Education
1998
Ph.D. Adviser Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris
1992
Ph.D. Fluid Mechanics, Laboratory of Rheology (supervisor: J.M. Piau), Grenoble University
1989
Engineering degree, ENGREF-ParisTech, Paris
1987
Engineering degree, Ecole Polytechnique, Paris
Professional experience
2012 – 2015
Director of the Laboratory of Excellence (“Investments for the Future”), Multiscale Modelling and Experiments for Sustainable Construction (MMCD), (100 researchers, 6 M€ grant over 8 years) (Labex MMCD : site web)
2011 –
Professor, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech
2011 – 2018
Head of the Research Team on Physics of Porous Media, Laboratoire Navier (Ecole des Ponts-CNRS-IFSTTAR)
2010 –
Director of the Education and Research Chair Saint-Gobain-Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Innovating solutions for sustainable and responsible building
2002 – 2009
Director of the Laboratory for Materials and Structures for Civil Engineering (CNRS-French Ministry of Ecology)
2006
Visiting researcher, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Western Ontario
1996 – 2002
Magnetic Resonance Imaging project manager, Laboratoire Central des Ponts et Chaussées
1992 – 1996
Researcher, Cemagref, Grenoble (Institute of applied research in environment and agriculture)
Honors and Awards
2018
Fellow of the (American) Society of Rheology (2018)
2017
Weissenberg Award, European Society of Rheology
2015
Silver Medal, CNRS
2011
Dargelos Prize, Alumni of Ecole Polytechnique Association
2009
Maurice Couette Award, French Society of Rheology
2007
Annual Award, wide audience journal La Recherche
2006
Visiting Fellowship, Centre for Chemical Physics, University of Western Ontario
2005
Research Award, National Federation of Public Works (France)
2004
Biennial Prize, French Association of Mechanics
2002
Roberval Award, University of Technology of Compiègne
1996
Schoemaker Award, International Association of Hydraulic Research
1994
Henri Milon Award, French Society of Hydraulics
1992
Ph.D. Award, Grenoble University
Main current teaching
2019 –
Rheophysics, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech, Master SMCD, graduate, http://www.enpc.fr/master-smcd-science-materiaux-construction-durable
2016 –
Physico-chemistry of the states of matter, Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, 1st acad. year (undergraduate)
Member of editorial boards
2021 –
Editor-in-chief of Rheologica Acta
2011 –
Board member of Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics
2007 –
Board member of Rheologica Acta, official journal of the European Society of Rheology
2001 –
Board member of Applied Rheology
2003 – 2006
Associate-Editor of Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers
2002 – 2004
Founder and first editor-in-chief of the journal of the French Society of Rheology: Rhéologie
2010
Guest Editor (with J.F. Tassin and N. El Kissi) of the Special Issue From reptation to glassy materials: de Gennes pionneering work in rheology and recent developments, Rheologica Acta, 49, 5
2009
Guest Editor (with N.J. Wagner) of the Special Issue Shear-induced organization in dense, granular or colloidal suspensions, Rheologica Acta, 48, 8
2017
Guest Editor (with G. Ovarlez and A.Y. Malkin) of the Special Issue of Rheologica Acta: “Yield Stress Fluids: a 100 Years after Bingham’s Landmark Paper”, March 2017 (vol.3)
Books
2014
P. Coussot, Rheophysics – Matter in all its state (Springer, Berlin, 2014)
2012
P. Coussot, Rhéophysique – La matière dans tous ses états (EDP Sciences, Paris, 2012)
2005
P. Coussot, Rheometry of pastes, suspensions and granular materials, (Wiley, New York, 2005)
1999
P. Coussot, et C. Ancey, Rhéophysique des pâtes et des suspensions (EDP Sciences, Paris, 1999)
1997
P. Coussot, Mudflow Rheology and Dynamics (Balkema, Rotterdam, 1997)
1996
P. Coussot, Debris flows – Basic knowledge for practicioners (Cemagref Editions, Paris, 1996)
2002
Coussot, P., et Grossiord, J.L. (Eds.), Understanding rheology – From blood flow to concrete hardening (EDP Sciences, Paris, 2002) (in French)
1997
Ildefonse, B., Allain, C., Coussot, P. (Eds.), From large natural flows to the sand heap dynamics (Cemagref Editions, Paris, 1997) (in French)
Papers for a general audience (in French)
2006
Coussot, P., 2006. The management of research, La revue du GREF, 12, 29-34.
2004
Bonn, D., et Coussot, P. 2004. Jammed fluids. La Recherche, 380, 50-53.
2000
Coussot, P., 2000. Geysers. Pour la Science. 278, 152-153.
2000
Coussot, P., Van Damme, H, and Ancey, C., 2000. Flowing solids. Pour la Science, 273, 34-40.
1997
Coussot, P. 1997. Mudflows. Pour la Science, 240, 62-67.
1993
Coussot, P., and Piau, J.M. 1993. The physics of mud. La Recherche, 258, 1084-1091.