Sandrine Juster-Lermitte
Civil Engineer

Profile
48 years old
Seniority : 4 years, associate
English
- General design principles
- Design according to current and former French regulation
- Design according to Eurocode and International Building Code
- Dynamic analysis
- Non linear analysis
- Finite element models
- Nuclear civil engineering
- Soil structure interaction
- Fluid structure interaction
ESTP Women Trophy – Prize «Expert Woman » 2019
Member of the standardisation French committees – Eurocode 2 (concrete) and 8 (seismic)
Member of the AFPS council (Earthquake engineering French association)
President of the AFPS Technical comity (2007- 2011)
Lecturer on structural mechanics and earthquake engineering at ESTP Paris
Teaching manager of “Structure” specialization at ESTP
Education
Ph.D. Civil & Earthquake – University of Los Angeles (UCLA)
Majors : civil & earthquake engineering
Minor : geotechnical & mechanical engineering
M.Sc Civil & Earthquake engineering – Los Angeles (UCLA)
Engineering Degree – Civil Engineering Graduate School – ESTP Paris
Non degree program « Leadership & Developing an innovation strategy » – HEC Paris
Professional background
ARCADIS
Technical civil & earthquake Director
In charge of the “complex calculations and model” team
CEA – Saclay
Research engineer in structural / earthquake engineering
Co-project manager of an experimental (shaking table) and analytical studies of a 3 stories nuclear buildings subjected to seismic loadings
Organization of two analytical benchmarks
EIFFAGE – Clichy
Project manager – work execution studies
SETEC – Paris
Project engineer – structural engineer
ARCADIS Bouw & Vastgoed – La Haye (Netherland)
Design engineer
1998-2011 – University of California (UCLA) Research Assistant
University of Los Angeles – California (UCLA)
Teatching and research assistant
Key areas of expertise
Building and civil engineering
- Structural behaviour:
- Housing and offices
- Malls
- Industrial buildings and facilities Classified for Environmental Protection (ICPE)
- Museum
- Bridges – Major infrastructure
- Nuclear facilities
- Part of the French standardization committee (Eurocode 2 – concrete and Eurocode 8 – seismic)
Expertise
- General design principles
- Design according to current and former French regulation
- Design according to Eurocode and International Building Code
- Dynamic analysis
- Non linear analysis
- Finite element models
- Nuclear civil engineering
- Soil structure interaction
- Fluid structure interaction
Publications
- Earthquake-resistant construction rules — Design of anchorages in earthquake zones – FD P 06-029 – Dec 2017
- AFPS 2020 – Recommandations regarding seicmic design in 2020 – Working group in progress – To be published by 2021
- Recommandation to develop Finite Elements model – AFGC – Working group in progress – To be published by 2019
- Simplified design rules for small housing buildings – AFPS
- Design of piles under seismic loadings – AFPS – CT 38
- Recommandation for the seismic design of non-structural elements – AFPS
- FD P 06-031 : Eurocode 8 – Design of structures for earthquake resistance – Application of standards NF EN 1998-1 and NF EN 1998-1/NA
- How to quantify the impact of construction work on existing building under seismic loadings CT 35 – AFPS
- Design of non structural element under seismic loadings- CT36 – AFPS
- Seismic detailing for concrete, steel, wooden and masonry structures according to Eurocode 8 – Presse des Ponts 2011
- Earthquake mission reports for the AFPS : Tohoku, Japan (2011) – Aquila, Italy (2009) and Kashiwasaki, Japan (2007)
- 101 words of engineering for all – Collectif Archibooks