Dr. Clotaire Michel
Dr. Clotaire Michel
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Research area Technology Assessment and Resilience Engineering
Technoparkstrasse 2
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Lecturer Risk assessment and risk management
- Deputy programme director MAS/DAS/CAS Integrated Risk Management (IRM)
Teaching
- Module manager and Lecturer Risk Management RM (Bachelor)
- Coordinator MSE (Master) module CM QRM (Quality and Risk Management)
- Coordinator CAS "Risk assessment" (CAS RAA)
- Lecturer in module Technology Assessment in Master Circular Economy Management (MSc CEM)
Experience
- Lecturer Risk assessment and risk management
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
05 / 2021 - today - Project manager, Section Leader Hazard and Risk analysis, BCM
Risk&Safety AG
06 / 2017 - today - Senior researcher
Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich
12 / 2009 - 11 / 2018 - Researcher
Civil engineering Institute, EPFL, Lausanne
03 / 2008 - 11 / 2009 - Research Engineer
Université Grenoble-Alpes
10 / 2007 - 02 / 2008 - PhD candidate
Université Grenoble-Alpes
10 / 2004 - 09 / 2007
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / Earth Sciences
Université Grenoble Alpes
09 / 2004 - 10 / 2007 - Ingénieur Civil des Mines / Engineering geology
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy
09 / 2001 - 09 / 2004 - Master / Earth Sciences
Université Grenoble Alpes
09 / 2003 - 06 / 2004
Continuing Education
- Explosion Protection Officer CFPA-E
CFPA Europe
11 / 2023 - CAS Earthquake Engineering
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)
12 / 2018 - Habilitation à diriger les recherches, Earth sciences
Université Grenoble Alpes
01 / 2017
Network
Membership of networks
- Verein Risiko und Sicherheit
- Netzwerk Risikomanagement
- Institut pour la maîtrise des risques ImdR
- Association Française du génie ParaSismique (AFPS)
- Schweizer Gesellschaft für Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik SGEB
ORCID digital identifier
Social media
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Hobiger, M. et al. (2021) 'Site characterization of Swiss strong-motion stations : the benefit of advanced processing algorithms', Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(4), pp. 1713–1739. doi: 10.1785/0120200316.
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Michel, C. et al. (2025) 'Beurteilung des Erdbebenrisikos in der Störfallvorsorge', in 19. D-A-CH-Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik, Wien, Österreich, 18.-19. September 2025. Winterthur: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-35096.
Other publications
- Bürge, M., Kölz, E. and Michel, C. (2025) 'Geländer erhöhen – sinnvoll oder übertrieben?', save – Das Magazin für Sicherheit, 2025(2), pp. 41–43. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33285.
- Tobler, K., Brown, S. and Michel, C. (2024) 'Klimarisiken analysieren: mehr als eine Pflicht : Berichterstattung über Klimabelange', Management und Qualität, 9-10(2024), pp. 41–43. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31504.
- Camenisch, U. and Michel, C. (2024) 'Resilienz von Feuerwehren verbessern', Management und Qualität, 2024(5-6), pp. 41–43. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-30910.
- Bürge, M. and Michel, C. (2024) 'Wiederkehrende Kontrollen technischer Brandschutzeinrichtungen in Europa', FeuerTrutz Magazin, 2024(2), pp. 16–20.
- Bergamo, P. et al. (2022) 'Geophysical surveys for the characterization of the seismic local response at instrumented sites : a case study from a station of the Swiss strong motion network', in Arion, C., Scupin, A., and Ţigănescu, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (3ECEES). Editura Conspress, pp. 4765–4774. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-26918.