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Resume

Pr. LAFHAJ Zoubeir

Date of birth: February 11th

, 1968

Citizen: French

Faculty Address:

Ecole Centrale de Lille

CS 20048, Cité Scientifique

Villeneuve d’Ascq Cedex 59651, FRANCE

Email: Zoubeir.Lafhaj@ec-lille.fr Phone: +33 6 47 97 18 98

Email: Zoubeir.Lafhaj@gmail.com Fax : +33 3 20 33 53 52

Faculty

Ecole Centrale de Lille,

Cité Scientifique - BP 48, 59651 Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex

Website: http://www.ec-lille.fr

Education

2006: Habilitation to Supervise Researchs (HDR), University of Science and Technology,

Lille, (USTL), Area: Physical Science «Transfer properties of geomaterial: Determination

of in situ permeability».

1998: Ph. D. in Civil Engineering (Doctorat), University of Science and Technology (USTL), Lille.

Thesis: « In situ determination of soil permeability: experimental and numerical studies of

shape factor ».

1994: M. S. in Mechanical Engineering (DEA), University of Science and Technology, Lille,

(USTL), Thesis: "Validation of the elements of the FEM software PECPLAS".

Experience

Since 2008: Full Professor at Ecole Centrale de Lille (ECLille).

Since 2008: Director of International Affairs at Ecole Centrale de Lille.

Since 2008: Member of the Executive Committee of Ecole Centrale de Lille (1 Director + 7

members).

Since 2010 : Elected member of the board governors of the competitiveness cluster TEAM2

2000 - 2008: Associate Professor at Ecole Centrale de Lille.

Since 2004 : Head of the area of Planning, Construction and Environment (Filière ACE).

Teaching Activities

192 hours per year are given in the field of Civil Engineering to the students of Ecole

Centrale de Lille (undergraduate and graduate students).

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FEM Software application Graduate

Soil Mechanics Graduate

Geotechnical: From the base to the Professional application Undergraduate

Variationnel Principle Graduate and

undergraduate

International Project of Civil Engineering Graduate

Methods of permeability measurements Master of Science

Pedagogic Responsibilities

Responsible of soil Mechanics and Finite Element Method courses for graduate and

undergraduate students.

Supervisor of internship undergraduate students (12/year) and graduate (5/year) and

Individual projects (5/year).

Co-Head of the MASTER of Research in Civil Engineering (2005-2009).

Research Interests

I am a member of the research team ER4 of the ‘Laboratoire de Mécanique de Lille CNRS

UMR 8107’. The ER4 is entitled: Couplages Thermo-hydromécaniques et chimiques. The

research team ER4 was evaluated by (A+) in the last AERES evaluation. Furthermore, I have

since 2010 the “Prime d’Excellence Scientifique (PES)” with personal evaluation (A).

Research fields

Permeability Measurement on Saturated and Partially Saturated Soils in Laboratory

and on Site.

Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Characterization of Soils.

Characterization, Stabilization and Valorization of Polluted Soils and Sediments in

Civil Engineering Materials (Friendly material).

Permeability Measurement of Cement Based Materials (laboratory and on site),

Correlations with Ultrasound Properties (Durability).

Nondestructive Testing. Applied for Geomaterial.

Thermal Properties of Materials, Energy Efficiency, Conception of New Heat

Insulation Materials, Passive House, House of the future.

Scientific Distinction of Supervised Work

2006 - First price of the “Ingénierie du future”, given by “Syntech-Ingénierie”.

2005 - First price of « Médaille de Vermeil » given by “la Société Industrielle du

Nord de la France”.

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2004 - 5th

price of the intellectual property given by the “Institut National de la Propriété

Industrielle” (INPI).

2003 - 2nd

price of Innovation from BMW Foundation.

Supervised Work and Studies

Post-Doc

[1] Post-Doc of Zhibo DUAN at Ecole Centrale de Lille. Title: Valorization of polluted river

sediments in self-compacting materials - Use in trench filling and sub base course. Oct 2008-

Oct-2009. Grant: Solvay.

[2] Post-Doc (1) of Essia BELHADJ at Ecole Centrale de Lille. Title: Characterisation and

Valorization of New Products in Civil Engineering Materials. April 2011-April-2012. Grant:

Solvay.

Post-Doc (2) of Essia BELHADJ at Ecole Centrale de Lille. Title: Developments of New

Solutions for Sediment reuse in Civil Engineering Applications. April 2012-April-2013.

Grant: Solvay.

Post-Doc (3) of Essia BELHADJ at Ecole Centrale de Lille. Title: Developments of New

Solutions for Sediment Reuse in Civil Engineering Applications. April 2013-April-2014.

Grant: Solvay

Post-Doc (3) of Essia BELHADJ at Ecole Centrale de Lille. Title: Developments of New

Solutions for Sediment Reuse in Civil Engineering Applications. April 2014-April-2015.

Grant: Interreg

[3] Post-Doc of Fayҫal El FGAIER at Ecole Centrale de Lille. Title: Instrumentation d’un

Système d’Isolation par l’Extérieur et Analyse des Résultats de Mesure. September 2013-

August 2014. Grant: Project FUI

[4] Post-Doc of Amale MCHEIK at Ecole Centrale de Lille. Title: Developments of New

Solutions for Sediment Reuse in Civil Engineering Applications. January 2014-January 2015.

Grant: Interreg.

Supervised PhD students

[18] PhD of Zakaria DAKHLI (2017). Development of a New Indicator for Evaluating the

Methods of Construction: Application Case on Buildings. Thesis between the Ecole Centrale

de Lille and Rabot Dutilleul. Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of Thesis, EC Lille). Defense

planned in September 2017 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[17] PhD of Amel MISSAOUI (2016). Contribution to the Study of Gabes Harbor Sediments:

Establishing a Process of Pollution Treatment and Reuse in Civil Engineering Materials.

Thesis in Cotutelle between the Ecole Centrale de Lille & the Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs

de Tunis. Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of Thesis, EC Lille) et ESSAIEB HAMDI (Co-

director of thesis, ENIT). Defense planned in September 2016 at the Ecole Nationale

d’Ingénieurs de Tunis.

[16] PhD of Naeem ADIBI (2015). Development of an Indicator of Assessment of Impacts of

Consumed Resources: Application Case for the Extraction of Materials versus Recycling.

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Thesis in Partenariat between the Ecole Centrale de Lille & Cd2e. Zoubeir LAFHAJ

(Director of Thesis, EC Lille) & Christian TRAISNEL (Co-director of Thesis, Cd2e).

Defense planned in September 2015 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[15] PhD of Qiang LIU (2014). Correlation of acoustic and hydraulic properties for heated

mortar. Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of thesis, EC Lille) et Bodgan PIWAKOWSKI (Co-

director of Thesis, EC Lille). Defense planned in December 2014 at the Ecole Centrale de

Lille.

[14] PhD of Ismail YOUSFI (2014). Monitoring of the crack in cement based material by a

non-destructive method. Thesis in Cotutelle between the Ecole Centrale de Lille (France) &

the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of Thesis, EC Lille) et

Pr. Richard GAGNE (Co-director of Thesis, University of Sherbrooke). Defense planned in

December 2014 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[13] PhD of Laure WIRBEL (2014). Conception of a new material for building insulation.

Thesis between the Ecole Centrale de Lille & Norpac. Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of

Thesis, EC Lille). Defense planned in September, 2014 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[12] PhD of Fayçal EL FGAIER (2013). Conception, Production and qualification of a new

bricks (high energy performance). Ecole Centrale de Lille & Briqueterie du Nord (BDN).

Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of Thesis, EC Lille), Emmanuel ANTZACK (Co-director of

Thesis, Université d’Artois). Presented in December 12, 2013 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[11] PhD of Yahia HAMDI (2013). Concrete and nonlinear Acoustic.

[10] PhD of Khaled ZAKARIA (2012). Valorization of new material in Permeable active

membrane (environmental and hydraulic assessment). Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of

Thesis). Presented in December 14, 2012 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[9] PhD of Imen BELHAJ ALI (2012). Characterization and valorization of marine Tunisian

sediments. Thesis in Cotutelle – Ecole Centrale de Lille (EC Lille) & Ecole Nationale

d’Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT). Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of Thesis, EC Lille), Mounir

BOUASSIDA (Director of Thesis, ENIT). Presented in December 21, 2013 at the Ecole

Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis.

[8] PhD of Fethi SOLTANI (2010). Correlations between acoustic and hydraulic properties of

cement paste: experimental study. Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of Thesis) et Marc

GOUEYGOU (Co-Encadrant of Thesis). Presented in December 10, 2010 at the Ecole

Centrale de Lille.

[7] PhD of Sirine MAALEJ (2010). Correlations between acoustic and hydraulic properties of

cement paste: micromechanics modeling. Thesis in Cotutelle – Ecole Centrale de Lille (EC

Lille) & Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis (ENIT). Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Director of

Thesis, EC Lille), Mounir BOUASSIDA (Director of Thesis, ENIT). Presented in December

13, 2010 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[6] PhD of Alex WIGNACOURT (2009). Characterization and evaluation of technical,

economic and finance performances of « eco-materials »: application to building. Philippe

DESHAYES (Director of Thesis), Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Co-director of Thesis). Presented in

December 1rst

, 2009 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

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[5] PhD of Pierre Yves SCORDIA (2008). Characterization and valorization of river

sediments in road materials. Frédéric SKOCZYLAS (Director of Thesis) et Zoubeir

LAFHAJ (Co-director of Thesis). Presented in October 16, 2008 at the Ecole Centrale de

Lille.

[4] PhD of Mazen SAMARA (2007). Valorization of river sediment after treatment in fired

bricks. Frédéric SKOCZYLAS (Director of Thesis) et Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Co-director of

Thesis). Presented in December 4, 2007 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[3] PhD of Linda BOUCARD (2006). Experimental studies: Valorization of stabilized river

sediments. Frédéric SKOCZYLAS (Director of Thesis) et Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Co-director of

Thesis). Presented in March 17, 2006 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[2] PhD of Franck AGOSTINI (2006). Treatment and valorization of marine sediments.

Frédéric SKOCZYLAS (Director of Thesis) et Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Co-director of Thesis).

Presented in June 19, 2006 at the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

[1] PhD of Helene LOOSVELDT (2002). Experimental studies of the behavior of sound and

damage mortar: Hydraulic and poromechanical properties. Frédéric SKOCZYLAS (Director

of Thesis) et Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Co-director of Thesis). Presented in October 24, 2002 at

the Ecole Centrale de Lille.

Supervised Master Students

[M31] Master of Imane KRIMI (2014). Accelerated Aging by Hydrolysis on Textiles Used

for Façade Building. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Defense

planned in July 2014.

[M30] Master of Cristina CALVO TORRIJOS (2013). Exploitation of Careers in Civil

Engineering. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Presented in July

15, 2013.

[M29] Master of Hieu – Lang TRAN (2013). Geotechnical Characterization of Two Apatite

Gels for Recovery in Civil Engineering. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the Ecole Centrale

de Lille. Presented in July 15, 2013.

[M28] Master of Mehdi MAHMOUDY (2013). Study of the Rheological Behavior of a New

Material Obtained from Industrial Waste in View of its Reuse in Civil Engineering. Master

2R in Civil, Soil and Water Engineering at Polytech-Lille. Presented in July 3, 2013.

[M27] Master of Zakaria DAKHLI (2013). Accelerated Aging Test by Hydrolysis on a

Textile Material Used for Façade Building. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the Ecole

Centrale de Lille. Presented in July 22, 2013.

[M26] Master of Farshad SAHRAEI (2012). Aging of Textile Materials. Master 2R in Civil

Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique de Lille. Presented in July 12, 2012.

[M25] Master of Kamila CUPERTINO (2012). Methods of Qualification and Quantification

of the Thixotropy of a New Material: Apatite Gel. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the

Ecole Centrale de Lille. Presented in July 12, 2012.

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[M24] Master of Mehdi FEKIH (2012). Conception and Dimensioning of Dies Destined for

the Production of Structured Bricks. Design and Sizing Dies for the Production of Brick

Structure. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique de Lille. Presented in

July 11, 2012.

[M23] Master of Ismail YOUSFI (2011). Thermally Degraded Cementitious Materials :

Evaluation with the Non Linear Acoustic Methods. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the

Ecole Polytechnique of Tunisia. Presented in July 12, 2011.

[M22] Master of Abdelhafid KASMI (2010). Study of the Mechanical Characteristics of

Industrial Material (Apatite Gel) in Civil Engineering. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the

USTL. Presented in July 6, 2010.

[M21] Master of Isaameddine KHEZAMI (2010). Study of a Mixture with Base of Gel to be

Used in Permeable Reactive Barriers. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the Ecole Centrale de

Lille. Presented in July 06, 2010.

[M20] Master of Alexandre GELIN (2009). Correlations Between Ultrasonic Waves and

Mechanical and Hydraulic Properties of Cement Pastes Containing Air Trainers Additions.

Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 6, 2009.

[M19] Master of Lu SENJUN (2008). Experimental and Numerical Study of Hydraulic and

Acoustic Properties of a Mortar Chemically Degraded. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the

USTL. Presented in July 11, 2008.

[M18] Master of Khaled CHAFFAR (2008). Correlation between Mechanical and Acoustic

Properties of Mortar: Experimental study and numerical modeling. Master 2R in Civil

Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 11, 2008.

[M17] Master of SOUISSI Foued (2008). Physicochemical Characterization of Treated

Sludge Sediments. Hydraulic properties and compatibility with a cementitious matrix. Master

2R in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 11, 2008.

[M16] Master of BENFRAJ Ibrahim (2007). Correlation between Mechanical and Acoustic

Properties of Mortar: Experimental study and numerical modeling. Master 2R in Civil

Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 06, 2007.

[M15] Master of SOLTANI Fethi (2006). Parametric Study of Ultrasonic Wave Propagation

in the Concrete. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 9, 2006.

[M14] Master of RAMOUL Abdelhakim (2005). Evaluation of Degradation of Concrete

Subjected to Freezing-Thawing by Ultrasonic Waves. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the

USTL. Presented in July 12, 2005.

[M13] DEA of KARAOUI Nassima (2005). Experimental Study of the Permeability of a

Partially Saturated Soil: Analysis and Interpretations. Master 2R in Civil Engineering at the

USTL. Presented in July 6, 2005.

[M12] DEA of SAMARA Mazen (2004). Measurements of Vertical Permeability with

Double Ring Test. DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 9, 2004.

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[M11] DEA of HAJ-NEJIB Bessel (2004). Measurements in Situ Permeability in Unsaturated

Soil. DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 9, 2004.

[M10] DEA of GOTAR Hicham (2004). Modeling of the PAO in a Porous Medium. DEA de

in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 9, 2004

[M9] DEA of DJERBI Assia. (2003). Characterization of a Mortar: Evaluation by Ultrasonic

Waves. DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 3, 2003.

[M8] DEA of SERSAR Mokhtar. (2003). Study of the Influence of Thermal Treatment on the

Permeability of a Mortar. DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 3, 2003.

[M7] DEA of SAM Rabiaa. (2003). Experimental Measurements of in Situ Permeability of

silts (Villeneuve d'Ascq). DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 4, 2003.

[M6] DEA of ROUANE Abdelhafid. (2003). Comparison of the Profile of Water Content and

Suction in Silts (Spring 2003). DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 4,

2003.

[M5] DEA of TALBI Bahia. (2002). Study of the Chemical Degradation of a Mortar. DEA de

in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 8, 2002.

[M4] DEA of MERAKEB Seddik. (2002). Experimental Determination of the Permeability

to Gas of a Partially Saturated Mortar. DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in

July 5, 2002.

[M3] DEA of BOUCARD Linda. (2001). Degradation of Mortar: Bibliographic Analysis and

Experimental Study. DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 6, 2001.

[M2] DEA of BELBAH Missoum. (2001). Experimental Study of Multiphase Flow. DEA in

Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in July 6, 2001.

[M1] DEA of SALAH Nabil. (2000). Determination of Permeability in Unsaturated Soils.

DEA in Civil Engineering at the USTL. Presented in September 12, 2000.

Supervised Impact Projects Students

[15] Impact Projet of Mohamed DIALLO (2014). Recycling of Concrete and BTP Waste. Project

presented in April 2, 2014.

[14] Impact Projet of Oumou WANE (2014). CRGE Green Plan Impact. Project presented in April

2, 2014.

[13] Impact Projet of Thérèse BOUE (2014). CRGE Green Plan Audit. Project presented in April 2,

2014.

[12] Impact Projet of Youssef HEDDI (2014). Valorization of Marine Sediments in Civil

Engineering. Project presented in April 2, 2014.

[11] Impact Projet of Tristan AUDIGIER (2014). The Blue Economy Applied to BTP.

Project presented in April 2, 2014.

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[10] Impact Projet of Hélène QUILLIEN (2014). Study on the Integration of Renewable Energy in

the Residential and Commercial Sectors. Project presented in March 31, 2014.

[9] Impact Projet of Marie PEREZ (2014). Materials with Change of Phase.

Project presented in April 2, 2014.

[8] Impact Projet of Helena TEJEDOR IGLESIAS (2014). Life Cycle Analysis, the Resources

Indicators. Project presented in April 3, 2014.

[7] Impact Projet of Faten FARHAT (2014). Development of a Methodology for the

Characterization of Marine Sediments to be Reusd in Civil Engineering. Project presented in April 8,

2014.

[6] Impact Projet of Walaa ISSA (2014). Proposition of a Treatment Methodology Adapted to

Different Types of European Marine Sediments to be reused in Civil Engineering.

Project presented in April 8, 2014.

[5] Impact Projet of Nabil AZZOUZI (2014). Industrial Ecology. Project presented in April 3, 2014.

[4] Impact Projet of Romain EMOURGEON (2014). BIM Technology in the Department of

Construction. Project presented in April 11, 2014.

[3] Impact Projet of Cecile FORIN (2014). Organization of Building Construction. Project presented

in April 7, 2014..

[2] Impact Projet of Ngoufou GANGNIMAZE (2014). Benchmarking of Constructive Methods in

Scandinavian Countries. Project presented in April 11, 2014.

[1] Impact Projet of Sophie GALLOIS (2014). Evaluation and Valorisation of Property Assets.

Project presented in April 11, 2014.

Supervised G1G2 Project Students

Project G1G2 of Jiawei LI, Benoit FACHE, Pierre-Nicolas PLATEL, Paul PERIN, Clément

HUBER, Jean-Baptiste LARDEUR and Jean-Gaël RIGOT (2012-2014). ‘Développement

d’un Logiciel-Evaluation des Performances Thermiques des Matériaux de Construction’.

Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Scientific Director), Jean-Claude Tricot (Pilot) et Fayçal EL FGAIER

(Encadrant). Project presented in April 15, 2014.

Project G1G2 of Edit BERCZI, Thomas DESCAMPS, Arnaud DU BARET, Charles

CICCARONE, Myriam MAAZOUN, Sara MAJDI and Renjie XIA (2012-2014). ‘Etude de la

Perméabilité et de la Capacité de Rétention des Métaux Lourds lors d’un Mélange Réactif à

Base de Gel d’Apatite’. Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Scientific Director), Denis NAJJAR (Pilot) and

Essia BELHADJ (Encadrant). Project presented in April 15, 2014.

Project G1G2 of Kangmi MBU NYAMSI UM NYOBE, Vincent TROLE, Joao COELHO

LIMA VERDE NETO, Gordon CROSMARIE and Matheus MONTEIRO (2012-2014).

‘Etude de Viabilité d’un Système d’Isolation (EVSI)’ Zoubeir LAFHAJ (Scientific

Director), Roland MARCOIN (Pilot) et Laure WIRBEL and Naeem ADIBI (Encadrants).

Project presented in April 17, 2014.

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Participation as Member of a Defense Committee

I was a member of 26 defense committee as examiner or reviewer

1. PhD of Hélène LOOSVELDT (2002) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France.

2. PhD of Linda BOUCARD (2006) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France.

3. PhD of Franck AGOSTINI (2006) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France.

4. PhD of Marketa CERVINKOVA (2006) at Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Tcheq

Republic).

5. PhD of Mazen SAMARA (2007) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France

6. PhD of Shahinez SAYAGH (2007) at the LCPC at Nantes. Nantes, France.

7. PhD of Pierre Yves SCORDIA (2008) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France.

8. PhD of Samira Brakni (2008) at the Ecole des Mines de Douai. Douai, France.

9. PhD of Thanh Binh NGUYEN (2008) in Paul Sabatier University. Toulouse, France.

10. PhD of Arnaud PERTUE (2008) in IUT de Saint Nazaire. Saint Nazaire, France

11. PhD of WIGNACOURT Alex (2009) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France.

12. PhD of Wissem FRIKHA (2010) at Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Tunisia.

13. PhD of Ernesto SILITONGA (2010) at University of Caen. Caen, France.

14. Habilitation to supervise Researchs of Denis FRANCOIS (2010) in LCPC at Nantes.

Nantes, France.

15. PhD of Mohamed MIRAOUI (2010) at the Ecole des Mines de Douai, France.

16. PhD of Jia WANG (2010) at the Ecole des Mines de Douai. Douai, France.

17. PhD of Fethi SOLTANI (2010) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France.

18. PhD of Sirine MAALEJ (2010) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille. Lille, France.

19. PhD of Murhaf HAIDAR (2011) at the Université de Cergy Pontoise. Cergy, France.

20. PhD of Tuan Anh-DANG (2011) in the Insa de Rennes. Rennes, France.

21. PhD of Yingjie LIANG (2012) at the Université de Caen, Caen, France.

22. PhD of Charlotte ENGELAERE-ROBILLARD (2012) at the Université de Caen, Caen,

France.

23. PhD of Mohamed RAII (2012) at the Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

24. PhD of Khaled ZAKARIA (2012) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille, Lille, France.

25. PhD of Imen Belhaj Ali (2013) at the Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs en Tunis, Tunisia.

26. PhD of Fayçal El FGAIER (2013) at the Ecole Centrale de Lille, Lille, France.

Peer Reviewing Activity

1. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the international journal « Geotechnical

Testing Journal (GTJ) », Editor ASTM International.

2. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the international journal « The Open

Construction & Building Technology Journal », Editor Bentham.

3. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International journal « Civil

Engineering Standard Method of Measurement », Editor ICE publishing.

4. Member of the Associate Editors of the International journal « Sediment Research»,

Editor Elsevier.

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5. Member of the Advisory Board of the journal « Environmental Geotechnics », Ice

Institution of Civil Engineering publishing Edith or.

6. Guess Editor for 2 Special issues of the European Journal of Environmental and Civil

Engineering.

* “The sediments: characterization, treatment and valorization” (2011)

* “Transfer properties in the geo-materials” (2007)

7. President of the scientific committee of the International ICGE 2013

(http://www.icge13.com)

8. Participation on the evaluation of research projects supervised by the “Conseil de

Recherche en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada” (CRSNG).

9. Participation on the evaluation of research projects supervised by the “Agence Nationale de

la Recherche in France” (ANR).

Reviewer in the following Journals and Organizations

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Journal of ASTM International

Revue Française de Géotechnique

Construction and Building Materials

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Journal of Environmental Management

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Revue Internationale de Génie Côtier PRALIA

Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Reviewer in International Conferences

President of the scientific committee of the International Conference ICGE 2013

Member of the scientific committee and replay of the International Conference ECGP11

2013

Member of the scientific committee and replay of the International Conference GESed

2013

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference SIHE 2013

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference CMSM 2013

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference ICGE 2013

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference WasteEng 2012

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference I2SM 2012

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference COTUME 2012

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference ICAMEM 2010

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference ICGE 2010

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference CMSM’2011

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Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference AGS’2010

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference I2SM 2010

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference WasteEng 2009

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference ICCM’ 2009

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference AGS’ 2008

Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference COTUME 2008

Member of the defense committee of Master’s thesis

Member of TIPE committee associated to the « Concours Communs Polytechniques ».

External Member of the committee of specialist at USTL (section 60).

External Member of the committee of Selection for the recruitment of full Professor.

Invited Professor and Plenary Conferences

Plenary Conference in "International Higher Education Symposium" Kyoto, Japan,

March 10, 2010.

Plenary Conference " Valorization of Treated Sediments in Construction Materials:

Last Results ». International Conference on Geotechnical Engineering ,Tunisia, 25 –

27 October, 2010.

Plenary Conference "Polluted River Sediments: Characterization, Treatment and

Valorization». “IInd

International Symposium on Sediment Management” in

Casablanca , Morocco,11-13 April, 2010.

Plenary Conference « Valorization of Polluted River Sediments in Self Compacting

Materials », International Conference on Waste and Biomass Residues Valorization in

Developing Countries, 9-11 July 2009 Wagadougou, BurkinaFasso.

Plenary Conference « Transfert Properties of Geomaterials », Ecole Polytechnique de

Tunisie, 23 February 2009.

Invited professor for seminar at Florida University & at Environnement au New Jersey

Institute of Technology (USA).

Invited professor in “Laboratoire de Génie Civil de l’Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieur de

Tunis” (ENIT) (TUNISIA).

Plenary Conference in « La Journée hydraulique des sols » organized by the CFMS in

Paris (23 January 2002).

Valorization and Collaborations

Responsible at the Ecole Centrale de Lille for the research project FUI: ISOLPAC

(2011-2014)

10 contracts with industrial and research organizations

Participation in a Regional project: ARC « Ingénierie Urbaine »: “Water flow in

unsaturated silt”. 2003-2005.

Participation in an ANR project: project RGCU-ANR-SENSO (2005-2008).

Coordinator of the project ANR: project RGCU-ANR-SEDIBET (2007-2010).

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Member of the network of laboratories NOVOSOL: (LMDC, ENTPE, MMINES-

ALBI, BRGM, LCPC, ADEME, BRIQUETTERIE DU NORD, EUROVIA,

SOLVAY).

Coordinator of ANR project: project RGCU-ANR-SEDIBET (2007-2010).

Community/Government

Elected member of the ‘Conseil Scientifique’ of Ecole Centrale de Lille.

Elected member of the ‘Commission des Spécialistes’ of Ecole Centrale de Lille (2007-

2011).

External Member of ‘Commission des Spécialistes de l’USTL’ (section 60) (2007-2011

& 2004-2008).

External Member of ‘Commission de Sélection PU’ (section 60) (2009).

Member of the ‘Association Française de Mécanique des Sols’.

Member of the ‘Association Universitaire de Génie Civil’.

Organization and Participation in Scientific Events

International Conference

GeoCityNet2005: Symposium International "Geotechnical in cities",

ICUI2005 «International Conference on urban engineering in Lille».

National Conference

National days of Geotechnical Geologic in Lille, JNGG 2004,

National Conference «Transfert Properties in Geomaterials»: Transfert 2006

(Organization Committee).

Organization of the Seminar ‘Autumn School’: Sustainable Construction from Design to

Execution: 1 & 2 October 2010, Hammamet, Tunisia (President).

Organization of ‘Spring School’: ACE2006.

Organization of the Week of Sustainable Development of Ecoles Centrales (2008).

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Scientific Publications

Published Referred Journal Papers

[A31] ADIBI N., LAFHAJ Z., GEMECHU E.D., SONNEMANN G., PAYET J. (2014).

Introducing a multi-criteria indicator to better evaluate impacts of rare earth materials

production and consumption in life cycle assessment. Journal of Rare Earths. VOL 32 (3),

PP. 288-292.

[A30] SNOUSSI G., HAMDI E., LAFHAJ Z. (2014). Rock classification for quarry

aggregate production. Geotechnical and Geological Engineering.

[A29] MAALEJ S., LAFHAJ Z., SOLTANI F., GOUEYGOU M, GELIN A. (2014).

Assessment of Macroporosity in Air-Entrained Cement Paste: Experimental Characterization.

Journal of nondestructive evaluation. Submitted

[A28] BELHADJ-ALI I., LAFHAJ Z., BOUASSIDA M., SAID I. (2014). Characterisation of

Tunisian marine sediments – case studies: Rades and Gabes Harbors. International Journal of

Sediment Research. Accepted

[A27] HAMDI E., LAFHAJ Z. (2013). Microcracking based rock classification using

ultrasonic and porosity parameters and multivariate analysis methods. Engineering Geology.

Vol 127, pp. 27-36.

[A26] MAALEJ S, LAFHAJ Z., BOUASSIDA M. Micromechanical modeling of dry and

saturated cement paste: porosity assessment using ultrasonic waves. (2013). Mechanics

Research Communications. Vol 51, pp. 8-14.

[A25] LAFHAJ Z., CHAPISEAU C., ELFGAIER F., DEPELSENAIRE G. Use of clay

bricks incorporating treated river sediments in a demonstrative building: Case study. (2013). Construction & Building Materials. Vol 48, pp. 160-165.

[A24] SOLTANI F., GOUEYGOU M., LAFHAJ Z. (2013). Relationship between ultrasonic

Rayleigh wave propagation and capillary porosity in cement paste with variable water

content. NDT & E International. Vol 54, pp. 75-83.

[A23] LAFHAJ Z., ZHIBO D., BELHADJALI I., DEPELSENAIRE G (2012). Valorization

of Treated River Sediments in Self Compacting Materials. Waste and Biomass Valorization.

Vol 3, N°2, pp.239-247.

[A22] YOUSFI I., MAALEJ S., LAFHAJ Z. (2012). Evaluation of Dilute Inclusion Model

by Finite Element Method: Application to the cement paste. International Journal of

Microstructure and Materials Properties. Vol 7, N°5, pp.451-460.

[A21] GOUEYGOU M., LAFHAJ Z., SOLTANI F. (2009). Assessment of porosity of

mortar using ultrasonic Rayleigh waves. NDT & E International. Vol 42, N°5, pp. 353-360.

[A20] SAMARA M., LAFHAJ Z., CHAPISEAU C. (2009). Valorization of stabilized river

sediments in fired clay bricks: factory scale experiment. Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Vol 163, N°2-3, pp. 701-710.

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[A19] LAFHAJ Z., GOUEYGOU M. (2009). Experimental study on sound and damaged

mortar: Variation of ultrasonic parameters with porosity. Construction & Building

Materials. Vol 23, N°2, pp. 953-958.

[A18] SCORDIA P.Y, LAFHAJ Z., SKOCZYLAS F., MONGOUIN (2008). Caractérisation

et valorisation en technique routière de sédiments fluviaux pollués et traités. Revue

Européenne de Génie Civil. Vol 7, N° 4, pp. 451-469.

[A17] LAFHAJ Z. SAMARA M, AGOSTINI F., BOUCARD L., SKOCZYLAS F.,

DEPELSENAIRE G. (2008). Polluted river sediments from the north region of France:

treatment with Novosol®

process and valorization in clay bricks. Construction & Building

Materials. Vol 22, N° 5, pp. 755-762.

[A16] LAFHAJ Z., SALICETO A., COHEN-SOLEL L., COUDRAY Y., HUYNH T.T.,

LEGUEN B., ANGOUNI F (2007). The use of the Novosol®

process for the treatment of

polluted marine sediment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. Vol 148, N°3, pp. 606-612.

[A15] AGOSTINI F., SKOCZYLAS F., LAFHAJ Z. (2007). About a possible valorisation in

cementitious materials of polluted sediments after treatment. Cement and Concrete

Composites. Vol 29, N° 4, pp. 270-278.

[A14] LAFHAJ Z., RICHARD G., KACZMAREK M. and SKOCZYLAS F. (2007).

Experimental determination of intrinsic permeability of limestone and concrete: Comparison

between in situ and laboratory results. Building and Environment. Vol 42, N° 8, pp. 3042-

3050.

[A13] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2007). Use of water borehole tests for the

determination of the permeability of anisotropic soils. Computers and Geotechnics. Vol 34,

N°1, pp. 57-59.

[A12] AGOSTINI F., LAFHAJ Z., SKOCZYLAS F., LOOSVELDT. H. (2007).

Experimental study of accelerated leaching on hollow cylinders of mortar. Cement and

Concrete Research. Vol 37, N°1, pp. 71-78.

[A11] LAFHAJ Z., GOUEYGOU M., DJERBI A., KACZMAREK M. (2006). Correlation

between porosity, permeability and ultrasonic parameters of mortar with variable

water/cement ratio and water content. Cement & Concrete Research. Vol 36, N°4, pp. 625-

633.

[A10] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2006). Influence of the presence of a partially saturated

layer on the interpretation of in field permeability tests. Mechanics Research

Communications. Vol 33, N°4, pp. 668-575.

[A9] LION M., SKOCZYLAS F., LAFHAJ Z., SERSAR M. (2005). Experimental study on

a mortar. Temperature effects on porosity and permeability. Residual properties or direct

measurements under temperature. Cement and Concrete Research. Vol 35, N° 10, pp. 1937-

1942.

[A8] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2005). Détermination de l’anisotropie de perméabilité

des sols par l’essai Lefranc. Revue Française de Géotechnique. N°109, pp. 99-103.

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[A7] LAFHAJ Z., SKOCZYLAS F., DUBOIS T., DANA I. (2005). Experimental

determination of relative permeability of sand. Journal of ASTM International. Vol 2, N°7.

[A6] SKOCZYLAS F., COUSSY O., LAFHAJ Z. (2003). Sur la fiabilité des mesures des

perméabilités hétérogènes par injection de gaz. Micro-pulse tests. Revue Européenne de

Génie Civil. Vol 7, N° 4, pp. 451-469.

[A5] LOOSVELDT H., LAFHAJ Z., SKOCZYLAS F. (2002). Experimental study of gas

and liquid permeability of a mortar. Cement and Concrete Research. Vol 32, N° 9, pp.

1357-1363.

[A4] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2002). Use of the electric analogy for the determination

of the shape factor in complex soil conditions. International Journal of Physical Modelling

in Geotechnics. Vol 4, pp.1-6.

[A3] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2000). Use of the Boundary element method for the

analysis of permeability tests in boreholes. International Journal of Engineering Analysis

with Boundary Element Method. Vol 24, N° 9, pp. 695-698.

[A2] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2000). Analysis of borehole water tests in stratified and

anisotropic soils. Mecanical Research Communications. Vol 27, N° 1, pp.87-94.

[A1] DHOUIB A., SHAHROUR I., LAFHAJ Z. et DELFAUT A. (1998). Essai Lefranc pour

la mesure de la perméabilité in situ : étude théorique et interprétation pratique. Revue

Française de Géotechnique. N°84, pp. 27-36.

Published Book Chapters

[B5] Sediments. (2011). Guest Editors Z. LAFHAJ, B. HUSSON. Special issue of the

European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Vol 15, N°2.

[B4] Eco-intelligent design and materials. Between France and Brazil, perspectives on

practices in the building and construction. (2011) Directed by Ph. Deshayes et H. Medina.

COOPE, Presses de l'Université Fédérale de Rio de Janeiro. (November 2011).

[B3] Le développement durable : un processus inscrit dans le temps et dans l’espace.

Comment passer du concept à l’action ? Editors Hedi HASSIS et Zoubeir LAFHAJ.

Collection: Science et Technologie-ST (2008).

[B2] Propriétés de transfert dans les géomatériaux. (2007). Guest Editors Z. LAFHAJ, F.

SKOCZYLAS. Special issue of European Journal of Environmental and Civil

Engineering , Vol 11, N°6. Editions-Hermès.

[B1] Modélisation et enseignement : enseignement de la modélisation par élément finis dans

les formations de Génie Civil. (2001). Sous la direction de Philippe MESTAT, Michel PRAT

et Yvon RIOU. European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering , Volume 5

hors série.

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Published Referred International Conference Papers

[C38] LIU Q., PIWAKOWSKI B., LAFHAJ Z., AGRED K. (2014). Automated Non-

Contact NDT by Ultrasonic Surface Waves. Far East Forum on Nondestructive

Evaluation/Testing, Chengdu, China. 20-23 June 2014. http://www.fendti.com.

[C37] ADIBI N., LAFHAJ Z., PAYET J. (2014). Introducing a Multicriteria Indicator to Better

Evaluate Impacts of Materials Production and Consumption in Life Cycle Assessment, Proceedings of

International [avniR] Annual Conference. Lille, France, 5-6 November 2013.

[C36] LIU Q., PIWAKOWSKI B., LAFHAJ Z. (2013). Non-Contact Air-Coupled Velocity

Measurements in Planar Samples. 13th

International Symposium on Nondestructive

Characterization of Materials (NDCM-XIII), Le Mans, France. 20-25 May 2013.

http://www.cnde.com/.

[C35] ADIBI N., LAFHAJ Z., PAYET J., SONNEMANN G. (2013). Introducing a Multi-

Criteria Indicator to Better Evaluate the impacts of Rare Earth Materials Production and

Consumption in Life Cycle Assessment, 3rd

International Conference on Rare Earth Materials

(REMAT) Advances in Synthesis, Studies and Applications. Wroclaw, Poland, 26-28 April

2013.

[C34] YOUSFI Ismail, LAFHAJ Zoubeir, ARS N Chloé. (2013). eat damaged cement

paste characterization using the nonlinear acoustic waves. The 5th

BIOT Conference on

Poromechanics (BIOT-5), Vienna, Austria, 10-12 July, 2013.

[C33] BELHADJ E., CUPERTINO K., LAFHAJ Z., PIERLOT C. (2013). Thixotropic

behavior of the hydroxyapatite gel. 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical

Engineering, Hammamet, Tunisia, 21-23 February, 2013.

[C32] EL FGAIER F., LAFHAJ Z., BRACHELET F., ANTCZAK E., CHAPISEAU C.

(2013). Mechanical and thermophysical characterization of unfired clay bricks used in

construction in the North of France: Case Study. 3rd

International Conference on Geotechnical

Engineering, Hammamet, Tunisia, 21-23 February, 2013.

[C31] WIRBEL L., LAFHAJ Z., GARCIN A. (2013). Experimental study of several

insulation materials regarding temperature and humidity. 3rd

International Conference on

Geotechnical Engineering, Hammamet, Tunisia, 21-23 February, 2013.

[C30] WIRBEL L., LAFHAJ Z., GARCIN A. (2012). Designing of a New External Building

Insulation System Regarding its Hygrothermal Behavior. 2nd

International High Performance

Buildings Conference, Purdue, USA, 16-19 July.

[C29] LAFHAJ Z., CHAPISEAU C., EL FGAIER F., LEMNIEI I. (2012). Improving the

thermal resistance of load-bearing perforated fired-clay brickwork. 15th

International Brick

and Block Masonry Conference IB2MAC, Florianópolis, Brazil, 3-6 June.

[C28] EL FGAIER F., LAFHAJ Z., ANTCZAK E., CHAPISEAU C. (2012). Experimental

studies of the effect of moisture content on mechanical and thermal properties of three types

of French unfired clay bricks. 6th International Conference on Building with Earth Lehm,

Weimar, Germany, 5-7 October.

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[C27] ZAKARIA K., BELHADJ E., LAFHAJ Z., DEPELSEUNAIRE G.

(2012). Valorization of the hydroxyapatite gel in the fields of groundwater depollution –

Application on the permeable reactive barrier. 3rd

International Conference on Sediment

Management. India, 20-22 March, 2012.

[C26] ZAKARIA K., BELHADJ E., LAFHAJ Z., DEPELSEUNAIRE G.

(2012). Valorization of a new material, hydroxyapatite gel, in a permeable reactive barrier.

4th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation, Porto,

Portugal, 10-13 September, 2012.

[C25] ZHIBO D., LAFHAJ Z., BELHADJALI I., DEPELSENAIRE G. (2010).Valorisation

of stabilized river sediments in self compacting materials. GEO FRONTIERS 2011, Dallas-

Texas, USA, 13-16 March, 2010.

[C24] YOUSFI I., MAALEJ S., LAFHAJ Z. (2010). Evaluation of dilute inclusion model by

finite element method: application to the cement paste. The International Conference on

Advances in Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics ICAMEM, Hammamet, Tunisia, 18-20

December, 2010.

[C23] MAALEJ S., LAFHAJ Z., BOUASSIDA M. (2010). Micromechanical assessment of

ultrasound velocity in entrained air cement paste. 10th

European Conference on NDT,

Moscow, Russia, 7-11 June.

[C22] MAALEJ S., LAFHAJ Z., BOUASSIDA M. (2010). Determination of cement paste

mechanical properties: comparison between micromechanical and ultrasound results.

Computational Modelling of concrete structures (EURO-C 2010), Schladming, Austria, 15-18

March.

[C21] SOLTANI F., LAFHAJ Z., GOUEYGOU M. (2009). Experimental determination of

the relationship between porosity and surface wave parameters of fully and partially saturated

cement paste. International Symposium on Non Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering,

Nantes, France, 30 June -3rd

July , pp 851-856.

[C20] GOUEYGOU M., SOLTANI F., LAFHAJ Z. (2009). Effect of geometrical diffraction

on non-contact measurements of ultrasonic attenuation in cement-based materials.

International Symposium on Non Destructive Testing in Civil Engineering, Nantes, France,

30 June -3rd

July, pp 857-862.

[C19] MAALEJ S., LAFHAJ Z., BOUASSIDA M. (2009). Comparison between ultrasonic

and micromechanical cement paste elastic moduli: influence of pores aspect ratio. 3rd

International Congress Design and Modelling of Mechanical Systems (CMMS), March,

Tunisia.

[C18] SOLTANI F., LAFHAJ Z., GOUEYGOU M. (2008). Experimental study of the

relationship between surface wave velocity and porosity in mortar. 2nd

Euro Mediterranean

Symposium on Advances in Geomaterial and Structures (AGS2008). 5-7 May 2008,

Hammamet, Tunisia.

[C17] MAALEJ S., LAFHAJ Z., BOUASSIDA M. (2008). Mechanical properties of cement-

based material: comparison between micromechanical models and experimental results.

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Proceedings of international Conference on Geotechnical Engineering 08: Innovative

Geothechnical Engineering, 24-26 March, 2008, Hammamet, Tunisia.

[C16] LAFHAJ Z., SAMARA M., BENCHAA M., LHERAULT S., LEFEBVRE C.,

BERTHOU M., BROSSARD C., VERNERET E. (2008). Valorisation of stabilized river

sediments in fired clay bricks. “WasteEng2008”. 1-4 June 2008, Athens. Greece.

[C15] LAFHAJ Z., SAMARA M., BOUCARD L., AGOSTINI F., SKOCZYLAS F. (2006).

Polluted river sediments: Characterization, treatment and valorisation. 1st Euro–Mediterranean

Symposium on advances in geomaterials and structures. 3-5 May, Hammamet, Tunisia.

[C14] AGOSTINI F., SKOCZYLAS F, LAFHAJ Z. (2006). Behaviour of a mortar

incorporating polluted harbour sediment after treatment. 1st Euro – Mediterranean Symposium

on advances in geomaterials and structures. 3-5 May, Hammamet, Tunisia.

[C13] AGOSTINI F., SKOCZYLAS F, LAFHAJ Z., BOUCARD L. (2004). Treatment and

valorisation of polluted sediments. 2nd

European Conference on Dredged Sludge Remediation.

Vol 8, 02-03 December 2004, Amsterdam, Holland.

[C12] BOUCARD L., LAFHAJ Z., SKOCZYLAS F. (2004). River Sediments contaminated

by heavy metals and organic compounds: characterisation, treatment and valorisation.

Conference on the Use of Recycled Materials in Buildings and Structures. RILEM. 09-11

November 2004, pp. 807-813. Barcelone, Spain.

[C11] MANIA J., LAFHAJ Z., SAM R. et ROUANE A. (2004). Ecoulement dans un sol

partiellement saturé : essais in situ et interprétations. Colloque International de Géotechnique.

19-22 May 2004. Beyrouth. Liban. pp. 947-952.

[C10] BOUCARD L., LAFHAJ Z., SKOCZYLAS F. (2004). Sédiments fluviaux contaminés

par des métaux lourds : de la caractérisation à la valorisation. Colloque International de

Géotechnique. 19-22 May 2004. Beyrouth. Liban. pp. 965-970.

[C9] LAFHAJ Z., ANGIUONI F., COHEN SOLAL L., COUDRAY Y., HUYNH T.T., LE

GUEN B., SALICETO A. (2004). Contribution à la valorisation des sédiments marins pollués

dans la brique après inertage. Colloque International de Géotechnique. 19-22 May 2004.

Beyrouth. Liban. pp. 959-964.

[C8] BOUCARD L., SKOCZYLAS F., LAFHAJ Z. (2003). Treatment and valorization of

polluted sediments. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Remediation of

Contaminated Sediments. 5-7 October, Venise, Italy.

[C7] GOUEYGOU M., LAFHAJ Z., KACZMAREK M. (2003). Relationship between

porosity, permeability and ultrasonic parameters in sound and damaged mortar. International

Symposium on Non-destructive Testing in Civil Engineering (NDT-CE). September 16-19,

Berlin, Allemagne.

[C6] LAFHAJ Z., LOOSVELDT H., SKOCZYLAS F. (2002). Study of the scatter between

gas and liquid permeability of mortar. Proceedings, ASME PVP, Emerging Technologies in

Fluids, Structures, and Fluid/Structure Interactions. Vol 446-2. Vancouver (Canada), Canada,

4-8 August 2002. pp. 189-196.

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[C5] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2002). Analysis of borehole water tests in layered and

heterogeneous soils. International Symposium on Identification and determination of soil and

rock parameters for geotechnical design PARAM2002. Edited by Jean Pierre MAGNAN,

Paris 2-3 September 2002. pp. 565-572.

[C4] LAFHAJ Z., SKOCZYLAS F. (2002). Experimental determination of relative

permeability of sand. International Symposium on Identification and determination of soil and

rock parameters for geotechnical design PARAM2002. Edited by Jean Pierre MAGNAN,

Paris 2-3 September 2002. pp. 103-110.

[C3] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2002). Influence of the presence of a partially saturated

layer on the determination of soil permeability from field test. UNSAT2002, 3rd International

Conference on Unsaturated soil. Recife, Bresil. 10-13 March. Edited by J.F.T JUCA, Tacio

M.P. de Campos et Fernando A.M. Marinho, A.A. BALKEMA PUBLISHERS, Vol 1, pp. 33-

37.

[C2] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I., DAUPHIN J-Y. (1999). Use of electric analogy for the

determination of the permeability from field test. BETECH99, 13th

International Conference

on Boundary Element Technology. Las Vegas, 8-10 June, Nevada, USA.

[C1] SHAHROUR I., LAFHAJ Z. (1996). Use of the Boundary element method for the

determination of soil permeability from field tests. 18th

World Conference on the Boundary

Element Method. Braga, Portugal. pp. 473-480.

National Conferences

[D16] ZAKARIA K., LAFHAJ Z., PAUL S., DEPELSEUNAIRE G. (2011). Mise au point

d’un nouveau dispositif expérimental de mesure de la perméabilité à l’eau et de la rétention

des métaux lourds. Premières Journées Franco-Libanaises : La Physique et ses Interfaces,

Lille, France, 18-21 October 2011.

[D15] SOLTANI F., LAFHAJ Z., GOUEYGOU M. (2008). Etude expérimentale de la

propagation de l’onde de surface dans un milieu poreux sec et saturé. Journées COFREND

Toulouse 2008. Toulouse-France. 20-22 May 2008.

[D14] GOUEYGOU M., SOLTANI F., LAFHAJ Z., PIWAKOWSKI B., SAFINOWSKI P.,

BALAYSSAC J.P. (2007). Relations entre la vitesse ultrasonore et la porosité dans le mortier

et le béton. DiagnoBeton., Aix en Provence, France. 10-11 May 2007.

[D13] LAFHAJ Z., GOUEYGOU M., TALBI B. (2005). Caractérisation des propriétés

mécanique et acoustique d’un mortier dégradé chimiquement : Etude Expérimentale. 16ème

Congrès Français de Mécanique. 31. Troyes, France, 2005.

[D12] SAMARA M., LAFHAJ Z., MANIA J. (2005). Ecoulement dans un sol partiellement

saturé : Essais in situ et interprétations. 16ème

Congrès Français de Mécanique. Troyes,

France. September 2005.

[D11] LOOSVELDT H., SKOCZYLAS F., LAFHAJ Z. (2005). Etude expérimentale des

variations de porosité, de perméabilité et de résistance mécanique de cylindres creux de

mortier soumis à une dégradation accélérée. Colloque National TRANSFERT 2006, Lille 1-

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2 |February 2005.

[D10] LAFHAJ Z., CLIQUET E., KAZMEREK M., SKOCZYLAS F. (2005). Etude

expérimentale des variations de porosité, de perméabilité et de résistance mécanique de

cylindres creux de mortier soumis à une dégradation accélérée. Colloque National

TRANSFERT2006, Lille 1-2 February 2005.

[D9] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2003). Détermination de la perméabilité des sols

anisotropes par l’essai Lefranc. 15ème

Congrès Français de Mécanique. Nice, France.1-5

September 2003.

[D8] BOUCARD L., SKOCZYLAS F., LAFHAJ Z. (2002). Procédés d’inertage et

traitement des sédiments pollués. JNGG2002, Journées Nationales de Géotechnique et de

Géologie de l’Ingénieur. Nancy. 8-10 October 2002.

[D7] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (2002). Mesure in situ de la perméabilité dans un sol

saturé : Influence de la couche non saturée. JNGG2002, Journées Nationales de

Géotechnique et de géologie de l’Ingénieur. Nancy. 8-10 October 2002.

[D6] LAFHAJ Z., WINIECKY P. (2002). Introduction à la méthode des éléments finis. XVe

rencontres universitaires de Génie Civil, pp. 209-216. Toulouse, France.2002.

[D5] LAFHAJ Z., SHAHROUR I. (1999). Mesure de la perméabilité des sols en place :

influence de la stratification et de l’anisotropie. 14ème

Congrès Français de Mécanique.

Thème: Géomécanique et Environnement 9, Référence:202. Toulouse, France. 1999.

[D4] SHAHROUR I., LAFHAJ Z., DAUPHIN J-Y. (1997). Etude du coefficient de forme

utilisé dans la mesure de la perméabilité des sols en place. XVe rencontres universitaires de

Génie Civil, colloque EC'97, Vol. 1, pp. 209-216. Strasbourg, France. 1997.

[D3] SHAHROUR I., LAFHAJ Z., DAUPHIN J-Y. (1997). Mesure de la perméabilité des

sols in situ : étude du coefficient de forme à l'aide d'un dispositif basé sur l'analogie

électrique. 13ème

Congrès Français de Mécanique. Vol. 4, pp. 389-392. Poitiers,

France.1997.

[D2] SHAHROUR I., LAFHAJ Z., DHOUIB A. (1996). Etude numérique du coefficient de

forme utilisé dans l'interprétation des essais de mesure de la perméabilité des sols in situ.

Recueil de communications du réseau de laboratoire GEO, Aussois, France.1996.

[D1] SHAHROUR I., LAFHAJ Z., DHOUIB A. (1995). Détermination de la perméabilité à

partir des essais in situ : Influence de l’anisotropie et de la stratification sur le coefficient de

forme. Bulletin de G.F.H.N, N°37-38 juin 1997, pp.110-116 & Colloque GFHN95, Marne

La Vallée. Paris.1995.

Reports of Industrial Contracts

[P 11] Z. LAFHAJ, E. BELHADJ « Study of the thixotropic behavior of apatite gel».

Contract Report Solvay, January 2013. Confidential Report

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[P 10] Z. LAFHAJ, E. BELHADJ « Valorization of Apatite gel in the Permeable Reactive

Barriers ». Contract Report Solvay, September 2012. Confidential Report

[P 9] Z. LAFHAJ, E. BELHADJ « Study of Swelling of Apatite Gel». Contract Report

Solvay, January 2012. Confidential Report.

[P 8] Z. LAFHAJ, E. BELHADJ « Physico-chemical, Geotechnical and Environmental

Characterization of Apatite Gel ». Contract Report Solvay, September 2011. Confidential

Report.

[P 7] Z. LAFHAJ, Z. DUAN « Valorization of River Sediments in Self Compacting

Materials». Contract Report Solvay, June 2009. Confidential Report.

[P 6] Z. LAFHAJ, Z. « Characterization of a New Material to be used as a Permeable

Reactive Barrier PRB ». Rapport de contract Solvay, June 2009. Confidential Report

[P 5] Z. LAFHAJ, M. SAMARA « Geotechnical Characterization of Raw River Sediments ».

Contract Report Solvay, June 2007.

[P 4] Z. LAFHAJ, M. SAMARA « Valorization of Polluted River Sediments after

Stabilization in the Brick by the Novosol® Process: Industrial Scale ». Contract Report

Solvay– Phase 2, June 2006.

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