Frederic Skoczylas

Frédéric Skoczylas, French nationality, professor of Université Lille 1: Sciences et Technologies, title holder of One Hundred Experts Plan, special-term professor of our university, dean of the School of Civil Engineering, École Centrale de Lille, head of the fourth workgroup of Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille (LML), and senior consultant of Électricité de France (EDF), British national and the European Union research centers, and regarded as a leading scientist in the research of geological material transport characteristics.

His main research direction is geotechnical engineering. He has organized or taken part in basic research projects of ministère de l’Éducation nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la recherche (Menesr), and 10 projects of Électricité de France (EDF), Areva, ANDRA, Total, etc. His research results have widespread influence around the world and have been used in the nuclear reactors of Areva, the underground storage caverns of ANDRA, the oil fields of Total and other big projects. He has published 37 academic papers in famous international journals such as Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci & Geomech. Abstract, Cement and Concrete Research, Applied Clay Science, and Transporting Porous Media.