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Prof. Robert Medjo eko
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Professional Information
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PhD or Equivalent
- PhD - Université Laval : 15/09/1995 - 31/12/1999
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MSc or Equivalent
- Master of Science - 42 US : 06/08/1991 - 11/01/1994
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Co author of the Best paper of Geology International Conference on Geosciences and Remote Sensing (GeoRS 2022), 2022
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Patent for a flat Tile which draws hexagons when laid on the roof Organization of African Intellectual Propriety (OAPI), 2013
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Ecole Internationale des Ponts et Chaussées (International Engineering School of Bridges and Pavements), Abidjan, Ivory Coast : ( 24/10/2022 - Present )
- Director for Academic Affairs
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Oct. 2022 – today Director for Academic Affairs
Ecole Internationale des Ponts et Chaussées d’Abidjan
Ivory Coast
• Course taught
CALOUV2: Foundations (undergraduate course)
• Additional academic duties
- Initiated letters for publicizing the Master of Geotechnical Engineering in Ivory Coast
- Designed the whole course catalog of the Master of Geotechnical Engineering
- Set up recommendations for students to efficiently write the internship reports
- Set rules for evaluating the students behaviors while carrying out internships in the field
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the University of Yaounde II : ( 12/06/2017 - 21/04/2020 )
- Technical Advisor to the Rector
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- President of the Infrastructure and Logistics Commission during the Academic and Orientation Days on September 2017
- Vice-President of the Infrastructure and Logistics Commission at the 18e Concours d’Agrégation en Sciences Sociales (06-15 November 2017). As such, I took on the role of Head of service for managing the related contracts and monitoring the execution of rehabilitation of the buildings chosen to host the competition. The buildings rehabilitation included repainting them inside and outside, replacing the floor tiles in some rooms, refurbishing the toilets, laying out new carpets in a few rooms, providing booster tanks for a sustainable water supply to the buildings, lighting up the courtyards of the competititon site. Equipment of the rehabilitated buildings included the provision of furniture and computers in the offices and secretariats of senior officials of the competition Organizing Committee, the provision and installation of curtains and air conditioning equipment in some offices, the establishment of a temporary infirmary on site.
Services cost : US $ 500,000
Funding : Government of Cameroon
- Head, Steering Committee in charge of upgrading the new University Library project. Under my leadership, blue print of the building was improved, an error in the design of building foundation was discovered and its underpinning was proposed. The non-payment of the Project Manager services was also resolved and building construction was relaunched after a 06-year halt. After the project was redesigned and both technical and cost estimates errors detected and corrected, the construction cost increased from US $ 8,000,000 to US $ 17,000,000.
Funding: Cameroon Public Investment Budget.
- Defined the Terms of Reference for a study aimed at providing solutions to solve the water deficit in the campus of Soa.
- Coordinated studies on the Strategic Development Plan of the university. On this matter, elaborated the Decision setting up the Steering Committee, monitored the brainstorming sessions, issued remarks on the form and content of the 3 documents which constitute the Final Report of the Strategic Development Plan.
- Contributed to the Grand National Dialogue (Sept. 30 – Oct. 04, 2019).
- Management of a group of 04 people including a driver and a secretary.
- Represent the Rector at the Internal Commission of Public procurement
- Represent the Rector at acceptance commissions set up for infrastructures and diverse equipment delivered to the university through public procurement
- Oversaw studies related to the arrangement of Entrance of Soa Campus
Envisioned project cost: US $ 240,000.
Funding: Public Investment Budget
- Member of the Managing Board of the University of Yaoundé II
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the University of Yaounde I : ( 02/05/2017 - 28/06/2019 )
- Professor of Geotechnical Engineering
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• Courses taught
- IGT 4055 : Soil Physics and Mechanics (graduate course)
- IGT 4026 : Soil stability analysis and Natural Hazards (graduate course)
- IGT 5017 : Road engineering (graduate course)
- IGT 5077 : Earthen building materials (graduate course)
- IGT 5017 : Retaining walls (graduate course)
- IGT 5077 : Foundations and Soil exploration (graduate course)
- IGT 5057 : Modelling of soil mechanical behavior (graduate course)
- IGT 5048 : Internship
• Additional academic duties
- Carried out and supervised the training programme of the Master of Geotechnical Engineering
- Advised students during their field work carried out to complete their Master of Geotechnical Engineering training programme
- Advised students carrying out research activities towards Master’s or PhD theses
- Chaired juries during the defence of Master’s or PhD theses
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the University of Yaounde I : ( 06/08/2012 - 18/06/2014 )
- Director of Infrastructures, Planning and Development
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- Participated in the drawing up of a three year budget (2012-2015) of the University
- Supervised the hydrogeological and geophysical investigations carried out to locate the aquifer on campuses of Ngoa Ekelle, Ecole Normale Supérieure and Nkolbisson
- Supervised the rehabilitation of the well of old university residence
- Supervised the rehabilitation of the Rectorate Salle des Actes
- Supervised the renovation of Rectorate and DAAF offices, togehther with that of the 1st 700-seat amphitheater on Ngoa Ekelle campus
- Maintained the road network and landscape of Ngoa Ekellé campus in good shape
- Supervised the end of construction of the 2nd 700-seat amphitheater on Ngoa Ekelle campus
- Supervised the end of construction of the New pedagogic building of 1,300-seat assigned to the Faculty of Arts, Letters and Human sciences
- Supervised the end of construction of the new library of Faculty of Medecine and Biomedical sciences
- Supervised the construction of a set of 12 laboratories of Faculty of Medecine and Biomedical sciences
- Followed up the internet connexion of several buildings of Faculty of Medecine and Biomedical sciences
- Followed up the construction of the 2nd pedagogic building assigned to continuing education at Faculty of Medecine and Biomedical sciences
- Supervised the completion of the road network around Faculty of Medecine and Biomedical sciences
- Followed up the execution of a contract related to the delivery of 02 buses to Faculty of Medecine and Biomedical sciences
- Followed up the execution of a contract related to the delivery of 01 bus to Faculty of Arts, Letters, and Human sciences
- Followed up the execution of a contract related to the delivery of 01 bus to Faculty of Science
- Followed up the construction of the health Center for Melen neighborhood ; the project was initiated by the Ministry of Public Health and is located in Ngoa Ekelle campus next to the new university residence
- Re-operated the lights across the university road network of Ngoa Ekelle campus
- Followed up the completion of the electric bus project aimed to carry students on Ngoa Ekelle campus
- Represented the Rector at acceptance commissions of several public procurements (new and rehabilitation works of buildings, delivery of vehicles)
- Management of 23 collaborators
- Member of the Managing Board of the University of Yaounde I
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Cocoa Development Authority (SODECAO) : ( 14/03/1983 - 19/09/1989 )
- Chief of Service for Road New Works and Maintenance
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- Managed 425 people divided into 5 road/construction brigades, 1 road maintenance brigade, 2 bridge construction brigades,
- Supervised and controled the execution of earthworks,
- Monitored the use of appropriate geomaterials during the construction of earth roads,
- Monitored the construction of embankments with particular attention to the stability and drainiage of the structures,
- Supervised the quality control of the work carried out by the various road brigades,
Usually made unannounced visits to construction sites to find out about illegal personnel who were learning how to drive the machinery with the company equipment during the road works
- Systematically held meetings with traditional leaders and administrative officials of a locality prior to the arrival of the team assigned to maintain or rehabilitate the road in the constituency ; the purpose of the meetings was to prepare the recipient population to make a contribution to the planned road construction (mainly provision of free accomodation to the members of road brigade)
- Frequentlly resolved conflicts between SODECAO employees and beneficiaries of road works
- Evaluated damages suffered by residents along roads under construction as a result of constructon accidents ; these evaluations resulted in reports for compensation to the victims by the company
- Frequently interacted with Experts from the World Bank BanK assigned to evaluate the projects implemented by SODECAO.
• Assessment of the job carried out at SODECAO
- Supervised the construction of over 2,000 km earth roads and 28 bridges
- Supervised the maintenance of 800 km earth roads per year during 3 year period
- Average monthly covered distance for supervising the road works : 5,000 km
- Annual operating budget of the service : US $ 1,600,000
- Cost of heavy-duty machinery used for performing the works : over US $ 4,000,000
- Funding: World Bank, African Development Bank, Cameroon Government.
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A case study on the stability analysis and rockfall assessment on a massif at risk, Mbankolo, Cameroon
Journal Article published 2022 Sep in Arabian Journal of Geosciences volume 15 issue 18
Authors: Roger Bissaya, Robert Eko Medjo, Bernard Njom, Richard Tanwi Ghogomu
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10788-x -
Design and parametric study of a pavement foundation layer made of cement-treated fine-grained lateritic soil
Journal Article published 2018 Jun in Soils and Foundations volume 58 issue 3 on pages 666 to 677
Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2018.02.025 -
Evaluation of the Compressibility and Compressive Strength of a Compacted Cement Treated Laterite Soil for Road Application
Journal Article published 2018 May 23 in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering volume 36 issue 6 on pages 3831 to 3856
Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10706-018-0576-x -
Mechanical Improvement of a Fine-Grained Lateritic Soil Treated with Cement for Use in Road Construction
Journal Article published 2017 Nov in Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering volume 29 issue 11
Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0002059 -
Physicochemical and consolidation properties of compacted lateritic soil treated with cement
Journal Article published 2017 Feb in Soils and Foundations volume 57 issue 1 on pages 60 to 79
Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2017.01.005
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A case study on the stability analysis and rockfall assessment on a massif at risk, Mbankolo, Cameroon
Journal Article published 2022 Sep in Arabian Journal of Geosciences volume 15 issue 18 Authors: Roger Bissaya, Robert Eko Medjo, Bernard Njom, Richard Tanwi Ghogomu http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-10788-x |
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Design and parametric study of a pavement foundation layer made of cement-treated fine-grained lateritic soil
Journal Article published 2018 Jun in Soils and Foundations volume 58 issue 3 on pages 666 to 677 Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2018.02.025 |
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Evaluation of the Compressibility and Compressive Strength of a Compacted Cement Treated Laterite Soil for Road Application
Journal Article published 2018 May 23 in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering volume 36 issue 6 on pages 3831 to 3856 Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10706-018-0576-x |
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Mechanical Improvement of a Fine-Grained Lateritic Soil Treated with Cement for Use in Road Construction
Journal Article published 2017 Nov in Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering volume 29 issue 11 Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0002059 |
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Physicochemical and consolidation properties of compacted lateritic soil treated with cement
Journal Article published 2017 Feb in Soils and Foundations volume 57 issue 1 on pages 60 to 79 Authors: Emmanuel Mengue, Hussein Mroueh, Laurent Lancelot, Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sandf.2017.01.005 |
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Geotechnical Assessment of Potential Mass Movement Occurrence in a Zone at Risk Around Yaoundé-Cameroon
Book Chapter published 2017 in Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides on pages 455 to 463 Authors: Williams Mukenga, Hans-Balder Havenith, Robert Medjo Eko, Roger Bissaya http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53498-5_52 |
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Fatigue life prediction of an asphalt pavement subjected to multiple axle loadings with viscoelastic FEM
Journal Article published 2013 Jun in Construction and Building Materials volume 43 on pages 443 to 452 Authors: Zoa Ambassa, Fatima Allou, Christophe Petit, Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2013.02.017 |
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Potential of salvaged steel fibers for reinforcement of unfired earth blocks
Journal Article published 2012 Oct in Construction and Building Materials volume 35 on pages 340 to 346 Authors: Robert Medjo Eko, Engelbert Dieudonné Offa, Thierry Yatchoupou Ngatcha, Lezin Seba Minsili http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.11.050 |
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Top-Down and Bottom-Up Fatigue Cracking of Bituminous Pavements Subjected to Tangential Moving Loads
Book Chapter published 2012 in 7th RILEM International Conference on Cracking in Pavements on pages 675 to 685 Authors: Zoa Ambassa, Fatima Allou, Christophe Petit, Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4566-7_66 |
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Use of triaxial stress state framework to evaluate the mechanical behaviour of an agricultural clay soil
Journal Article published 2005 Mar in Soil and Tillage Research volume 81 issue 1 on pages 71 to 85 Authors: Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2004.05.005 |
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Validation of an extended critical state model using the mechanical behaviour of an agricultural soil
Journal Article published 2002 Oct in Soil and Tillage Research volume 68 issue 1 on pages 1 to 16 Authors: Robert Medjo Eko http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-1987(02)00079-x |
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