Savvas SaloustrosEducation PhD | Construction Engineering 2017 – 2017 UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain MSc | Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions (SAHC) 2013 – 2013 University of Padova, Italy & UPC-BarcelonaTech, Spain Diploma | Civil Engineering 2012 – 2012 National Technical University of Athens, Greece Professionals experiences Co-founder & Board Member 2019–2019 FENECStructural Engineer 2019–2019 Windmill Structural Constultants, Barcel
Tara HabibiCurrent Work
SafeShore ProjectPrincipal Investigator Climate change will lead to significant sea level rise and more frequent, intense storm surges. These developments pose severe risks to coastal regions, threatening human lives, cultural heritage, and economic stability. Conventional shoreline protection methods, such as seawalls and armour blocks, have proven effective. However, their reliance on heavy concrete makes them slow to construct and environmentally unsustainable. To address these challenges, t
Julie Nathalie S GheysenProfessionals experiences PhD student 2018–2022 Université Catholique de Louvain
Teaching & PhD Courses Materials MSE-171 Introduction course of material science applied to usual building materials, especially concrete and metals. Description of their fabrication, mechanical and thermal properties and use in construction. Mechanical behaviour of materials MSE-234 This course provides an introduction to the mechanical behaviour, the processing, the structure and life-cycle o
Igor TomicTeaching & PhD PhD Students Jakov Oreb Courses Seismic engineering CIVIL-522 This course deals with the main aspects of seismic design and assessment of buildings including conceptual design. It covers different structural design and evaluation philosophies for new and existing reinforced concrete, steel and unreinforced masonry buildings. Stone masonry: Past, present, and future PENS-232 This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspe
David Michael Volpe RuggieroTeaching & PhD PhD Students Ömer Faruk Behçet, Elias Merhi, Enrico Pinelli, Ahmad Abdulrahman Ahmad Majdouba, Muhammad Mahmood Mohi Ud Din Courses Reinforced concrete structures CIVIL-323 This course introduces the student to the behaviour and design of reinforced concrete structures. The student will learn the principles of analysis of reinforced concrete and how to design common concrete elements including columns, beams, and slabs. Reinforced concrete structures - advanced topics
Konstantinos KarapiperisKostas Karapiperis is an Assistant Professor at EPFL directing the Data-Driven Mechanics Laboratory (LMD). His research lies at the intersection of mechanics, multiscale modeling, and data science, with applications ranging from geomaterials to structural materials. Prior to EPFL, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer at the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of ETH Zürich, supported by a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship. He holds a PhD in Applied Mechanics and a Minor in Applie
Mathias Christian Haindl CarvalloTeaching & PhD Courses Stone masonry: Past, present, and future PENS-232 This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspects of stone masonry. Emphasis is on understanding the role of stone masonry in architecture, basic structural behavior, and approaches to predict and assess the performance of stone masonry buildings.
Jakov OrebTeaching & PhD Courses Stone masonry: Past, present, and future PENS-232 This course introduces students to the historical, structural, and environmental aspects of stone masonry. Emphasis is on understanding the role of stone masonry in architecture, basic structural behavior, and approaches to predict and assess the performance of stone masonry buildings.
Daryl Yee Wei LiangIncoming Assistant Professor of Electrical and Microengineering (March 2023)
Sangwoo KimSangwoo Kim is set to join EPFL as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor in September 2023. Prior to his appointment at EPFL, he served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He earned his graduate degree in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where his research delved into the relationships between statistics, geometry, and mechanical states in cellular matters. Currently, his research focus on fundamental understanding of biological and living systems, as well as the study of soft and active matter employing principles from mechanics and physics. His research interests encompass embryonic development, tissue morphogenesis, structure and mechanics of soft materials, inherent structure of amorphous materials, and non-equilibrium dynamics of active matter.
Umut AltuntasExpertise
fracture mechanics, experimental solid mechanics, fatigue, additive manufacturing, polymer science, soft materials
Education Aerospace Engineering | 2021 – 2024 Middle East Technical University
Ghassan ShahinExpertise
I am a geomechanics researcher with interests in the mechanical behavior of the Earth's materials at conditions pertaining to the shallow Earth and upper mantle. In my studies, I employ laboratory geomechanics backed by x-ray methods, advanced constitutive modeling, and material theories to study failure patterns across scales spanning from the grain-scale up to the field-scale.
Expertise
I am a geomechanics researcher with interests in the mechanical behavior of the Earth's materials at condition
Athanasios NenesTeaching & PhD PhD Students Berkay Dönmez, Ernest Abboud Past EPFL PhD Students Paraskevi Georgakaki, Lucile Ricard Courses Atmospheric processes: from cloud to global scales ENV-407 The main objective is to present important atmospheric processes from the local to global scales. The course will start with cloud processes, continue to synoptic phenomena like extratropical cyclones and fronts, to finally cover numerical modeling at the regional and global scales. Introduction to environme
Stefana ParaschoTeaching & PhD PhD Students Jingwen Wang, Gabriel Vallat, Maxence Grangeot, Eleni Maria Skevaki, Wenqian Yang, Megi Sinani Courses Capitalizing on Uncertainty AR-809 SUMMER SCHOOL - Capitalizing on Uncertainty is a 6-day Summer school exploring uncertainty as a productive resource in design and fabrication through lectures, hands-on experiments, and the collaborative design and construction of a full-scale structure in a human-robot fabrication setting. Digital design and making: A criti
Rosane Moura Dos Santos BarrettinoEducation Ph.D. in Materials Science and Technology | "Development of a Novel Electrically Conductive FlameRetardant Bio-based Thermoplastic Polyurethane" 2012 – 2015 Polytechnic of Turin, Turin, Italy Master of Science in Engineering | “Preparation and Characterization of ThermoplasticElastomer Micro and Nanocomposites with Modify Tribology Properties†2009 – 2011 University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), Manno, Switzerland. BSc in Che
Amine BenouhibaAmine Benouhiba graduated from the Preparatory School of Science and Technology, Algeria, in 2012. He received his engineering degree in material engineering from Ecole Nationale Polytechnique (ENP), Algeria, in 2015. He also received his master’s degree in innovative materials from Ecole centrale de Lyon (ECL) in 2016. He completed his Ph.D. degree in 2020 at the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté University. Currently, he is a postdoctoral researcher at Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). His research interests include the design and development of soft robotics, origami-inspired structures and microrobotics.
