Professor Mounir Bouassida is a professor of civil engineering at the National Engineering School of Tunis (University of Tunis El Manar). He is the director of the Geotechnical Engineering and Geo-Risk Research Laboratory. His research focuses on soil improvement techniques and the behavior of soft clays. Dr. Bouassida received the Prakash Prize for Excellence in Geotechnical Practice in 2006. He launched Simpro in 2008.
Professor Bouassida served as the Vice President for Africa of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) from 2005 to 2009. He is currently an appointed member of the ISSMGE (2017-2021) and is responsible for the virtual university program. In 2019, he was appointed a member of the International “Press-In” Association.
The SIMPRO team has focused on innovation to enhance its technical expertise with greater professionalism. SIMPRO has developed the Columns and GSVDrain software to optimize soil improvement solutions using columns and vertical drains. Currently, to better analyze soil-structure interaction problems, software is under development.
Aware of the challenges faced by their clients, the Simpro team is committed to carrying out services with rigor while relying on the extensive experience of companies that is very useful when optimizing projects.
In the services provided, whether control and monitoring missions, or design and project studies, it is the autonomy and good initiative that best characterize the spirit that drives the Simpro team.