Georgios Tzortzopoulos, awarded the "Pierre Londe" thesis prize by the Comité Français de Mécanique des Roches (CFMR). - GeM - Research Institute in Civil and Mechanical Engineering

Georgios Tzortzopoulos, awarded the “Pierre Londe” thesis prize by the Comité Français de Mécanique des Roches (CFMR).

*From left to right, George Tzortzopoulos and Philipp Braun, both former PhD students and post-docs in the CoQuake team.*

Georgios Tzortzopoulos prepared his thesis ‘Controlling earthQuakes (CoQuake) in the laboratory using pertinent fault stimulating techniques’ at GeM – Ecole Centrale de Nantes under the supervision of Ioannis Stefanou and as part of the ERC CoQuake project (www.coquake.eu).

Based on mathematical developments, numerical analyses and experimental tests, Georgios’ thesis provides, for the first time, solid scientific evidence on the possibility of preventing earthquakes in the future.

He recently received the “Pierre Londe” prize for the best thesis, awarded annually by the CFMR.

Prix Pierre Londe

The Comité Français de Mécanique des Roches (CFMR) awards an annual prize in memory of Pierre Londe, a great French engineer, dam specialist and CFMR President from 1972 to 1975.

The Pierre Londe prize is awarded for a research work of outstanding quality, culminating in a doctoral thesis.