Jean-Lou Chameau
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Jean-Lou Chameau is a civil engineer
and the current president of the California Institute of Technology
. Previously he served as a provost
of the Georgia Institute of Technology
.
Chameau received his secondary
, undergraduate
, and graduate education in France where he attended the Arts et Métiers PARISTECH (ex ENSAM)
. He then obtained his Ph.D
in civil engineering from Stanford University
. In 1980 he joined Purdue University
, where he became full professor in civil engineering and head of the geotechnical engineering
program. In 1991, he was nominated director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Chameau became president of Caltech on 1 September 2006, succeeding David Baltimore
who served nearly nine years in the post.
Chameau is married to Carol Carmichael, former director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems at Georgia Tech.
In 2010, he received the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
award.
Civil engineer
A civil engineer is a person who practices civil engineering; the application of planning, designing, constructing, maintaining, and operating infrastructures while protecting the public and environmental health, as well as improving existing infrastructures that have been neglected.Originally, a...
and the current president of the California Institute of Technology
California Institute of Technology
The California Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Pasadena, California, United States. Caltech has six academic divisions with strong emphases on science and engineering...
. Previously he served as a provost
Provost (education)
A provost is the senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States, Canada and Australia, the equivalent of a pro-vice-chancellor at some institutions in the United Kingdom and Ireland....
of the Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
.
Chameau received his secondary
Secondary education
Secondary education is the stage of education following primary education. Secondary education includes the final stage of compulsory education and in many countries it is entirely compulsory. The next stage of education is usually college or university...
, undergraduate
Undergraduate education
Undergraduate education is an education level taken prior to gaining a first degree . Hence, in many subjects in many educational systems, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a bachelor's degree, such as in the United States, where a university entry level is...
, and graduate education in France where he attended the Arts et Métiers PARISTECH (ex ENSAM)
École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers
Arts et Métiers ParisTech is the French leading engineering school in the fields of mechanics and industrialization.The school trained 85,000 engineers since its foundation in 1780 by the Duke of La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt....
. He then obtained his Ph.D
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
in civil engineering from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. In 1980 he joined Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
, where he became full professor in civil engineering and head of the geotechnical engineering
Geotechnical engineering
Geotechnical engineering is the branch of civil engineering concerned with the engineering behavior of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering is important in civil engineering, but is also used by military, mining, petroleum, or any other engineering concerned with construction on or in the ground...
program. In 1991, he was nominated director of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech.
Chameau became president of Caltech on 1 September 2006, succeeding David Baltimore
David Baltimore
David Baltimore is an American biologist, university administrator, and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine. He served as president of the California Institute of Technology from 1997 to 2006, and is currently the Robert A. Millikan Professor of Biology at Caltech...
who served nearly nine years in the post.
Chameau is married to Carol Carmichael, former director of the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems at Georgia Tech.
In 2010, he received the Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
Légion d'honneur
The Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
award.