Lyesse Laloui

Lyesse Laloui
File:Lyesse Laloui 2011.jpg
Born	(1963-07-29) July 29, 1963
Alma mater	École centrale Paris École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Scientific career
Fields	Geomechanics
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Biography

Lyesse Laloui is a professor at the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He is the director of the Laboratory for Soil Mechanics (LMS) as well as the director of the EPFL Doctoral programme in Mechanics (EDME). Lyesse Laloui is also adjunct full professor at Pratt School of Civil and Environmental Engineering of Duke University, Durham, United States of America. His main research areas are computational geomechanics, environmental geomechanics, and the mechanics of multiphase geo-media.

Prof. Laloui has developed successful state of the art research approaches that cover the most productive and rapidly expanding areas in the field of geo- engineering. In particular, 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. The strengths of this approach are, on the one hand, to combine theoretical approaches and experiments at the highest level of sophistication and quality, while on the other hand applying the concepts of porous material mechanics to geotechnical engineering. His research activities have produced results at the frontier of knowledge in the field of geo-engineering, and more precisely in the areas of computational geomechanics, environmental geomechanics, and the mechanics of multiphase porous materials.

Lyesse Laloui received a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering in 1987 at the ENTP Algiers. He continued his studies at Ecole Centrale Paris with an advanced Master in Soil and Structural Mechanics in 1989, and a Ph.D. degree (Summa cum laude) in 1993. After a post-doc at Ecole Centrale Paris, he joined EPFL in 1994.

I am also the Vice-Director of the European network ALERT Geomaterials (a network of leading 27 European universities active in geomechanics) since 2005!?

I recently organised the second Alert Olek Zienkiewick course [Laloui, 2010], which has an attendance of approximately 50 researchers (http://lmswww.epfl.ch/ALERT/index.html).

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Awards and honors

"Excellent Contributions Award 2008" presented by 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.

Publications

He has over 220 publications including 97 papers listed in ISI Science Citation Index with an h-index factor of 11. He is a book series editor for Wiley-Iste and member of the editorial board of 6 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. 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.

INVITED EDITOR

Geomechanics of structured materials. Guest Editors: L. Laloui, V. de Genarro. Special issue, Soils and Foundations, Vol. 49, N°3, 2009

Mechanics and velocity of large landslides. Guest Editors: C. Bonnard, L. Laloui, C. Scavia, M. Castelli, Special issue, Engineering Geology, vol. 109, 2009

Failure in multiphase geomaterias. Guest Editors: L. Laloui, F. Collin, V. de Genarro. Special issue, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Vol. 13, N°7/8, 2009.

Hydrology and Mechanical Coupling in Earth Sciences and Engineering: interdisciplinary perspectives. Guest Editors: D. Or, L. Laloui, E. Alonso. Special section of the Water Resources Research, Vol. 44, 2008. Water in Pavements. Guest Editors: L. Laloui, J. Baena. Special issue, International Journal of Road Materials and Pavement Design, Vol. 8/4, 2007. Coupled Multi-Physics Processes in Geomechanics. Guest Editors: L. Laloui, R. Charlier, G. Pijaudier-Cabot. Special issue. European Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 9, N°5-6, 280 pages, 2005.

External links

• École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
• Laboratory of Soil Mechanics at EPFL
• Doctoral Program in Mechanics at EPFL
• The Alliance of Laboratories in Europe for Research and Technology (ALERT) "Geomaterials"