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D-Index
68
Citations
18880
World Ranking
1200
National Ranking
18

Lyesse Laloui publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lyesse Laloui sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 606 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Lyesse Laloui D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lyesse Laloui sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Lyesse Laloui is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research contributions focus largely on engineering and environmental science, with a particular emphasis on civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and mechanics of materials.

The primary fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

More detailed subfields in their research address:

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials

Laloui's main research topics cover areas such as:

  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics

Recent papers by Laloui and their collaborators illustrate the applied nature of their research. Notable works include:

  • Load Transfer Method for Energy Piles in a Group with Pile-Soil-Slab-Pile Interaction, 2020, published in Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
  • Experimental investigation of energy piles: From laboratory to field testing, 2020, in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
  • Benchmark study of undrained triaxial testing of Opalinus Clay shale: Results and implications for robust testing, 2020, in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
  • Experimental assessment of the hydro-mechanical behaviour of a shale caprock during CO2 injection, 2021, in International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • A Full-Scale Application of Slope Stabilization via Calcite Bio-Mineralization Followed by Long-Term GIS Surveillance, 2020, in Geo-Congress 2020

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Laloui include:

  • Alessio Ferrari
  • Alessandro F. Rotta Loria
  • Dimitrios Terzis
  • Eleni Stavropoulou
  • Elena Ravera

The scientist publishes extensively in venues that reflect their focus on geotechnical and environmental engineering, with frequent contributions to:

  • Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
  • E3S Web of Conferences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Experimental and numerical investigations of the behaviour of a heat exchanger pile

    Lyesse Laloui;Mathieu Nuth;Laurent Vulliet

  • Biogeochemical processes and geotechnical applications: progress, opportunities and challenges

    J. T. Dejong;K. Soga;E. Kavazanjian;S. Burns

  • Experimental study of thermal effects on the mechanical behaviour of a clay

    Cane Cekerevac;Lyesse Laloui

  • Effective stress concept in unsaturated soils: Clarification and validation of a unified framework

    Mathieu Nuth;Lyesse Laloui

  • Thermo-mechanical Behaviour of Energy Piles

    B.L. Amatya;K. Soga;P.J. Bourne-Webb;T. Amis

  • Fundamentals of desiccation cracking of fine-grained soils: experimental characterisation and mechanisms identification

    Hervé Péron;Hervé Péron;Tomasz Hueckel;Tomasz Hueckel;Lyesse Laloui;Lyesse Laloui;LiangBu Hu;LiangBu Hu

  • Geotechnical Analysis of Heat Exchanger Piles

    Christoph Knellwolf;Hervé Peron;Lyesse Laloui

  • Thermo-plasticity of clays: an isotropic yield mechanism

    L. Laloui;C. Cekerevac

  • Advances in modelling hysteretic water retention curve in deformable soils

    Mathieu Nuth;Lyesse Laloui

  • Comportement d'un pieu bi-fonction, fondation et échangeur de chaleur

    Lyesse Laloui;Matteo Moreni;Laurent Vulliet

  • Experimental investigations of the soil–concrete interface: physical mechanisms, cyclic mobilization, and behaviour at different temperatures

    Alice Di Donna;Alessio Ferrari;Lyesse Laloui

  • Energy and geotechnical behaviour of energy piles for different design solutions

    Niccolò Batini;Alessandro F. Rotta Loria;Paolo Conti;Daniele Testi

  • Response of soil subjected to thermal cyclic loading: Experimental and constitutive study

    Alice Di Donna;Lyesse Laloui

  • Water retention behaviour and microstructural evolution of MX-80 bentonite during wetting and drying cycles

    Ali Seiphoori;Alessio Ferrari;Lyesse Laloui;Lyesse Laloui

  • Behaviour of a group of energy piles

    Thomas Mimouni;Lyesse Laloui

  • Centrifuge modelling of heating effects on energy pile performance in saturated sand

    Charles Wang Wai Ng;Chao Shi;Anthony Gunawan;Lyesse Laloui

  • Discrete element modelling of drying shrinkage and cracking of soils

    H. Peron;J.Y. Delenne;L. Laloui;M.S. El Youssoufi

  • Thermally induced group effects among energy piles

    Alessandro F. Rotta Loria;Lyesse Laloui

  • Centrifuge modelling of energy piles subjected to heating and cooling cycles in clay

    C. W. W. Ng;C. Shi;A. Gunawan;L. Laloui

  • AN IMPROVED VOLUME MEASUREMENT FOR DETERMINING SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVES

    Hervé Peron;Tomasz Hueckel;Lyesse Laloui

  • Fabric evolution during hydromechanical loading of a compacted silt

    Olivier Cuisinier;Lyesse Laloui

  • Numerical study of the response of a group of energy piles under different combinations of thermo-mechanical loads

    Alice Di Donna;Alessandro F. Rotta Loria;Lyesse Laloui

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessio Ferrari
Alessio Ferrari École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Tomasz Hueckel
Tomasz Hueckel Duke University
Victor Vilarrasa
Victor Vilarrasa Spanish National Research Council
Charles Wang Wai Ng
Charles Wang Wai Ng Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Bernhard A. Schrefler
Bernhard A. Schrefler University of Padua
Hanlong Liu
Hanlong Liu Chongqing University
Antonio Gens
Antonio Gens Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Kenichi Soga
Kenichi Soga University of California, Berkeley

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