Laboratory of Soil Mechanics - LMS

Fostering education, research and innovation of Geo-Systems.

Our research group gives the priority to the protection against the geological hazards and the damage to the industrial environment and structures. Our experimental and modelling expertise allow for understanding, describing and forseeing the environmental impact of the future technologies

Professor Lyesse Laloui, Director

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We are looking for PhD students and Post-docs in: THM behavior for nuclear waste storage application, bio-cementation of soils, CO2 storage and Energy geo-structures. Click here for more information about our open positions.

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GETE Winter School

We are pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of the Winter School on Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment will take place on January 21^st – 23^rd 2020 in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.

Our research activities:

Energy Geostructures and Thermal Piles

Bio-improved Soils

Nuclear Waste Storage

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CO2 Storage

Behaviour of Shales

Landslide Analysis

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by Prof. Laloui at international conferences

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BIOGEOS

Biomediated Geomaterial Strengthening

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The latest news

Evaluating the technical and economic feasibility of energy tunnels

06.08.19 EPFL

In a recent work, researchers from the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics (LMS) propose a new methodology for the evaluation of the technical and economic feasibility of heat exchanging tunnels.

Harnessing the heating potential of metros

28.06.19 EPFL

The RTS interviewed Margaux Peltier, scientific assistant at the LMS, during their broadcast “CQFD” in order to talk about the geothermal potential of the future m3 metro line of Lausanne.

Engineering heat out of metro tunnels

25.06.19 Research

Researchers at EPFL have precisely quantified convection heat transfer in rail tunnels. Using the new model, they estimated how much energy Lausanne could save by fitting the future M3 metro line with a geothermal heat-recovery system, in what would be a world first.

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Upcoming events

GETE Winter School

2020-01-21 2020-01-23

With: Eduardo Alonso (UPC Barcelona), Alessio Ferrari (EPF Lausanne), Jean Sulem (ENPC ParisTech), Lyesse Laloui (EPF Lausanne), Russ Ewy (Chevron USA), Tomas Hueckel (Duke University).
Place and room: Eurotel Victoria, Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Category: Conferences - Seminars

Lab Logs

Fruitful collaboration between LMS and CREM tackling energy piles

2019-06-17 15:00:00

With: Prof. Laloui, Mme Peltier, M. Zannin.
Place and room: GC B1 10
Category: Conferences - Seminars

Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop

2019-04-29 2019-05-01

Place and room: Bordeaux, France
Category: Conferences - Seminars

CESS Seminar: Liquefaction of fully and nearly saturated granular soils, experimental investigations and theoretical approach

2019-03-01 12:15:00 13:00:00

With: Prof. Waldemar Świdziński, Director of the Institute of Hydro-Engineering, Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk, Geomechanical Department
Place and room: GC B3 30
Category: Conferences - Seminars