Areas of research
To ensure overall consistency, activities are grouped into three thematic areas:
- Geotechnical engineering and seismic risk - IGRS
- City and environment - VE
- Geophysics and non-destructive evaluation - GeoEND
The department's activities relating to the study of hazards, natural hazards, and prevention and protection measures are also coordinated across all teams, particularly in the context of developing and monitoring an annual agreement with the Directorate-General for Risk Prevention (DGPR) of the Ministry of Ecological Transition (MTE).
The research and activities carried out around these three scientific themes cover a wide range of disciplines, largely related to geosciences applied to civil engineering. The issues are highly topical in the context of climate change and associated extreme phenomena, analysis of the environmental impacts of human activities and their reduction in a context of increasing urbanization, monitoring and sustainability of structures with a significant and aging built heritage, etc. Beyond the promotion and academic recognition of the work, there are many practical benefits.
