Laurent Vulliet

Biography

EDUCATION
2016: Board Member Certificate, Swiss Board School, Switzerland
2008: AMP (Advanced Management Program), INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France
1986: PhD (Dr sc. tech.), EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
1980: Ms, Civil Engineering (Dipl. Bauing. ETH), ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland

PRESENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2021 - Present: President of the Board, De Cérenville Géotechnique SA, Ecublens
2018 - Present: Owner, Prof. Vulliet Consulting, Lausanne.
2018 - Present: President, Société du Quartier Nord de l'EPFL
2003 - Present: Foundation Council Member, Les Bois Chamblard Foundation, Lausanne.
1995 - Present: Member and now President (since 2020), Foundation Council of the Presses Polytechniques et Universitaires Romandes (PPUR), Lausanne
1994 - Present:  Professor, EPFL. Director of the Soil Mechanics Laboratory (1994-2008). Part-time position since 2008. Honorary Professor since February 2023.

PAST PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2016 - 2023: Member of the Board of Directors, Implenia, Opfikon, Switzerland
2009-2013: Vice-President, Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA).
2008 - 2015: CEO, BG Consulting Engineers, Lausanne, Switzerland.
2006 - 2015: Member of the Board of Directors, BG Consulting Engineers, Lausanne
2003-2008: Member, Stiftungsrat der Präventionsstiftung der KGV (a Swiss foundation for the financing of applied research in the domain of natural risks from Cantonal Building Insurances). 
2001 - 2008 Dean, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), EPFL
1999 - 2001 Head, Civil Engineering Department, EPFL
1998 – 2001: Member of the Board of Directors, Stump Bohr AG, Nänikon.
1989 - 1993 Senior Engineer, De Cérenville Géotechnique SA, Ecublens, Switzerland
1987 - 1989 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
1986 Invited Researcher, Laboratoire central des ponts et chaussées (LCPC), Paris, France
1981 - 1986 Research assistant, and PhD student, Soil Mechanics Laboratory (LMS), EPFL. Thesis on the modeling of natural creeping slopes. Co-advisors Prof. E. Recordon (EPFL) and Prof. K. Hutter (TU Darmstadt)

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
 - Swiss Society of Engineers and Architects (SIA)
 - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
 - International Association for Computer Meth. and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG)
 - International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
 - International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
 - Swiss Society for Soil and Rock Mechanics (SSMSR)
 - Swiss Society for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (SGEB)
 
 SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES
- Kantonale Expertengruppe Sicherheit (KES). Expertise in the field of underground construction/rock mechanics for the Cantonal Expert Group on Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal (cantons of Zurich, Aargau, and Schaffhausen). (KES). (2020 - Present )- Federal Geological Commission (FGC), a permanent extra-parliamentary commission which advises the Federal Council on applied geology (appointed by the Federal Council). (2020 - Present)- Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW). A network of Switzerland’s most eminent names in the various engineering fields. (2014 - Present)
- Member, Federal Geological Commission (FGC), a permanent extra-parliamentary commission which advises the Federal Council on applied geology (appointed by the Federal Council). (2020 - present) - Swiss National Science Foundation (NSF): member of the Foundation Council and of the Electoral Commission (1996-2003)
 - Extra-Parliamentary National Commission on Natural Disasters (PLANAT): member of the Commission 1997-2007 (member of the Executive Board from 1997 to 2000)
 - Natural Hazards Competence Centre CENAT (ETH Domain): founder member and member of the Board of Directors (1995-2007)
 - Alliance of European Research Laboratories (ALERT), member of the Board of Directors (1995-2009)
 - Beratende Kommission Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL): member (2000-2004)
 - Centro Stefano Franscini (CSF, Monte Verità): member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (1997-2007)
 - EPFL Press and Information Commission (CPI). Member 1994-94, President 1995-2000
 
 EDITORIAL BOARDS
 - Adjunct Editor-in-Chief, Revue française de génie civil (Hermès); founder member (1996-2009). Now "European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering" 
 - Editorial Advisory Board, Int. J. Num. Analyt. Meth. in Geomech., John Wiley (1997-2009). 
 - Editorial Board, Int. J. of Geomechanics (2000-2009). 
 - Editorial Board, Computer & Geotechnics, Elsevier (2001-2009). 
 - Editorial Board, Rivista Italiana di Geotecnica (1997-2009).