Triste nouvelle (sad news)

The Risk Analysis Group of ISTE at this very sad to announce the death of:

Le Groupe Risk Analysis à l’immense tristesse de vous faire part du décès de:

Jacques Bechet

Jacques a effectué toutes ses études à l’Université de Lausanne. Il a notamment réalisé son master au sein de notre groupe jusqu’en 2011. Son enthousiasme et son humour nous manqueront énormément.

Il nous a quitté le samedi 28 mars, emporté par une avalanche au Mont Vélan à l’âge de 30 ans. Toutes nos pensées vont à la famille et aux proches de Jacques.

He wrote with his very close friend Julien Duc a paper entitled: Erosion processes in black marl soils at the millimetre scale: preliminary insights from an analogous model, which has been published on the 4 April 2015 in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences journal.

We dedicate this paper to Jacques Bechet, who died in a snow avalanche 3 days after the acceptance of this paper. The content of this paper is an expression of his great ingenuity, curiosity and research spirit he shared with his co-worker Julien Duc.

We will ever remember his enthusiasm!