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Lyesse Laloui
Lyesse Laloui receiving an honorary doctorate in 2022
Born (1963-07-29) 29 July 1963 (age 61)
Skikda, Algeria
NationalitySwiss
Alma materÉcole centrale Paris
Scientific career
FieldsCivil engineering, geotechnical engineering, geomechanics
InstitutionsÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Thesis"Modelisation du comportement thermo–hydro–mecanique des milieux poreux anelastique (1993)
Websitewww.epfl.ch/labs/lms/

Lyesse Laloui, (born 1963) is a Swiss engineer and Professor at EPFL, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.  He is Chair full Professor of Soil Mechanics, Geo-Engineering and CO2 Storage at EPFL's School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering and is the Director of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory[1]

Laloui is active in the fields of geomechanics, sustainability and geo-energy. His work explores the multiphysical behaviour of energy geostructures, sustainable soil stabilisation, the behaviour of shales, radioactive waste disposal and carbon capture and storage. His efforts have led to publication of 13 books, over 370 journal publications and four patents.[2]

Recognized as one of the world's top ranked scientists in field of Engineering and Technology,[3] Laloui is the current vice-president for Europe of the ISSMGE, the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering[4] and Editor in Chief of the Elsevier journal, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.[5] A full member of the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences,[6] Director of ACUUS, the Associated Research Centers for the Urban Underground Space[7] and recent recipient of two Doctorate Honoris Causae in Engineering from Heriot-Watt University,[8] and from the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca,[9] he is also the founding partner of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China[10] and has co-founded several start-ups including Geoeg,[11] Medusoil,[12] Nesol[13] and Enerdrape.[14] Since 2017 Lyesse Laloui acts as an ambassador of Lausanne Montreux Congress (LMC) which brings together the experts from the economic region of Lausanne and Montreux.[15] In 2024 he was elected to the Academia Europaea.[16]

Career

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Laloui studied civil engineering at Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics, Algiers in 1987 before moving to France, where he obtained an Advanced Master in Soil and Structural Mechanics from Ecole Centrale Paris in 1989. In 1993 he completed his PhD  titled: "Modelisation du comportement thermo–hydro–mecanique des milieux poreux anelastique "with honours: "Summa cum laude".

Joining EPFL in 1994 as a Research Fellow, he became a professor in 2006. In the years 1999-2001 he acted as a president of the EPFL Assembly and a member of the ETH-Rat Board. In 2008 he and was appointed the head of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory (EPFL). In 2012 he was appointed as the director of EPFL Civil Engineering Section and in 2014 became a member of the Direction of the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) of EPFL.

In 2014 Lyesse Laloui established and became the editor-in-chief of the international journal Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment at the Elsevier publishing house. He created the Chair "Gaz Naturel" - Petrosvibri –dedicated to underground CO2 sequestration and is a Honorary Director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in Nanjing, China. In 2021, Lyesse Laloui was appointed as the European Vice President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). Between 2007 and 2020 he was adjunct professor at the Pratt School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Duke University. and advisory professor at Hohai University. between 2016 and 2019.[17] Laloui acts as a chairman of advisory committee for the XVIII European Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering in 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal.[18]

Laloui has collaborated or supervised numerous researchers[19] including:

  • Dr. Mathieu Nuth, Assistant Professor at University of Sherbrooke,
  • Dr. Bertrand François, Assistant Professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles,
  • Dr. Alice Di Donna, Assistant Professor at University Grenoble-Alpes,
  • Dr. Yafei Qiao, Assistant Professor at Tongji University,
  • Dr Roman Makhnenko, Assistant Professor University of Illinois,
  • Dr. Anne-Catherine Dieudonné, Assistant Professor of Engineering Geology at Delft University of Technology,
  • Dr. Melis Sutman, Assistant Professor at Heriot-Watt University and
  • Dr. Alessandro Rotta Loria, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Northwestern University.

Awards and honors

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  • Doctorat Honouris Causa in Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 2022[9]
  • Doctorat Honouris Causa in Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, 2022[8]
  • ERC Proof of Concept Grant (PoC), Construction & Environmental Biocementation in Real World Applications (CEBREWA ), 2020[20]
  • ERC Advanced Grant, Biogeos, 2018[21]
  • 30th Roberval Award in for the book "Mécanique des sols et Roches"[22]
  • RM Quigley Award from the Canadian Geotechnical Society, 2016[23]
  • "Excellent Contributions Award" of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, 2008[24]

Honorary lectures

  • Széchy Lecture, 2024 (The highest award of the Hungarian Geotechnical Society)[25]
  • Eshbach Lecture, 2022.[26]
  • Vienna Terzaghi Lecture, 2021[27]
  • Kersten Lecture at the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE), Geo-congress, 2020[28]
  • 12th G.A. Leonards Lecture from the University of Purdue, 2014[29]
  • Vardoulakis Lecture from the University of Minnesota, 2012

Selected works

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  • L., Laloui; Rotta Loria, A. (2020). Analysis And Design of Energy Geostructures: 1st Edition: Theoretical Essentials And Practical Application. Academic Press. ISBN 9780128206232.
  • L., Laloui; Ferrari, A. (2018). Energy Geotechnics. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-99669-1.
  • L., Laloui; Ferrari, A. (2017). Advances in Laboratory Testing And Modelling of Soils And Shales (ATMSS). Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-52772-7.
  • L., Laloui; Di Donna, A.; Kong, G. (2016). 能源地下结构 Energy Geostructures. China Architecture and Building Press. ISBN 978-7-112-19661-6.
  • Vulliet, L.; Laloui, L.; Zhao, J. (2016). Mécanique des sols et des roches. Presses Polytechniques Universitaires Romandes. ISBN 978-2-88074-961-3.
  • Laloui, L.; Di Donna, A. (2015). Géostructures Énergétiques. Hermes science Publications. ISBN 978-2-7462-4577-8.
  • Laloui, L.; Di Donna, A. (2014). Energy Geostructures: Innovation in Underground Engineering. Wiley-ISTE. ISBN 9781848215726.
  • Laloui, L. (2014). Bio- And Chemo- Mechanical Processes in Geotechnical Engineering. ICE Publishing. ISBN 9780727760531.

References

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  1. ^ "Prof. Lyesse Laloui". EPFL (in French). Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Search Patents - Justia Patents Search". patents.justia.com. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Lyesse Laloui: H-index & Awards - Academic Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ^ "NEWS AND INFORMATION CIRCULAR JULY 2021". issmge.org. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment | Journal". ScienceDirect. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Members: SATW". satw.ch. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Members of the Board – ACUUS". Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b "Celebrated Engineer honoured for commitment to global sustainability". hw.ac.uk. 20 June 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  9. ^ a b Smith, Brendan (10 November 2022). "Professor Lyesse Laloui awarded a doctorate honoris causa". EPFL.
  10. ^ "Prof. Lyesse Laloui is the co-founder of the IJRC". EPFL. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  11. ^ GEOEG. "GEOEG - We power the world". GEOEG. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  12. ^ "HOME". medusoil. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Nesol - Numerical Engineering Solutions | Lausanne". Mysite. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Enerdrape | Empowers built surfaces". Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Lausanne Montreux Ambassador". Lausanne Montreux Congress (in French). Retrieved 21 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Academy of Europe: Laloui Lyesse". www.ae-info.org. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  17. ^ "Alumni LMS". epfl.ch. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Advisory Committee". ecsmge-2024.com. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  19. ^ "Alumni LMS". EPFL. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  20. ^ "ERC Funded Projects". ERC: European Research Council. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  21. ^ "ERC FUNDED PROJECTS". ERC: European Research Council. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  22. ^ Vulliet, Laurent; Laloui, Lyesse; Zhao, Jian (2016). Mécanique des sols et des roches : avec écoulements souterrains et transferts de chaleur (in French). Lausanne. ISBN 978-2-88074-961-3. OCLC 957578742.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. ^ "LMS' researchers have won the 2016 RM Quigley Award !". 10 April 2016.
  24. ^ "2008". iacmag. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  25. ^ "XXIX. Károly Széchy Memorial Lecture registration - Geotechnikai Egyesület". 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  26. ^ "Professor Lyesse Laloui to deliver the 2022 Eshbach Lecture - EPFL". memento.epfl.ch. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  27. ^ "Rückblick VÖBU FAIR 2022". oegt.voebu.at. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  28. ^ 2020 Kersten Lecture: Lyesse Laloui: Energy Geotechnology, retrieved 4 July 2022
  29. ^ "G.A. Leonards Lecture and PGS Workshop". Lyles School of Civil Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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