Corps of Bridges, Waters and Forests
The Corps des ponts, des eaux et des forêts (in english "Corps of Bridges, Waters and Forests") is a technical Grand Corps of the French State (grand corps de l'Etat). Its members are mainly employed by the French Ministry of Environment and Energy and by the Ministry of Agriculture. Most of them are from École polytechnique, where they are selected based on their ranking, and from École normale supérieure (Ulm) or the regular curriculum of the École des ponts ParisTech.
People entering the Corps (around 60 each year) are either trained at École des ponts ParisTech and AgroparisTech or abroad in specific fields, in particular when they are willing to pursue a PhD.
In 2002, the Corps des ponts et chaussées, and the different corps formed by the civil aviation engineers, the geography engineers and the meteorological engineers merged.
In 2009, the Corps des ponts et chaussées (in english "Corps of Bridges and Roads") and the Corps du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts (in english "Corps of Rural Engineering, Waters and Forests") merged into the current Corps des ponts, des eaux et des forêts.
Important former or current members
- Paul-Louis Arslanian
- Henri Becquerel
- Michel Bernard
- Christian Beullac
- Fulgence Bienvenüe
- Jean-Baptiste Biot
- Augustin Louis Cauchy
- Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis
- Henry Darcy
- Jules Dupuit
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel
- Freycinet
- Louis Joseph Gay-Lussac
- Pierre Simon Girard
- Philippe Lebon
- Étienne Louis Malus
- Pierre Méchain
- Gérard Mestrallet
- Charles Joseph Minard
- Claude-Louis Navier
- Jean Peyrelevade
- Gaspard de Prony
- Marie François Sadi Carnot (former president of the French Republic)
- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre
- André Thiébault
- Louis Vicat
- Jacques Villiers
- Jean Tirole ([1])
References
External links
- Official site of the Corps (French)