Gens began his career as a civil engineer at RODIO from 1974 to 1976. At Imperial College London,he held the position of research assistant between 1978 and 1982. Then he joined Technical University of Catalonia as an associate professor and became a full professor in 1988. Between 2013 and 2017,he was a vice-president for Europe at the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.[2] Since 2022,he has been the president of the Spanish Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.[3]
Research
Gens' research work has incorporated field back-analysis/measurements,numerical/constitutive modelling,soil freezing,stability of slopes,disposal of nuclear waste,and tailing reservoirs.[1] Together with Alonso and Josa,he developed a model that assessed volume change as an outcome of net-mean stress and suction.[4] He and Alonso further presented a model for characterizing the mechanical behavior of unsaturated expansive clays that incorporates two structural levels:the microstructural level,wherein the clay minerals' basic swelling occurs,and the macrostructural level,which is responsible for the organization of aggregated clay clusters.[5]
Awards and honors
2006 –Rock Mechanics Case History Award,American Rock Mechanics Association[6]
Gens, A.; Alonso, E. E. (1992). "A framework for the behaviour of unsaturated expansive clays". Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 29 (6): 1013–1032. Bibcode:1992CaGJ...29.1013G. doi:10.1139/t92-120.
Olivella, S.; Gens, A.; Carrera, J.; Alonso, E. E. (1996). "Numerical formulation for a simulator (CODE_BRIGHT) for the coupled analysis of saline media". Engineering Computations. 13 (7): 87–112. doi:10.1108/02644409610151575. hdl:2117/2210.
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