ADDRESS

Laboratoire de mécanique des solides, École polytechnique
91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France.
Email : jean.salencon@polytechnique.org
Tel : +33 1 69 33 33 03. Fax : +33 1 69 33 30 67.

OTHER POSITIONS

since2005, Member of the Administrative Board of the CNAM (Paris).
since2004, Member of the Scientific council of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.
since 2004, Chairman of the Administrative governing board of the Institut de France (Paris).
since 2004, Rector of the CISM (Udine, Italy).
since 1998, Member of the Evaluation council of the University of Marne la Vallée.

SCIENTIFIC WORKS

Publications: Thesis - Books (Eyrolles, Wiley, Presses de l’E.N.P.C., Ellipses, AUPELF, Éditions de l’École polytechnique, Springer) - Reports for the French Academy of Science - Scientific publications - Lectures Notes at the École polytechnique and École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Conferences - Lectures at CISM (Udine), at CISCO, at ENIT (Tunis), at the Politecnico (Milan), at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica (Rio de Janeiro), at the University of Salta (Argentina), at the University of Granada (Spain), at the University of Pavia (Italy). Publications and conferences in international meetings (with proceedings). Research reports. (More than 170 publications.)

Research domains: Structure analysis. Soil Mechanics. Continuum Mechanics.

Main results: Charts for the calculation of the bearing capacity of shallow foundations. Yield design theory. Stability analysis of earthworks. Probabilistic approach of the yield design theory. Applications of the yield design methods in the case of anisotropic soils. Stability analysis of reinforced earth structures. Composite materials. Bearing capacity of shallow foundations under inclined and eccentric loads and seismic conditions. Theoretical approach of ultimate limit states design.

SCIENTIFIC AWARDS

Montyon Prize, awarded by the Académie des sciences, (Paris), 1978.
Trevithick Prize, awarded by the Institution of Civil Engineers (London), 1990.
AFPS Prize, awarded by the Association française de génie parasismique (1991).

PAST POSITIONS

2004 Chairman of the Central Administrative Board of the Institut de France.
2002-2005 Member of the Board of Governors of École polytechnique.
2000-2004 Member of the Bureau IUTAM.
1996-2003 Member of the scientific council of CISM (Udine, Italy).
2000-2003 Member of the Conseil général des ponts et chaussées
2000-2001 Founding Member of the Académie des Technologies, Paris (France).
1995-2002 Member of the Board of governors of École Centrale.
1992-2000 Chairman of the IUTAM Solid Symposia Panel.
1985-2000 Chairman of the Department of Mechanics at École polytechnique.
1990-2000 Member and Chairman (1992-2000) of the Committee for scientific research RENAULT
Consortium (France).
1989-2000 Member of the CADAS (Council for Applications of the French Academy of Science).
1977-1998 Professor, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris.
1995-1998 Member of the Scientific Committee of the ONERA.
1996-1997 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institut Français du Pétrole.
1992-1997 Vice president of the CADAS (Council for Applications of the French Academy of Science).
1990-1996 Member of the Board of governors of École polytechnique
1982-1994 President of the Board of management of the Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides,
École polytechnique.
1986-1993 Member of the Scientific Committee of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.
1983-1992 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Laboratoire des ponts et chaussées.
1987-1991 President of the Scientific Committee of the Institut de Mécanique de Grenoble (IMG).
1986-1990 President of the French Committee for Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering.
1986-1989 President of the Scientific Committee of G.R.E.C.O., "Rheology of Geomaterials".
1985-1989 Member of the European Mechanics Committee.
1982-1989 Member of the Commission of "Grands équipements de la recherche technique".
1983-1986 Member of the Committee for "Sciences pour l'ingénieur" of the French National Research Center,
(C.N.R.S).
1976-1985 Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal de Mécanique Théorique et Appliquée.
1980-1985 Head of the Department of Mechanical and material sciences, École nationale des ponts
et chaussées.
1982-1983 President of the Committee for Mitigation of Seismic hazard (Académie des sciences).
1980-1983 Member of the National Committee of C.N.R.S.
1974-1980 Member of the Central Committee for Research of the Centre Technique Industriel
de la Construction Métallique (CTICM).
1974-1975 Scientific Advisor to the Centre de Mise en Forme des Matériaux (CEMEF).
1975-1977 Associate Professor in Structure Analysis, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris.
1969-1982 Lecturer in Mechanics at the École polytechnique (full time: 1974-1975).
1965-1982 Lecturer in Soil Mechanics, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Paris.
1964-1974 Assistant Lecturer in Strength of materials and Materials engineering, École nationale supérieure
des mines de Paris.
1964-1974 Researcher at the Laboratoire de Mécanique des Solides, École polytechnique;
research domains: Elasticity, Viscoelasticity, Plasticity, Soil Mechanics, Continuum Mechanics.

LANGUAGES: English and Spanish: fluent. (German and Portuguese).

HONORS: Légion d'Honneur (Officer), Ordre National du Mérite (Officer),
Palmes Académiques (Officer).

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