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LSMS interview on RTS

Published:31.08.26 — Dans le cadre de l'émission de la RTS A bon Entendeur "Course à pied – vos semelles disséquées" du 18 août 2026, le LSMS a été interviewé afin d'apporter son expertise sur le profil des semelles des chaussures de course à pied.

Welcome to Xinyuan Yang

Published:16.06.26 — After obtaining his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he started his PhD at LSMS on 1st June 2026. He is enrolled in the EDME Doctoral Program in Mechanics.

New member at LSMS

Published:01.06.26 — We are pleased to welcome Dr Pavan Nanduri, who joined the LSMS on May 1st. He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, with a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering in 2025.

My Thesis in 180 seconds

Published:07.04.26 — Congratulations to Jacopo Bilotto, PhD Student at LSMS, who was qualified for the final of the competition My Thesis in 180 seconds.

Article highlighted in IJSS

Published:24.03.26 — Congratulations to Dr. Yastrebov, Dr. Anciaux, and Prof. Molinari, whose article was highlighted in the special issue of the journal IJSS.

Dr. Parissa Sadat Alavi successfully defends her PhD thesis

Published:16.03.26 — Congratulations to Dr. Parissa Sadat Alavi, who earned her title with her Ph.D. thesis entitled "Multiscale Modeling of Frictional Behavior at Rough Contact Interfaces".

Prof. Molinari appointed Euromech Fellow

Published:15.07.25 — Congratulations to Prof. Jean-François Molinari, head of LSMS, who has been appointed Euromech Fellow for his seminal contributions in computational solid mechanics, especially the multiscale modeling of tribological processes.

Congratulations to Dr. Sacha Wattel for his Ph.D. thesis

Published:15.07.25 — Congratulations to Dr. Sacha Wattel, who earned his title with his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Wear across scales".

National ORD Prize

Published:28.11.24 — Congratulations to Dr Guillaume Anciaux and Dr Son Pham-Ba, who have received the first Honoured Mention for their project ’DCSM – Dissemination of Computational Solid Mechanics’, carried out at LSMS.

Civil Engineering award

Published:08.10.24 — Congratulations to Nicolas Tireford, who has been awarded the IIC prize for his Master's project, entitled "Block shape design to improve the seismic stability of multi-block structures", completed under the supervision of Prof. Molinari, head of LSMS.

Welcome to Gaëtan Cortes

Published:12.09.24 — After obtaining his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at EPFL, he started his PhD at LSMS on 1st September 2024. He is enrolled in the EDME Doctoral Program in Mechanics.

Congratulation to Dr. Manon Voisin-Leprince for her Ph.D. thesis

Published:08.07.24 — Congratulation to Dr. Manon Voisin-Leprince, who earned her title with her Ph.D. thesis entitled "Modeling friction and wear using an adaptive discrete-continuum coupling".

SNSF Postdoc.Mobility fellowship

Published:21.12.23 — Congratulations to Dr Thibault Roch, former Ph.D. at LSMS, who won a SNSF Postdoc.Mobility fellowship.

Tamaas library

Published:21.12.23 — Tamaas featured in the cover story of the December issue of Tribology & Lubrication Technology, the magazine of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.

New member at LSMS

Published:16.11.23 — We are pleased to welcome Dr Lucas Fourel, who joined the LSMS on November 1st. He graduated from INSA Lyon, France, with a M.S. in 2020 and a Ph.D. in Contact Mechanics in 2023.

Tribology Letters Article – Highlighted in TLT Magazine

Published:16.11.23 — Congratulations to Dr Son Pham-Ba, previous PhD Student at LSMS, whose paper has been selected to highlight in the November edition of Tribology & Lubrication Technology magazine in the article Editors’ Selections: Best from STLE’s Research Community.

The Eugenio Beltrami Prize awarded to Professor Molinari

Published:17.10.23 — Congratulations to Prof. Jean-François Molinari, head of LSMS, who has been awarded the Eugenio Beltrami Senior Scientist Prize.

prix Jean Mandel 2023 for two LSMS alumni

Published:17.10.23 — Congratulations to Dr. Vladislav Yastrebov (Centre des matériaux des Mines Paris, CNRS) and Dr. Jérémy Bleyer (Laboratoire Navier, Ecole des Ponts), both former post-doc in the LSMS, who have each won the Jean Mandel 2023 prize.

SNSF Ambizione grant

Published:25.09.23 — Congratulations to Antonio Joaquin Garcia Suarez, postdoc at LSMS, who has been awarded an Ambizione grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation to carry out his own independent research project at LSMS.

Welcome to Thibault Ghesquière-Diérickx

Published:25.07.23 — After obtaining his Master's degree in Civil Engineering at EPFL, he started his PhD at LSMS on 1st July 2023. He is enrolled in the EDME Doctoral Program in Mechanics.