We learn with sadness of the passing of Dr. Elie ABSI, honorary member of the CFMS.
Technical Director of the CEBTP, his work on the theory of plasticity and limit equilibrium led him to write with J. Kerisel the latest edition of the active and passive earth pressure tables, an essential document for geotechnicians.
Elie Absi has worked hard for the creation and development of national construction laboratories in French-speaking African countries; he was at the origin of the group for the advancement of digital engineering techniques, and of the international union of French-speaking engineers and scientists.
Élie Absi has taught at the École Centrale de Paris, the École d'Architecture des Beaux-Arts and the Centre des Hautes Études de la Construction. He has supervised some forty doctoral theses.
