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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.

Congratulation to Dr. Thibault Roch for his Ph.D. thesis

Published:16.06.23 — Congratulation to Dr. Thibault Roch, who earned his title with his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Friction and fracture: richness and complexity in dynamic rupture".

Welcome to Jacopo Bilotto, new PhD student at LSMS

Published:21.03.23 — Jacopo obtained his Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering at Sapienza University of Rome, in January 2023. He was awarded an EPFLglobaLeaders doctoral fellowship, and joined LSMS team on 1st March 2023. He is enrolled in the EDME Doctoral Program in Mechanics.

EDME distinction prize

Published:19.12.22 — Congratulation to Son Pham-Ba, winner of the EPFL doctoral program distinction prize 2022

Welcome to Roxane Ferry, new PhD student at LSMS

Published:18.11.22 — After obtaining her Master's degree in Geophysics at Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris, she started her PhD at LSMS on 1st October 2022. She is enrolled in the EDME Doctoral Program in Mechanics.

Image "Mountains of Friction"

Published:13.10.22 — This stunning image is published in the EPFL's magazine Dimensions – Autumn 2022 no 06. Thibault Roch, Ph.D. at LSMS, was awarded a Jury Distinction in the SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2022.

Congratulation to Dr. Son Pham-Ba for his Ph.D. thesis

Published:30.06.22 — Congratulation to Dr. Pham-Ba, who earned his title with his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Modeling the origins of adhesive wear across scales".

Welcome to Shad Durussel, new PhD student at LSMS

Published:30.06.22 — After obtaining his Master's degree in Computational Science and Engineering at EPFL in 2021, he started his PhD at LSMS on 1st June 2022. He is enrolled in the EDCE Doctoral Program in Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Jury Distinction in the SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2022

Published:13.05.22 — Congratulations to Thibault Roch, Ph.D. at LSMS, who was awarded a Jury Distinction in the SNSF Scientific Image Competition 2022 in the category "Object of Study" for his image "Moutains of friction".

Congratulation to Dr. Emil Gallyamov for his Ph.D. thesis

Published:10.03.22 — Congratulation to Dr. Gallyamov, who earned his title with his Ph.D. thesis entitled "Mechanics of alkali-silica reaction in concrete across scales".