2015 - act. Professor of geotechnical engineering at the Civil Engineering section of the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR); Switzerland. 1997 - 2015 Senior Lecturer (MER) at the Rock Mechanics Laboratory LMR, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland. 1995 - 1997 Researcher at the Waste and Disposal Unit of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK/CEN), Mol, Belgium. 1994 - 1995 Post-doc at the Geotechnical Engineering Research Centre of the City University, London, UK. Fellowship from the European Commission. 1987 - 1994 Research assistant, Civil Engineering Department, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Jacques Verdeyen Soil Mechanics Award (period 1990 - 1994)
Belgian Society for Soil Mechanics
Jacques Verdeyen Soil Mechanics Prize for the 1990-1994 period. Distinction awarded for the PhD thesis: Analytical and numerical methods for the design of rock excavations supported by ungrouted tensioned rockbolts (1993).
University Educator/Researcher
Civil Engineering section of the School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (HEIA-FR), HES-SO, Fribourg, Switzerland
01 Sep 2015 - present
University Lecturer
Rock Mechanics Laboratory LMR, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
01 Sep 1997 - 01 Aug 2015
Post Doctoral Researcher
Waste and Disposal Unit of the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK/CEN), Mol, Belgium
01 Sep 1995 - 01 Aug 1997
Post Doctoral Researcher
Geotechnical Engineering Research Centre of the City University, London, UK.
01 Sep 1994 - 01 Feb 1995
Post Doctoral Researcher
Rock Mechanics Laboratory LMR, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
01 Mar 1994 - 01 Aug 1994
Research or Laboratory Scientist
Civil Engineering Department, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
01 Sep 1987 - 01 Feb 1994