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The Rodolphe and Renée Haenny Foundation awarded its 2024 prize to Dr. Dimitrios Terzis, research and teaching associate at the ENAC faculty of EPFL. © 2024 EPFL

Dimitrios Terzis awarded the Rodolphe and Renée Haenny Prize for 2024

— The Rodolphe and Renée Haenny Foundation awarded its prize to Dr. Dimitrios Terzis, a research and teaching associate at the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering at EPFL.

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Academic promotion within the Laloui Group

— Dr. Dimitrios Terzis’ outstanding performance as a researcher, educator, and innovator recognized by EPFL via promotion.

© 2024 EPFL

Prof. Laloui elected as ACUUS Director for Europe

— Renowned geotechnical engineering expert to leverage underground space solutions for future cities.

Lyesse Laloui © 2024 EPFL

Lyesse Laloui elected to prestigious Academia Europaea

— Renowned geomechanical expert to join influential academic organization

Prof. Laloui receives award from Prof. Edina Koch, President of the Hungarian Geotechnical Society, and Dr. Balázs Móczár, of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.s.© 2024 Philip Janos/EPFL

A New Era for Geotechnical Engineering Practice.

— Prof. Laloui delivers XXIX Károly Széchy Memorial Lecture.

© 2023 EPFL

BIGALPS consortium awarded EIC Transition Grant.

— The Laloui Group to expand its bio-cementation technology into real-world situations with a European Innovation Council (EIC) grant.

The proposed CCUS demonstrator near the EPFL Valais campus. © 2023 EPFL

Demonstrating geological CO2 storage on the EPFL campus

— The Laloui Group is developing a first-of-its-kind geological CO2 storage simulator to ensure safe and reliable carbon capture and storage.

© 2023 LMS / EPFL

“The key skill I've learnt is perseverance”

— Congratulations to LMS apprentice Natacha Romanens who has successfully completed her studies to become a physics laboratory assistant.

© 2023 EPFL

InSituStreTech Project on track with new grant

— The Laloui Group’s new start-up project, InSituStreTech continues progressing through its research and development phase with an Ignition Grant from EPFL’s Tech Launchpad technology incubator. The Ignition Grant is a recognition of the Project’s progress, allowing the start-up to begin validating the technology. 

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The Laloui Group wins the Scott Sloan Best Paper Award

— A paper written by the Laloui Group Director, Prof. Laloui, and two alumni, Dr. Alice Di Donna and Dr. Alessandro F. Rotta Loria, has received the Scott Sloan Best Paper Award 2021 from the journal Computers and Geotechnics.

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