Laboratory of Soil Mechanics – LMS

Fostering education, research and innovation of Geo-Systems.

Professor Lyesse Laloui

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.

Award
The LMS has established an annual award, the EPFL Distinguished Lecture in Geomechanics, to be awarded to scientists who had a significant impact in the field of Geomechanics, especially those who made unique and particularly innovative contributions to their field.
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 21st – 23rd 2020 in Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland.

Our research activities:

Energy Geostructures and Thermal Piles

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Bio-improved Soils

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Nuclear Waste Storage

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CO2 Storage

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Behaviour of Shales

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Landslide Analysis

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Upcoming keynote lectures

by Prof. Laloui at international conferences

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Gaz Naturel Pertrosvibri

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BIOGEOS

Biomediated Geomaterial Strengthening

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The latest news

Keynote lecture by Prof. Laloui at the Energy Geotechnics Conference

EPFL

Prof. Lyesse Laloui will deliver a Keynote lecture at the 2nd International Conference on Energy Geotechnics which will be held in La Jolla, California, in September 2020.

Distinguished Lecture by Prof Laloui at Northwestern University

EPFL

Prof. Lyesse Laloui honored as a distinguished lecturer at the Northwestern Sustainability Summit on “Earth-Human Interactions: Sustainability and Development”, April 8th 2020.

Prof. Laloui talks about innovation in Nouvelliste

EPFL

In an article in Le Nouvelliste, Prof. Lyesse Laloui talks about energy geostructures developed at the LMS.

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Upcoming events

Intensive Course on Energy Geostructures: Analysis and Design

2020-03-252020-03-27

With: Lyesse Laloui (EPF Lausanne, CH), Alessandro F. Rotta Loria (Northwestern University, USA), Tony Amis (GI-Energy, USA), Didier Mülhauser (Marti SA, CH), Luis de Pereda Fernández (ENERES, ES)
Place and room: EPFL Innovation Park, Bâtiment E
Category: Public Science Events

Lab Logs

GETE Winter School

2020-01-212020-01-23

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

Fruitful collaboration between LMS and CREM tackling energy piles

2019-06-1715:00:00

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

Sixth EAGE Shale Workshop

2019-04-292019-05-01

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

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Confédération Suisse
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Chevron
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Swiss National Science Foundation
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Shell
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