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Federica Sandrone

federicalucia.sandrone@epfl.ch

EPFL ENAC IIC LEMR
GC D1 401 (Bâtiment GC)
Station 18
CH-1015 Lausanne

from 2008: Engineer at SBB-Infrastructure, responsible for Tunnels Management and Maintenance
from 2007: Assistant for the courses "Tunnel Engineering" and "Underground Construction Technology"
2004-2008: PhD Student (Structure Doctoral Program) at LMR-EPFL
PhD degree: February 2008 at EPFL with a thesis entitled "Analysis of pathologies and long term behaviour of the Swiss National Road tunnels"
2003: Assistant at the Georesources and Landscape Department of Politecnico di Torino (TUSC). Main research domains: in situ surveys, monitoring measurements analysis and numerical modelling on tunnels with ageing problems and/or collapses, settling and subsiding in chalk pit, instability of slope dumps, interaction between cutting-tools of a TBM and the rock-mass
2003: Graduate at the Politecnico di Torino in Geotechnical Engineering with a Master Thesis about «Stability controls and refurbishment operations on a damaged railway tunnel»

Selected publications

Interpretation und Extrapolation der gemessenen Konvergenzen in der Karbonzone des L�tschberg-Basistunnel

F.Descoeudres, J-P.Dudt, F.Sandrone, V.Labiouse
Published in AlpTransit-Tagung 2005 Swiss Tunnel Congress 22.Juni 2005 Dokumentation D 0215 SIA in

Analysis of delayed convergences in a carbon zone of the L�tschberg Tunnel

F.Sandrone, J-P.Dudt, V.Labiouse & F.Descoeudres
Published in Eurock06 - European Regional ISRM Symposium - Multiphysics coupling and long term behaviour in rock mechanics - May 9-12, 2006 - Li�ge, Belgium in

Numerical modelling of laboratory tests for TBM cutter indentation process analysis

N.Innaurato, C.Oggeri, PP.Oreste, R.Vinai, F.Sandrone
Published in Proc. MPES 2006, Mining Planning and equipment selection, Turin, pp. 1339-1344, ISBN 88 901342 4 0 in

Data collection for Swiss road tunnels maintenance

Sandrone F., Labiouse V., Mathier J.-F.
Published in Journal Felsbau , no 1 (2007), pp. 8-14 in

Preliminary identification of Swiss road tunnels pathologies based on geotechnical G.I.S. data.

F. Sandrone, V. Labiouse, J.F. Mathier
Published in Proc. 11th ISRM, 9-13 July 2007 Lisbon, vol.2, pp. 999-1002, 2007 in

Teaching & PhD

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Erika Paltrinieri

Courses

Rock mechanics

CIVIL-308

The students understand the mechanical behaviour of rock materials, joints and rock masses, and are able to determine the factors conditioning civil engineering applications. They are able to use appropriate methods for carrying out analysis and design of tunnel excavation and support.

Underground construction

CIVIL-404

This course is addressed to students who want to deepen their knowledge of underground space and works, including planning, design and management, construction techniques and methods, risk assessment and environmental considerations.