Mike Richter
Structural Civil Engineer, Track Designer,
Principal Research and Development Engineer
Olympic Sliding Center Design and Construction Supervision:
Track Designer, Principal Research and Development Engineer, Sochi 2014 Sanki Sliding Center Project - Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Russia
2006 - present
2004 - 2006
Track Designer, Principal Research and Development Engineer, 2010 Whistler Sliding Center Project - Whistler, British Columbia, Canada
Track Designer, Principal Research and Development Engineer,2006 Torino Sliding Center, Torino, Italy
2000 - 2005
Non-Olympic Sliding Center Design and Feasibility Study:
Salnsjöbaden, Sweden: Study for a luge track with 600 m length, artificial iced
2008
2008
Cortina d‘Ampezzo: Inventory Study (digitizing) and state investigation of track and technical equipment, reconstruction in terms of future use while respecting the historic nature of the track.
2007
Bakuriani, Georgia: Study for a 450 m length luge track
2005
Krynica, Poland: Study for the construction of a artificial iced bob– and luge track
Education:
Structural Civil Engineer, Technical University Leipzig, Germany
1990 -1995
Publications:
"High-Speed Ice Friction Experiments under Lab Conditions: On the Influence of Speed and Normal Force," ISRN Tribology, vol. 2013, Article ID 703202