Lyesse Laloui

Expertise Enseignement en Génie Civil (mécanique des sols, écoulements souterrains, géomécanique) et en Mécanique (mécanique des milieux poreux, théories de mélange, écoulements multiphasiques).Recherches en Géomécanique environmentale, en Géotechnique, et en Mécanique des processus multiphysiques dans les milieux poreux multiphasiques. LMS - Laboratoire de Mécanique des Sols EPFL ENAC IIC LMS GC D1 416 (Bâtiment GC) Station 18 CH-1015 Lausanne Bureau GCD1416 Tél. 32314,32315 Lyesse Laloui is Full Professor at EPFL in Lausanne Switzerland where he is Director of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory and the Civil Engineering Section. He also is honorary director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China.Laloui is a leading scientist in the field of environmental geomechanics, geotechnical and environmental engineering and the mechanics of multiphase, porous materials. He is the recipient of an Advance ERC grant for his BIO-mediated GEO-material Strengthening project. He has written and edited 13 books and published more than 360 peer reviewed papers; his work is cited more than 9000 times. Two of his papers are among the top 1% in the academic field of Engineering. Laloui has received multiple awards, delivered keynote lectures at over 40 international conferences and is a frequent source of expertise for Swiss and international news outlets.He is the European Vice President of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and Editor in Chief of the Elsevier Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment journal, as well as a founding partner of the international engineering companys Geoeg, Nesol and the start-ups MeduSoil and Enerdrape.Curriculum vitae https://www.epfl.ch/labs/lms/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/CV-Lyesse-Laloui_Full_2025-Sept.pdfGoogle citations: https://scholar.google.ch/citations?user=XgJfPH4AAAAJ&hl=fr Enseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Alessandro Parziale, Ziad Sahlab A dirigé les thèses EPFL de Cane Cekerevac, Hervé Péron, Bertrand François, Mathieu Nuth, Suzanne Fauriel, John Eichenberger, Thomas Mimouni, Alice Di Donna, Ali Seiphoori, Donatella Manca, Chao Li, Francesco Parisio, Valentina Favero, Dimitrios Terzis, Alessandro Francesco Rotta Loria, Alberto Minardi, Eleonora Crisci, Jacopo Zannin, Gianluca Speranza, Barnaby Padraig Fryer, Cristiano Garbellini, Angelica Tuttolomondo, Jose Antonio Bosch Llufriu, Elena Ravera, Ray Harran, Jinwoo Kim, Taeheon Kim, Ariadni Elmaloglou, Matthias Wojnarowicz, Héloïse Fuselier, Qazim Llabjani, Sofie Elaine ten Bosch, Svetlana Babiy A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de Nima Shokri, Yang Zou Cours Geomechanics CIVIL-402 Le cours couvre les applications et les défis de la géomécanique, y compris le comportement rhéologique des géomatériaux dans diverses conditions, les essais triaxiaux et les bases constitutives pour l'élasticité et la plasticité. Séminaires avec des professionnels de la géomécanique. Terra Epidermis PENS-211 Ce projet transversal vise à expérimenter autour d'un cas d'étude choisi, les spécificités de « l'envers du sol ». Sur un site choisi, les étudiants seront invités à proposer un geste technique et architectural unique, et à synthétiser leur concept sous forme graphique.