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Lyesse Laloui
Director, EPFL Soil Mechanics LaboratoryDirector, EPFL Civil Engineering SectionEditor in Chief, ElsevierMember of the Swiss Academy of Engineering SciencesFounding Partner, Geoeg & MeduSoilActive in academic research in the following institutions: Lausanne, EPFL, Durham, Duke University, Nanjing, Hohai UniversityProfessor Lyesse Laloui teaches at EPFL, where he directs the Soil Mechanics Laboratory as well as the Civil Engineering Section. He is a founding partner of the international engineering company Geoeg, and the start-up MeduSoil. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at Duke University, USA and an advisory professor at Hohai University, China as well as honorary director of the International Joint Research Center for Energy Geotechnics in China.He is the recipient of an Advance ERC grant for his BIO-mediated GEO-material Strengthening project. Editor in Chief of the Elsevier Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment journal, he is a leading scientist in the field of geomechanics and geo-energy. He has written and edited 13 books and published over 320 peer reviewed papers; his work is cited more than 6000 times with an h-index of 39 (Scopus). Two of his papers are among the top 1% in the academic field of Engineering. He has given keynote and invited lectures at more than 40 leading international conferences. He has received several international awards (IACMAG, RM Quigley, Roberval) and delivered honorary lectures (Vardoulakis, Minnesota; G.A. Leonards, Purdue; Kersten, Minnesota). He recently acted as the Chair of the international evaluation panel of Civil and Geological Engineering R&D Units of Portugal.Nov. 2019 For further information visit www.epfl.ch/labs/lms/ ;  geoeg.net ; medusoil.com
John Christopher Plummer
ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FÉDÉRALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland 1989- Collaborateur Scientifique/Chargé de Cours (Lecturer) (1998-) Privat Docent (1998) Laboratoire de Technologie des Composites et Polymères (LTC) (2000-) Laboratoire de Polymères (LP) (1998-2000) UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (UMICH), Ann Arbor, MI, USA 1995-1996 Visiting Scientist, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (DMSE) UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge, UK 1986-1989 Research Assistant, Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group (PCS), Department of Physics UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge, UK, Department of Materials 1986 PhD, "Flux Pinning in Type-II Superconductors" UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE, Cambridge, UK, 1982 BA/MA Honours Degree in Natural Sciences Awards Prix R&R Haenny, 2007, DuPont Research Award, 2003, Commendation, British Polymer Group, Reading 1989 RECENT PUBLICATIONS Ramier J, Da Costa N, Plummer CJG, Leterrier Y, Manson JAE, Eckert R, Gaudiana R, “Cohesion and adhesion of nanoporous TiO2 coatings on titanium wires for photovoltaic applications”, Thin solid films, 516, 1913 (2008). Ramier J, Plummer CJG, Leterrier Y, Manson JAE, Eckert B, Gaudiana R, “Mechanical integrity of dye-sensitized photovoltaic fibers”, Renewable energy, 33, 314 (2008).
  1. Houphouet-Boigny C, Plummer CJG, Wakeman MD, Manson JAE, “Hybrid glass fiber-reinforced thermoplastic nanocomposites”, J. Thermoplast. Comp. Mater., 21, 103 (2008).
Ternat C, Ouali L, Sommer H, Fieber W, Velazco MI, Plummer CJG, Kreutzer G, Klok HA, Manson JAE, Herrmann, “Investigation of the Release of Bioactive Volatiles from Amphiphilic Multiarm Star-Block Copolymers by Thermogravimetry and Dynamic Headspace Analysis”, Macromolecules 41(19), 7079 (2008). Ruggerone, R., Plummer, C.J.G., Negrete Herrera, N., Bourgeat-Lami, E., Månson, J-EA, “Mechanical properties of highly filled latex-based polystyrene/laponite nanocomposites”, Solid State Phenomena Vol. 151, 30 (2009). Plummer, CJG, Dalle Vacche, S, Houphouët-Boigny, C, Michaud, V, Månson, JAE, “Hybrid Glass Mat Reinforced Polypropylene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites”, Solid State Phenomena Vol. 151, 60 (2009). Ruggerone, R., Plummer, C.J.G., Negrete Herrera, N., Bourgeat-Lami, E., Månson, J-EA, “Highly filled polystyrene–laponite nanocomposites prepared by emulsion polymerization”, European Polm. J. 45, 621 (2009). Ruggerone, R., Plummer, C.J.G., Negrete Herrera, N., Bourgeat-Lami, E., Månson, J-EA, “Fracture mechanisms in polystyrene/laponite nanocomposites prepared by emulsion polymerization”, Engineering Fracture Mechanics 76, 2846 (2009) Clausen P., Andreoni W., Curioni A., Hughs E., Plummer C.J.G. “Adsorption of low-molecular-weight molecules on the surface of a sodium smectite clay: an ab initio study”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113, 12293 (2009). Clausen P., Andreoni W., Curioni A., Hughs E., Plummer C.J.G., “Water adsorption on a sodium smectite clay surface: an ab initio study”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 113, 15218 (2009). Molberg, M, Leterrier, Y., Plummer, C.J.G., Walder, C., Löwe, C., Opris, D.M., Nüesch, F.A., Bauer, S., Månson, J.-A.E., “Frequency dependent dielectric and mechanical behaviour of elastomers for actuator applications”, J. Appl. Phys. 106, 054112 (2009) Clausen P., Signorelli M., Schreiber A., Hughes E., Plummer CJG, Fessas D., Schiraldi A., Månson E. J.-A., “Equilibrium desorption isotherms of water, ethanol, ethyl acetate and toluene on a sodium smectite clay”, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 98, 833 (2009) Micusik, M., Bonnefond, A., Reyes, Y., Bogner, A., Chazeau, L., Plummer, C.J.G., Paulis, M., Leiza, J.R., “Morphology of Polymer/Clay Latex Particles Synthesized by Miniemulsion Polymerization: Modeling and Experimental Results” Macromol. React. Eng. 2010, 4, 432 (2010). Houphouet-Boigny C., Plummer CJG, Vacche SD, Michaud V, Wakeman MD, Månson E. J.-A., “Hybrid Glass Mat-reinforced Polypropylene-Montmorillonite Nanocomposites”, J. Comp. Mater. 44, 1975 (2010). Delabarde, C., Plummer C.J.G., Bourban, P.-E., Månson E. J.-A., “Solidification behavior of PLLA/nHA nanocomposites”, Comp. Sci. & Tech. 70, 1813 (2010). Plummer C.J.G., Ruggerone R., Negrete-Herrera N., Bourgeat-Lami E., Månson J.-A.E., “Small Strain Mechanical Properties of Latex-Based Nanocomposite Films”, Macromol. Symp. 294, 1 (2010). Dalle Vacche, S., Plummer C.J.G., Houphouet-Boigny C., Månson E. J.-A., “Morphology and mechanical properties of isotactic polypropylene glass mat thermoplastic composites modified with organophilic montmorillonite”, J Mater Sci 46, 2112 (2011).

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