Antonio Gens#
| Membership Number: | 7550 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | ENGINEERING |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Gens |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-7588-7054 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonio-gens-79985743/ |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gm6ohW8AAAAJ&hl=en |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2024 - present Senior Distinguished Researcher, International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), Barcelona, Spain
- 2021 - present Emeritus Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- 1988 - 2021 Full Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- 2022 - present, President of the Spanish Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (SEMSIG)
- 2013 - 2017 Vice President Europe, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE)
- 1999 - 2006 Head of the Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
- 2002 - 2006 Member of the Governing Council of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya,
- 1983 - 1988 Associate Professor, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- 1978 - 1982 Research Assistant, Imperial College, London
- 1976 - 1978 Doctoral Student, Imperial College, London
Fields of Scholarship
- Multi-scale modelling of porous materials
- Unsaturated soils
- Geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering
- Soil and rock mechanics
- Geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste
- Continuous and discontinuous numerical methods
- Numerical analysis of coupled thermo/hydraulic/mechanical (THM) processes in geomaterials
Honours and Awards
- 2024 Overseas Prize. Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
- 2022 10th Terzaghi Orator, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- 2022 Honour Member of the Spanish Society of Rock Mechanics
- 2019 Laureate Engineer, Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain
- 2019 Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest
- 2017 Kevin Nash Gold Medal, International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- 2015 Narcís Monturiol Medal, Government of Catalonia
- 2015 Mont Terri project Award, Mont Terri Consortium, Switzerland
- 2014 Honour Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers of Spain
- 2014 Doctor Honoris Causa, Université de Grenoble - Joseph Fourier
- 2012 and 2008 George Stephenson Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
- 2011 Fellow of the UK Royal Academy of Engineering
- 2011 Outstanding Contribution Award, International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechnics (IACMAG)
- 2007 47th Rankine Lecturer, British Geotechnical Association
- 2007 and 1994. Telford Gold Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers, UK
- 2007 Ildefonso Cerdá Medal, Institution of Civil Engineers of Catalonia
- 1991 NATO Fellowship for a stay at M.I.T.
- 1977 - 1978 Scholarship for studies in the United Kingdom. Fundación Juan March
- 1972 - 1973 “C.H. Roberts Bequest” Scholarship. Institution of Civil Engineers (U.K.) and British Council
- 1972 UPM Rafael Escalona Award
