Emmanuel HUMBERT is a graduate of the French National School for State Civil Works with a master in civil engineering. He has been working in
tunnelling for almost fifteen years at CETU (Centre for Tunnel Studies) which is French government technical centre for tunnel studies and research. He has gained considerable experience in road and railway tunnel construction from the numerous tunnelling projects in which he has acted as project engineer or project manager. He has developed extensive professional skills in tunnelling design, geotechnical engineering and project and risk management. He also lectures on the topic of tunnelling and tunnel boring machines in French universities within the scope of postgraduate
degrees. Emmanuel is the French representative of ITA Working Group 2, focused on research