User:Armatone/sandbox

Jean-François Klein

Jean-François Kein, PhD (born 8 March 1961, Colmar, Alsace, France) is a structural engineer and bridge specialist.

Career Jean-François Klein holds a civil engineering diploma from the prestigious École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne (Switzerland) in 1985 and gained his Engineering Doctorate from the same technical school in 1990 with the thesis “Cable Stayed Bridges with thin deck: behaviour and stability”.

Between 1987 and 1993, he was the first assistant of the renowned lecturer and structural engineer René Walther in the École Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne. He also worked in his engineering office based in Basel during the same period.

In 1993, he joins the engineering office T-engineering SA (formerly known as Tremblet SA) in Geneva, Switzerland. From 1995, he is elected as one of the partners of the company.

In 2012, T-engineering SA is awarded the design of the Yavuz Sultan Selim bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, after Jean-François Klein and Michel Virlogeux concept. Jean-François is very active in several professional bodies. He’s a member of the IABSE, AFGC, SIA and GPC. He is the chairman of the Bridges task group of the Fib.

Distinctions 2013: Fib - medal of honour 2010: European Award of Steel Structures for the Ravine Fontaine bridge, Reunion island 2010: fib special mention for outstanding structures for the replacement of the Geneva airport runway. 1996: AFPC award