“We have a duty to Switzerland, and to the planet”
14.01.21EPFL
Professor Lyesse Laloui, who heads the Laboratory of Soil Mechanics (LMS) in EPFL’s Civil Engineering Section, has been elected to the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences. The accolade, announced in January this year, recognizes Prof. Laloui’s distinguished contribution to geomechanics – as an engineer, polymath and champion of cross-disciplinary approaches in fields ranging from the environment and renewable energy to carbon storage.