 9th Internat. Symp. Environmental Radiochemical Analysis.
• Kickmaier W. (2002): Felslabor Grimsel Phase V; Nagra Bulletin no. 34, pp10-23.
• Kickmaier W. (2002): Rolle der Felslabors in Entsorgungsprogrammen; Nagra Bulletin no. 34, pp4 9.
• Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S., Alexander W.R., Frieg B. and McKinley I.G. (2002): Grimsel Test Site - Finalisation of Phase V and initiation of phase VI; Proc. WM'02 (CD).
• Kickmaier W., Yamamoto S., Weber H.P., Kaku K. and Gassler W. (2002): Construction of engineered barrier system; As-built report, Nagra Project Report, Wettingen, Switzerland.
2001
• McKinley I. and Kickmaier W. (2001): Colloquium on the R&D of underground research laboratory facilities. INER Colloquium and Workshop on Grimsel international cooperation programme, Taiwan, 5-7 November 2001. INER, Taiwan
• Kickmaier W., Alexander W.R., Möri A. and McKinley I.G. (2001): In-situ studies of actinide behaviour at the Grimsel Test Site; Actinides 2001, Hayama, Japan.
• Kickmaier W., Alexander W.R., Vomvoris S. and McKinley I.G. (2001): Grimsel 2000 - Status of international projects at the Grimsel Test Site (GTS); Sci. Basis Nucl. Waste Manag., XXIV, 893-900.
• McKinley I.G., Kickmaier W. and Hugi M. (2001): In-situ radiochemical studies at Grimsel and Mont Terri underground rock laboratories; Proc. APSORC, Japan.
• Smith P.A., Alexander W.R., Kickmaier W., Ota K., Frieg B. and McKinley I.G. (2001): Development and testing of radionuclide transport models for fractured rock: Examples from the Nagra / JNC Radionuclide Migration Programme in the Grimsel test site, Switzerland; J. Contaminant Hydrol. 47, 335-348 [also in Japanese in JNC technical review 11, JNC TN 1340 2001-006].
• Vomvoris S., Marschall P., Kickmaier W., Ando K., Fukaya M., Fujiwara A. and Kaku K. (2001): GMT- A large-scale in-situ test of the gas migration properties of engineered barriers; Scientific basis for nuclear waste management 24: Symposium held August 27-31, 2000, Sydney, Australia. MRS symposium proceedings vol. 663. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, 553-559/ Volume 663.
2000
• Alexander W.R. and Kickmaier W. (2000): Radionuclide retardation in water conducting systems – Lessons learned in the research programme in the Grimsel Test Site / Radionuklidretardation in wasserführenden Systemen – Erfahrungen aus den Untersuchungsprogrammen im Felslabor Grimsel; Sanierung der Hinterlassenschaften des Uranerzbergbaus (Chancen und Grenzen der geochemischen und Transport-Modellierung bei der Verwahrung von Uranbergwerken und bei der Endlagerung radioaktiver Abfälle), 5th Workshop, Dresden Germany.
• Contributions to: FEBEX project full-scale engineered barriers experiment for a deep geological repository for high level radioactive waste in crystalline host rock. Final Report, Enresa PUBLICACIÓN TÉCNICA 01/2000.
• Fujiwara A., Kaku K., Vomvoris S., Marschall P., Kickmaier W., Ando K. and Fukaya M. (2000): GMT – A large-scale in-situ test of the gas migration properties of engineered barriers; Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIV, MRS.
• Huertas F., Fuentes-Santillana J.L., Jullien F., Rivas P., Linares J., Fariña P., Ghoreychi M., Jockwer N., Kickmaier W., Martínez M.A., Samper J., Alonso E. and Elorza F.J. (2000): Full scale engineered barriers experiment for a deep geological repository for high-level radioactive waste in crystalline host rock. In: EC Final Report EUR 19147.
• McKinley I.G., Birkhäuser P., Kickmaier W., Vomvoris S. and Zuidema P. (2000): Transfer of radioactive waste management expertise from Switzerland to other countries with small nuclear power programmes; Proc. Croatian Nuc. Soc. Int. Conf. Nuclear option in countries with small and medium electricity grid, 487-494.
1999
• McCombie C. and Kickmaier W. (1999): Underground Research Laboratories: their roles in demonstrating repository concepts and communicating with the public; EURADWASTE Seminar.
1998
• Fujiwara A., Yasutomi I., Ando Y., Vomvoris S., Fukaya M., Marschall P., Kickmaier W. and Ando K. (1998): GMT - Large-scale in-situ testing of the gas migration properties of engineered barriers; Presented at International Workshop on Key Issues in Waste Isolation Research, December 2-4. Barcelona, Spain.
1997
• Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (1997): A review of research carried out in European rock laboratories; Nuclear Engineering & Design, 176, 75-81.
• Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (1997): Research in European rock laboratories; Nagra Bulletin, 29, 29-36.
• Kickmaier W., Thury M. and McCombie C. (1997): The Grimsel Rock Laboratory in the Swiss Alps - An overview of the research Programme; European Geologists, 1/1997.
• McCombie C. and Kickmaier W. (1997): Full-Scale Engineered Barriers Experiment in Crystalline Rock (FEBEX); Wissenchaftliche Kurzberichte der Schweizer Teilnehmer an EU-Projekten 1996, Bundesamt für Bildung und Wissenschaft.
• McCombie C., Kickmaier W., McKinley I.G., Sprecher C. and Thury M. (1997): Swiss underground rock laboratories in crystalline and clay - Rationale for technical programme choice; Proc. ICEM'97, 409-413.
1996
• Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (1996): A review of research carried out in European rock laboratories; Proc. Topseal `96, ENS, pp. 116-123.
• Kickmaier W. and McKinley I.G. (1996): Investigations in phases I to III (1983-1993) at the Grimsel Test Site; Nagra Bulletin, Nr. 27, 5-14.
• McKinley I.G., Kickmaier W., del Olmo C. and Huertas F. (1996): The FEBEX project: full-scale simulation of engineered barriers for a HLW repository; Nagra Bulletin, No. 27, 56-67.
• Ulibarri A.M., del Olmo C., Huertas F., McKinley I.G. and Kickmaier W. (1996): FEBEX: An example of a major international collaborative project; Proc. Spectrum `96, 2161-2166.
1995
• Kickmaier W. (1995): Chert hosted manganese deposits in the Wahrah Formation Al Hammah Range - a depositional model; MPM Geological Documents, Al Azri, H.M.(Ed.), Ministry of Petroleum and Minerals Sultanate of Oman.
• Kickmaier W. (1995): Definition and characterisation of the N-S fracture system - Relationship to grouted sections. SKB International Cooperation Report 95-02.
1990
• Kickmaier W. and Peters T.J. (1990): Manganese occurrences in the Al Hammah Range - Wahrah Formation, Oman Mountains; The Geology and Tectonics of the Oman Region, Geological Society Special Publication No 49.

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