Jean-Lou Chameau
{{Short description|French academic administrator}}
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| title = President of the KAUST
| order = 2nd
| term_start = 2013
| term_end = 2017
| predecessor = Shih Choon Fong
| successor = Nadhmi Al-Nasr (interim)
Tony F. Chan
| title2 = President of the California Institute of Technology{{Cite web |url=http://www.caltech.edu/content/history-milestones |title=History & Milestones | Caltech |access-date=2016-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916173705/http://www.caltech.edu/content/history-milestones |archive-date=2018-09-16 |url-status=dead }}
| order2 = 7th
| term_start2 = 2006
| term_end2 = 2013
| predecessor2 = David Baltimore
| successor2 = Thomas Rosenbaum
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}}
| birth_place = France
| nationality = French
| alma_mater = Arts et Métiers ParisTech
Stanford University
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| fields = Civil engineering
| workplaces = Purdue University
Georgia Institute of Technology
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| thesis_title = Probabilistic and hazard analysis for pore pressure increase in soils due to seismic loading
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| thesis_year = 1981
| doctoral_advisor = G. Wayne Clough
| academic_advisors =
| doctoral_students = J. Carlos Santamarina
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Jean-Lou Chameau (born 1953) is a French civil engineer who served as the president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) from 2013 to 2017, and California Institute of Technology from 2006 to 2013. In addition, he previously served as a Dean of Engineering and provost of the Georgia Institute of Technology.{{cite web|url=http://president.caltech.edu/|title=Dr. Jean-Lou Chameau, President|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=January 22, 2011}}
Early life and education
Chameau was born in France in 1953. He received his secondary, undergraduate, and graduate education in France where he attended the École nationale supérieure des arts et métiers (aka. Arts et Métiers ParisTech). He later went to the United States to obtain his Ph.D in civil engineering from Stanford University in 1981 while working under the direction of G. Wayne Clough.{{cite thesis |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/303205979/ |title=Probabilistic and hazard analysis for pore pressure increase in soils due to seismic loading |date=1981 |publisher=Stanford University |type=Ph.D. |last=Chameau |first=Jean-lou Aristide |id={{ProQuest|303205979}} |url-access=subscription |oclc=8030695}}
Career
In 1980, Chameau 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. He then became Dean of Engineering [https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2007/02/08/heaven-earth/] before progressing to Provost at Georgia Tech.
Chameau became president of Caltech on 1 September 2006, succeeding David Baltimore who served nearly nine years in the post. On February 16, 2013, Chameau was appointed the president of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, succeeding the founding president, Shih Choon Fong. Chameau retired as the president of KAUST in August 2017.{{cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/features/jean-lou-chameau-the-leader-with-the-midas-touch |title=Jean-Lou Chameau: the leader with the Midas touch |newspaper=Times Higher Education |date=1 June 2017 |author=Ellie Bothwell}}
In 2010, he was awarded membership in the Legion of Honour in the grade of Chevalier.{{cite web|url=http://www.eas.caltech.edu/news/171|title=Professor Elachi is Awarded the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=May 10, 2013|archive-date=July 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708224741/http://eas.caltech.edu/news/171|url-status=dead}}
Personal life
Chameau is married to Carol Carmichael, former director of the Institute for Sustainable Technology and Development, now known as the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems at Georgia Tech.
References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140303133111/http://www.kaust.edu.sa/about/admin/president/presidentoffice.html?submenuheader=0#bio-chameau KAUST biography]
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Category:French civil engineers
Category:American civil engineers
Category:Arts et Métiers ParisTech alumni
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Presidents of the California Institute of Technology