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2018

• Jérémie Voumard: “Natural hazards affecting the Swiss transportation networks: from their characterization to their low cost survey” Jérémie Voumard Director: Prof. Dr. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Andrea Pedrazzini, Dr. Nicolas Pollet, Prof. Dr. Suren Erkmann Geological and hydro-geological natural hazards, as landslides and floods, are a threat to many transport networks built in mountainous areas. These risks, that are ...
• Amenan Agnès Kouame: Apport de la modélisation hydrogéologique dans l’étude des risques de contamination de la nappe d’Abidjan par les hydrocarbures: Cas du benzène dans le District D’Abidjan Amenan Agnès Kouame Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff and Prof. Albert Goula Bi Tié Jury: Prof. François Zwahlen, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Jean Kouame Kan, Prof. Erkman Suren This study on the aquifer of the Continental Terminal is carried out in the Abidjan ...

2017

• Roya Olyazadeh: Natural hazards and open source development: adoption and application of mobile and Web-GIS technologies in risk management Roya Olyazadeh Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff  Jury:  Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Christian Kaiser, Dr. Anne Puissant, Prof. Suren Erkman Impacts of natural disasters have increased worldwide in the past decades. Risk assessments and analysis have been effectively pursued by research institutions, national and ...
• Pierrick Nicolet: Quantitative risk analysis for natural hazards at local and regional scales Pierrick Nicolet Director: Prof. Dr Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Dr Paolo Frattini, Dr Alexander Garcia Aristizabal, Dr Markus Imhof, Dr Farrokh Nadim, Prof. Dr Suren Erkman, Prof. Dr Jean-Luc Epard Natural hazards can have damaging consequences for human activities, causing death or economic ...

2016

• Céline Longchamp: The propagation of unconstrained dry granular flows: from laboratory to numerical modelisation Céline Longchamp Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Giovanni Crosta, Prof. Yury Podladchikov, Dr. Irene Manzella, Prof. Suren Erkman As rock avalanches are rare catastrophic events in which granular masses of rock debris flow at high speeds, commonly with unusually long runout ...
• Zar Chi Aye: A collaborative web-GIS based decision support platform for risk management of natural hazards Zar Chi Aye Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff and Dr. Marc-Henri Derron Jury: Prof. François Golay, Pr. Paola Reichenbach, Dr. Ivana Ivánová, Vice-Dean Suren Erkman Photo Credit: Civil Protection, FVG region (Italy) One of the main problems in risk management is the lack of good communication ...
• Raja Mastouri: Application of offshore 3D seismic combined with onshore terrestrial laser-scanning and photogrammetry to analyse faults and fractures in Eocene carbonate reservoirs and to investigate basin tectonics in the Gulf of Gabes (Tunisia) Raja Mastouri Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Samir Bouaziz, Prof. François Marillier, Dr. Robin Marchant, Vice-Dean Suren Erkman The detailed knowledge of the tectonic processes affecting the Gulf of Gabes, Eastern Tunisia domain, is essential in attempting to fully understand the controls of ...
• Clément Michoud: From Regional Landslide Detection to Site-Specific Slope Deformation Monitoring and Modelling Based on Active Remote Sensors Clément Michoud Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff and Dr. Marc-Henri Derron Jury: Dr. François J. Baillifard, Prof. Lars H. Blikra, Prof. Jacques Locat, Dean François Bussy Landslide processes can have direct and indirect consequences affecting human lives and activities. In order to improve landslide ...

2015

• Battista Matasci: Rockfall susceptibility assessment and remote geological mapping with LiDAR point clouds Battista Matasci Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Greg M. Stock, Dr. Brian Collins, Prof. Giovanni B. Crosta, Dean François Bussy Characterizing the geological features and structures in three dimensions over inaccessible rock cliffs is needed to assess natural hazards ...

2013

• Alexandre Loye: Budgeting rockfall and modeling sediment delivery in torrent systems Alexandre Loye Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Klaus Holliger, Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Frédéric Liébault, Dr. Francesco Brardinoni, Prof. Oldrich Hungr This thesis is a compilation of projects to study sediment processes recharging debris flow channels. These works, conducted during my stay at ...
• Marc Choffet: Cost of Natural Hazards to Building and Influence of Risk Factors in the Context of Building Insurance Marc Choffet Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Prof. Eric Verrecchia, Prof. Franco Romerio, Prof. Jean Ruegg, Dr. Markus Imhof In Switzerland, the annual cost of damage by natural elements has been increasing for several years despite the introduction of protective ...

2012

• Pascal Peduzzi: Risk and Global Change: Developing scientific methods for advocacy and awareness raising. Abstract will be available soon.
• Andrea Pedrazzini: Characterization of gravitational rock slope deformations at different spatial scales based on field, remote sensing and numerical approaches. Andrea Pedrazzini Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Torsten Venneman, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Federico Agliardi, Prof. Masahiro Chigira, Prof. Giovanni Crosta Rock slope instabilities such as rock slides, rock avalanche or deep-seated gravitational slope deformations are widespread in Alpine valleys. These phenomena represent ...
• Pascal Horton: Improvements and global optimization of the analogue method for statistical precipitations forecasting. Pascal Horton Directors: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff, Prof. Charles Obled Jury: Prof. Francois Bussy, Dr. Dominique Berod, Dr. Daniel Cattani, Dr. Vincent Fortin The upper Rhone catchment is sometimes subject to heavy precipitation that can eventually result in floods. The MINERVE project, ...

2011

• Karen Sudmeier-Rieux: On risk, resilience and vulnerability of mountain communities in Central-Eastern Nepal Karen Sudmeier-Rieux Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Dr. Ronald Jaubert, Dr. JC Gaillard, Dr. Markus Zimmermann, Dr. Knut Falk In Nepal, landslides are one of the major natural hazards after epidemics, killing over 100 persons per year. However, this figure is an underreported reflection of the actual ...

2009

• Thierry Oppikofer: Detection, analysis and monitoring of slope movements by high-resolution digital elevation models. Thierry Oppikofer Director: Prof. Michel Jaboyedoff Jury: Prof. Jean-Luc Epard, Prof. Torsten Vennemann, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Prof. Giovanni Crosta, Prof. Doug Stead, Dr. Lars Harald Blikra Slope movements, such as rockfalls, rockslides, shallow landslides or debris flows, are frequent in many mountainous areas. These natural hazards endanger the ...