Lyesse Laloui
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Lyesse Laloui is a professor at the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
(EPFL). He is the director of the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics as well as the director of the EPFL Doctoral programme in Mechanics. Laloui is also adjunct full professor at the Pratt School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Duke University
(Durham
, USA). He is vice-director of the European network ALERT Geomaterials (a network of 27 European universities active in geomechanics) since 2005.
with an advanced Master in Soil and Structural Mechanics in 1989, and a PhD degree (Summa cum laude) in 1993. After a post-doc at École centrale Paris
, he joined EPFL in 1994.
Laloui is the organiser of the Geotechnique Symposium in Print 2013 on Bio- and Chemo-Mechanical processes in geotechnical engineering, May 2013.
Laloui is a frequent keynote speaker in international conferences, i.e.:
– “Multiphysical Coupled Processes in Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal Problems”. Plenary lecture, Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering IV, Kos (Greece), June 2011.
– “Geotechnical design of energy piles”. Feature lecture, 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Cavtat-Dubrovnik (Croatia), April 2011.
– “Mechanics of unsaturated soils: concepts and applications” Plenary lecture, 3rd International Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Advances in Geomaterials and Structures, AGS’10, Djerba (Tunisia), May 2010.
– “Enhanced viscoplastic modeling of soft soils” Keynote lecture at the 2nd International Workshop on Geotechnics of Soft Soils – Focus On Ground Improvement, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK), September 2008.
factor of 12. He is a book series editor for Wiley-Iste and member of the editorial board of six international journals.
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
The École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne is one of the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology and is located in Lausanne, Switzerland.The school was founded by the Swiss Federal Government with the stated mission to:...
(EPFL). He is the director of the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics as well as the director of the EPFL Doctoral programme in Mechanics. Laloui is also adjunct full professor at the Pratt School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Duke University
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present day town of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James B...
(Durham
Durham
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, USA). He is vice-director of the European network ALERT Geomaterials (a network of 27 European universities active in geomechanics) since 2005.
Biography
Lyesse Laloui was born on 29 July 1963. He obtained the Master’s degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 at the ENTP Algiers. He then continued his studies at École centrale ParisÉcole Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...
with an advanced Master in Soil and Structural Mechanics in 1989, and a PhD degree (Summa cum laude) in 1993. After a post-doc at École centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris
École Centrale Paris is a French university-level institution in the field of engineering. It is also known by its original name École centrale des arts et manufactures, or ECP. Founded in 1829, it is one of the oldest and most prestigious engineering schools in France and has the special status...
, he joined EPFL in 1994.
Research Areas
Professor Laloui has developed research approaches in several areas in the field of geo-engineering. He has focused on the fundamental study of soils and man-made geo-systems with an emphasis on the mechanics of various interacting multi-scale and multi-physics phenomena. He combines theoretical approaches and experiments, while on the other hand applying the concepts of porous material mechanics to geotechnical engineering. His research activities have produced results in computational geomechanics, environmental geomechanics, and the mechanics of multiphase porous materials.Awards and honors
Laloui received the "Excellent Contributions Award 2008" of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) for "excellent contributions in the areas of computational geomechanics, environmental geomechanics and mechanics of multiphase porous materials and their applications for innovative engineering solutions".Laloui is the organiser of the Geotechnique Symposium in Print 2013 on Bio- and Chemo-Mechanical processes in geotechnical engineering, May 2013.
Laloui is a frequent keynote speaker in international conferences, i.e.:
– “Multiphysical Coupled Processes in Underground Nuclear Waste Disposal Problems”. Plenary lecture, Computational Methods for Coupled Problems in Science and Engineering IV, Kos (Greece), June 2011.
– “Geotechnical design of energy piles”. Feature lecture, 2nd International Symposium on Computational Geomechanics, Cavtat-Dubrovnik (Croatia), April 2011.
– “Mechanics of unsaturated soils: concepts and applications” Plenary lecture, 3rd International Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Advances in Geomaterials and Structures, AGS’10, Djerba (Tunisia), May 2010.
– “Enhanced viscoplastic modeling of soft soils” Keynote lecture at the 2nd International Workshop on Geotechnics of Soft Soils – Focus On Ground Improvement, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow (UK), September 2008.
Publications
Professor Laloui has over 220 publications including 97 papers listed in ISI Science Citation Index with an h-indexH-index
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factor of 12. He is a book series editor for Wiley-Iste and member of the editorial board of six international journals.
Books
- Mécanique des sols et des roches. Vulliet L., Laloui L., J. Zhao Presses Polytechniques Universitaires Romandes. Under contract – Delivery date: 12/2010.
- Mechanics of Unsaturated Geomaterials. Editor L. Laloui. Wiley-ISTE, 380 pages, 2010., The book constituted by 15 chapters. L. Laloui co-authored 4 chapters.
Edited Books
- Computer applications in geotechnical engineering. Editors: Siegel TC, R. Luna, T. Hueckel, L. Laloui. ASCE Geotechnical special publication N°157, 2007.
- Environmental Geomechanics. Editors: L. Vulliet, L. Laloui & B. Schrefler, Publisher EPFL-Press. 423 pages ; ISBN 2-88074-515-2. 2002.
- Tests de réponse géothermique/Geothermische response tests. Editors : W.J. Eugster & L. Laloui. Proceddings of the European Workshop on Geothermal Test Responses. Lausanne – 25 & 26 octobre 2001, 130 pages. Publisher GTV; ISBN 3-932570-43-X. 2002.