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Katrin Beyer
Since 2017 Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), EPFL. Head of the Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics (EESD) Laboratory 2010-2017 Assistant Professor, EPFL. 2008-2010 Post-doctoral researcher, ETH Zürich. 2003-2007 Ph.D., Roseschool / Università di Pavia, Italy. 2001-2003 Ove Arup & Partners, Advanced Technology and Research Group, London. 2001 Diploma, Civil engineering, ETH Zürich.
Eugen Brühwiler
birth date: 19.11.1958 nationality: Swiss (native from Dussnang, Canton of Thurgau)  Education : - July 1988 : doctoral degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland with a thesis entitled “Fracture mechanics of dam concrete subjected to quasi-static and seismic loading conditions” - December 1983 : civil engineering diploma (university degree) from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland  Professional Experience : - Since 1st April 1995 : Professor of Structural Engineering at EPFL and Head of the Laboratory of Maintenance, Construction and Safety for Civil Structures (MCS) (often considered being the first chair worldwide devoted exclusively to existing civil structures). - 1991-94 Project Manager and structural engineer with the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB), Division of Bridges and Structures, Zurich: Monitoring and maintenance of bridges and structures, Project manager and checking engineer for the construction of new bridges and rehabilitation of existing bridges. - 1989/90 Research associate at the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA : Fracture mechanics of concrete and fracture of concrete dams. - 1986-88 Doctoral student at EPFL-LMC (Building Materials, Prof. Wittmann) : Fracture mechanics of concrete, fracture of concrete dams under seismic loading - 1984/85 Research engineer at EPFL-ICOM (Steel Structures, Prof. Badoux and Prof. Hirt) : Fatigue behaviour and fracture mechanics of riveted bridges
Emmanuel Denarié
Emmanuel Denarié is a civil engineer, with a PhD in Materials Science. He worked for 3 years in a civil engineering company where he was in charge of the design of structures and the maintenance of bridges. He has 30 years’ experience on research and applications in the field of building materials, advanced concretes, and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete structures. He is since 2000 senior scientist and lecturer in the Laboratory for Maintenance and Safety of structures, at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), in charge of research and development activities on the application of concretes and advanced cementitious materials to the improvement of existing and new structures.  In 2013, under the lead of Emmanuel Denarié, in cooperation with CEREMA, Subdivision des Phares et Balises from Lorient, and Lafarge, a turret at sea (Le Cabon, Brittany, France) was reinforced by a cast on site 60 mm thick UHPFRC shell. The strain hardening mix was developed jointly with Lafarge. This successful application in extreme conditions of access and restraint of the substrate (thin ring geometry) opened the way to large-scale industrial applications of UHPFRC for the reinforcement of existing structures.
Olivier Burdet
Born 1960, Olivier Burdet has received his Diploma in Civil Engineering from EPFL in 1983. After a couple years in engineering practice, he went back to studying at the university of Texas at Austin, where he received his PhD in 1990. Returning to EPFL in 1990, he is now a senior researcher and a lecturer in the field of reinforced concrete structures. He is also actively involved in the development of internet-based course contents and MOOCs.
Thomas Keller
EDUCATION 1992 Dr. sc. techn. (PhD) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) 1983 Dipl. Bauing. ETH (MS civil engineering) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) EMPLOYMENT 2007-present, Full Professor of Structural Engineering (100%) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) Civil Engineering Institute 1998-2007, Associate Professor of Structural Engineering (80/100%) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) Structural Engineering Institute Foundation of CCLab in 2000 1996-1998, Assistant Professor of Structural Engineering (50%) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) Department of Architecture 1992-2004, Senior Project Engineer and Joint Owner Engineering offices in Zug and Zurich 1990-1992, Research Scientist Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) Structural Engineering Institute 1986-1990, Project Engineer Architecture and engineering office Calatrava, Zurich 1983-1986, Teaching and Research Assistant Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich (ETH) Structural Engineering Institute
Anastasios Vassilopoulos
PERSONAL INFORMATION Name : Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos email : anastasios.vassilopoulos@epfl.ch Tel: 41 21 6936393  Fax: 41 21 6936240  SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS 1995: Dipl. Mechanical Engineer, University of Patras, Greece 2001: Dr Mechanical Engineer, Doctoral thesis in fatigue of composite materials from the Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece  CURRENT POSITION Senior Scientist (MER), Composite Construction Laboaratory (CCLab), EPFL  PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2006-2012 Research and Teaching Associate, Composite Construction Laboaratory (CCLab), EPFL 2002-2006 Assisstant Professor, Technological Educational Institute (TEI) of Patras, Greece 2001-2003 Post-doctoral Research associate, (Part-time) Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics of the University of Patras, Greece.  EDUCATION 1990 - 1995 Graduate student, Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Greece October 1994-January 1995 Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Bristol, U.K. (In the frame of Erasmus project for the final year thesis, under the supervision of Prof. R. D. Adams) 1995 - 2000 Research assistant, Dept. Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras.   LANGUAGES English, Greek, French  COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES (Member of) Council of the European Society of Composite Materials (ESCM) Council of the European Society of Experimental Mechanics (EuraSEM) The European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) The European Energy Research Alliance (EERA, JP WIND) The Technical Chamber of Greece (TCG) The Hellenic Association of Mechanical & Electrical Engineers   SCIENTIFIC-RESEARCH INTERESTS • Experimental methods for the study of the behavior of composite materials under static and fatigue loading • Development of analytical methods for the study of the behavior of FRP composite materials under variable amplitude complex stress states • Development of fatigue life prediction methodologies for composite materials and structures • Design of constructions with composite materials
Julien Gamerro
After obtaining his A-level in science, Julien worked with the Compagnons du Tour de France to learn the carpentry trade. This atypical path has led him to continue his studies in the timber industry. He graduated with a master in Engineering Sciences of the National School of Wood Technology and Industries (ENSTIB) in France and he acquired a master in Business Administration (MBA) in the meantime. He is now part of the NCCR Digital Fabrication as a researcher at the Chair of Timber Construction at EPFL.