April 20, 2022 / Lectures
Professor Lyesse Laloui delivers the prestigious Vienna Terzaghi Lecture
© 2022 EPFL The Vienna Terzaghi Lecture 2022 has been awarded to, and presented by, Professor Lyesse Laloui of EPFL at this year’s Austrian Geotechnical Conference on the 19th of April. Since 1997, the combined lecture and award have been given biennially to internationally renowned geotechnical engineers by the Association of Austrian Drilling, Well Construction and Foundation Engineering Companies (VÖBU), the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects (ÖIAV), the Austrian National Committee (ASMGE) of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) and the Institute of Geotechnics, Foundation Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics at the University of Vienna. This year’s winner, Professor Laloui, is Chair Professor of Soil Mechanics and the European Vice President-elect of the International Society of Soil Mechanics...
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January 20, 2022
The Laloui Group Releases Its Annual Report for 2021
The Laloui Group has released its annual report for 2021 detailing notable achievements, research activities, and technological innovation throughout the year. Despite many academic challenges stemming from the pandemic, the report shows that The Laloui Group continues to develop the research and tools required to deliver innovative and sustainable engineering solutions for the 21st century.Laloui Group Director, Prof. Lyesse Laloui said he is extremely proud of the Group’s continued high performance, “2021 has once again challenged our team yet we have adapted and risen to the occasion… cementing our place as a world-leading research and development lab”. The BIOGEOS Project is featured on page 22. Source: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/the-laloui-group-releases-its-annual-report-for-20/
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January 20, 2022
Reach for the sun: the bacteria way | Dimitrios Terzis | TEDxGeneva
“Nature has been the home to efficient mechanisms that had millions of years of evolution to reach perfection. Living systems will be the next thing in construction, in the same way they revolutionized other fields.”Watch BioGeoS Research Scientist & Medusoil co-founder Dimitrios Terzis' new ted talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzPDc4mJ2Rg
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