Lyesse Laloui
EPFL ENAC IIC LMS
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1015 Lausanne
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Expertise
Recherches en Géomécanique environmentale, en Géotechnique, et en Mécanique des processus multiphysiques dans les milieux poreux multiphasiques.
LMS - Laboratoire de Mécanique des Sols
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
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Prix et distinctions
Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh
2022
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
2022
Interpore
2025
Academia Europaea
2024
Internationally renowned geotechnical engineer.
2022
2022
Northwestern University
2022
Hungarian Geotechnical Society
2024
Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)
2025
2016
2008
SG Geotechnika
2025
International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
2025
Publications représentatives
Coupled Multi-Physics Processes in Geomechanics
L. Laloui, R. Charlier, G. Pijaudier-Cabot, Eds.
Published in Special issue, European Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 9, N�5-6, 280 pages, 2005 in
Solid-liquid-air coupling in multiphase porous media
Laloui L., G. Klubertanz & L. Vulliet
Published in International Journal Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, volume 27 issue 3, pp. 183-206, 2003. in
Thermo-plasticity of clays: an isotropic yield mechanism
Laloui L. & C. Cekerevac
Published in Computers and Geotechnics, Vol 30/8 pp 649-660, 2003. in
Comportement d�un pieu bi-fonction, fondation et �changeur de chaleur
Laloui L., M. Moreni & L. Vulliet.
Published in Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol 40, N. 2, pp. 388-402, 2003. in
Environmental geomechanics
L. Vulliet, L. Laloui & B. A. Schrefler
Published in EPFL-Press. 423 pages ; ISBN 2-88074-515-2. 2002. in
Tests de r�ponse g�othermique/Geothermische response tests.
W.J. Eugster & L. Laloui
Published in Proceddings of the Europ�ischer Workshop Europ�en sur les tests de r�ponse. EPFL - 25 & 26 October 2001, 130 pages. Editor GTV; ISBN 3-932570-43-X. 2002. in
Fabric evolution during hydro-mechanical loading of compacted silt
Cuisinier O. & Laloui L.
Published in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol 28, pp 483-499, 2004. in
A novel triaxial apparatus for thermo-mechanical testing of soils
Cekerevac C., Laloui L. & Vulliet L.
Published in Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 28, issue 2, pp. 161-170, 2005 in
Experimental study of the thermal effects on the mechanical behaviour of a clay
Cekerevac C. & L. Laloui
Published in International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol 28, pp 209-228, 2004 in
Modelling the behaviour of a large landslide with respect to hydrogeological and geomechanical parameter heterogeneity
Tacher L., C. Bonnard, L. Laloui & A. Parriaux. "
Published in Landslides journal. Vol. 2, N�1, pp. 3-14, 2005. in
Hydro-mechanical modeling of crises of large landslides: application to the La Frasse landslide
Laloui L., L. Tacher, M. Moreni & C. Bonnard.
Published in Proceedings of the IX International Symposium on Landslides, pp. 1103-1110, Rio de Janeiro, Balkema, 2004. in
Laboratory testing of unsaturated soil with small-scale models and use of image processing techniques
Gachet P., G. Klubertanz, L. Vulliet & L. Laloui
Published in Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 26, N�1, pp. 12-21, 2003. in
Miscible and immiscible multiphase flow in deformable porous media
Klubertanz G., F. Bouchelaghem, L. Laloui & L. Vulliet
Published in Mathematical and Computer Modeling Journal, Vol. 37 (5-6), pp. 571-582, 2003. in
Effective stress in double porous media with two immiscible fluids
Khalili N., R. Witt, L. Laloui, L. Vulliet, A. Koliji.
Published in Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 32, No. 15, L15309, 2005. in
Mechanics of multiphase porous media � application to unsaturated soils
Vulliet L. & L. Laloui
Published in Chapter of the book � Continuum mechanics and applications in geophysics and the environment �, pp. 153-182. Eds. Springer Verlag, 2001. in
Thermo-viscoplastic model for clays
Modaressi H. & Laloui L.
Published in International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics*, Vol. 21, pp 313-335, 1997. in
Attrition and particle breakage under monotonic and cyclic loading
Mayoraz F., L. Vulliet & Laloui L.
Published in Comptes Rendus Acad�mie des Sciences, C. R. Mecanique Vol. 334, N. 1, pp. 1-7, 2006. in
Suction induced effects on the fabric of a structured soil
Koliji A., L. Laloui, O. Cuisinier, L. Vulliet
Published in Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 64(2), pp. 261-278, 2006. in
Advances in volume measurement in unsaturated triaxial tests
Laloui L., H. P�ron, F. Geiser, A. Rifa�i, L. Vulliet
Published in Soils and Foundations, Vol. 46 N� 3, pp. 341-350, 2006. in
Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat exchanger pile
Laloui L., M. Nuth, L. Vulliet
Published in International Journal of Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, vol. 30, pp. 763-781, 2006. in
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
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.