Regular biography
Brice Lecampion is an Associate Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the CE department. He leads the Geo-Energy Lab - Gaznat Chair on Geo-energy at EPFL. His research focuses on the interplay between localized discontinuities in the Earth's upper crust and fluid flow in geomaterials, with applications in environmental, civil engineering, seismology, and tectonophysics. His work bridges continuum mechanics and geophysics, addressing challenges related to energy transition, such as geothermal energy and CO2 storage. He has previously worked at Schlumberger and holds a PhD in mechanics from Ecole Polytechnique, France.
Scholar-generated biography
Brice Lecampion is an Associate Professor at the Geo-Energy Lab, EPFL, specializing in solid and fluid mechanics, hydraulic fracturing, poromechanics, geomechanics, and fracture mechanics. His research focuses on numerical methods for hydraulic fracture propagation, discrete element modeling of tool-rock interaction, and the simulation of hydraulic fractures in complex geological settings. He has developed tools like PyFrac for 3D hydraulic fracture simulation and investigated the impact of near-tip logic on fracture simulators. His work also addresses the competition between transverse and axial fractures in horizontal wells and the role of anisotropy in fracture propagation.