Lyesse Laloui

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LMS - Soil Mechanics Laboratory
EPFL ENAC IIC LMS GC D1 416 (Bâtiment GC) Station 18 CH-1015 Lausanne Bureau GCD1416 Tél. 32314,32315

EPFL ENAC IIC LMS
GC D1 416 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
1015 Lausanne

Web site:  Web site:  https://lms.epfl.ch/

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Fields of expertise

Study of natural and man-made systems with emphasis on the mechanics of various interacting phenomena.
 
Lecturing in Civil Engineering (soil mechanics, underground seepage, geomechanics) and Mechanics (mechanics of porous media, mixture theory, multiphase flow).
 
Research in Environmental Geomechanics, Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Multiphase Porous Materials. 









Awards

2024 : Membership to Academia Europaea : Academia Europaea

2022 : Honoris Causa : Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh

2022 : Honoris Causa : Technical University of Cluj-Napoca

2022 : Vienna Teraghi Lecture : Internationally renowned geotechnical engineer.

2022 : 2022 Eshbach Lecture

2022 : Distinguished lecture Northwestern Sustainabilty

2024 : XXIX Károly Széchy Memorial Lecture : Hungarian Geotechnical Society

2025 : John Mitchell Lecture : Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)

Publications

Infoscience publications

Teaching & PhD

Teaching

Civil Engineering

Courses

Geomechanics

The course covers engineering applications and challenges in geomechanics, including stress-strain behavior of geomaterials in variousconditions, triaxial testing,and constitutive frameworks for elasticity and plasticity.Practical insights are gained through workshops with geomechanics professionals

Energy geostructures

Energy geostructures are a technology that couples the structural role of foundations with the heating/cooling role of geothermal heat exchangers. The goal of the course is to provide an understanding of the structural, geotechnical and energy behaviour.

Terra Epidermis

This transversal project aims to test around a case study chosen, the specifics of " reverse soil ." On a chose site, students will be invited to propose a single technical and architectural gesture, and synthesize their concept graphically.