Jean Michel Torrenti is a reseracher at the Université Gustave Eiffel, professor at Ecole des ponts and Director of Research at ESITC-Paris. Within the fib, he has been active for 17 years, reaching the position of Presidium member and Chairman of Commission 4 Concrete & Concrete Technology.

Jean Michel has held various positions at French engineering schools and research centres. This has allowed him carry out a wide range of activities in research, research management, consultancy, standardization and teaching.

Jean Michel’s work spans a large number of topics with his main focus being on the mechanical behavior and durability of concrete structures and especially time-dependent phenomena like creep and shrinkage.

In recent years, he has been actively involved in the preparation of the fib Model Code 2020 and the new Eurocode 2.

Jean Michel has also received awards such as the researcher prize awarded by the Fédération Nationale des Travaux Publics in 2005 and the award for his career during the ICCM2024 conference.

In this podcast, we talk about the fib, its functioning and the role of young members in it, as well as the evolution of the way research is done over the years, reconciliation of research and managerial duties, as well as technical topics such as creep and shrinkage.

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This episode was recorded on the 11th of July, 2024.

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