PhD ongoing projects

CEMEF has about fifty PhD projects in progress each year. Doctoral students are integrated into the research teams and enrolled in one of the two doctoral specialities on offer: Computational Mechanics and Materials (MNM) or Computational Mathematics, High Performance Computing, and Data (MathNum).

Here is a synthetic presentation of the theses currently in progress at CEMEF. The lists are displayed by research team and promotion.

CFL team: Computing & Fluids

Ricardo ELKHOURI : Biopolymer drag reduction in turbulent flow. Class of 2023
Paul GARNIER : Personalized Aneurysm Treatment using Large Physics Informed Models. Class of 2023
Nicolas HERTEL : Modelling of viscoelastic dewetting flows. Class of 2023
Vincent LANNELONGUE : Computational mechanics and deep learning for intracranial aneurysm rupture risk stratification. Class of 2023
Ugo PELISSIER : Coupling artificial intelligence and digital mechanics for the treatment of intracranial aneurysms. Class of 2023
Eliane YOUNES : Artificial Intelligence and digital twins in metallurgy - Front-tracking modeling of evolving interface networks. Class of 2023 + MSR team
Léa CAILLY-BRANDSTÄTER : Instabilities and texturing under flow of thin layers of non-Newtonian fluids. Class of 2022
Clément GAULTIER : Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Multiphase Flow Dynamicswith wetting and capillarity effectsin coating applications. Class of 2022
Théodore MICHEL : Digital Twin of a photovoltaic power plant. Class of 202
Abdelilah RBAH : Fluid-Structure interaction of intracranial aneurysm: modeling, simulation and risk evaluation. Class of 2022
Maxime RENAULT : Numerical simulation of the aorta by finite element method and application of optimization methods for the improvement of a ventricular assist device. Class of 2022
Wael BADER : Resolution strategies for computational mechanics using randomized linear algebra with controlled precision. Class of 2021
Jennifer EL ZAHABI : Advanced numerical modeling and simulation of the Lost Foam process. Class of 2021
Aurèle GOETZ : Development of a solid solver for complex behaviors. Class of 2021+ CSM team
Kindness-Chiwendu ISUKWEM : Impact of non-Newtonian drops on liquids. Class of 2021
Pablo JEKEN RICO : Remeshing of complex geometries by GPU. Class of 2021
Alan TABORE : Modeling of residual stresses in an ophthalmic lens. Class of 2021 + MPI team
Sujie YU : Experimental studies of the formation of gels and aerogels (dry gels) based on natural polymers (cellulose and its derivatives such as methyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl cellulose). Class of 2021 + BIO team
Thibaut DEVOS : Numerical development in C++ and finite elements of a two-phase aerothermal solver for additive manufacturing applications such as cold spraying for coating materials. Class of 2020
Juan ITRIAGO : Cellularization of an elastomer in injection: Modeling of the process/physical process coupling to predict the cell microstructure. Class of 2020

CSM team: Computational Solid Mechanics

Jorge Luis ARDILA VILLABONA : Experimental design and thermomechanical modelling of the HFQ (Hot Forming Quench) process on AA2219 aluminium alloys. Class of 2023
Marie BERNABEU : Impact of occlusal morphology and its variations on Temporo-mandibular joint : biomechanical analysis. Class of 2023
Léa GUERANDELLE : Design of dental materials with gradient properties by additive manufacturing. Class of 2023
Anes MARIR : Thermal and Tribological Modeling of Pilger Tube Rolling. Class of 2023
Hiba BOURAS : Nanocomposite hydrogels and aerogels for biomedical applications. Class of 2022 + BIO team
Joséphine CHATELLIER : Characterization and modeling of cold multi-pass drawing of thick sheet applied to submarine shells. Class of 2022
Valentin DUVIVIER :/span> Analysis and modeling of residual stress and ductile fracture of sub-marine hulls under complex loadings. Class of 2022<
Akla-Essoh Claude KOROLAKINA : Development of spin forming technology of cryogenic hydrogen tanks for world’s first zero emission commercial aircrafts. Class of 2021
Maya WEHBE : Modelization and characterization of nano-compliant effects for localized epiaxial growth of GaN on Si substrates. Class of 2021
Nagasai KAUTA : Modelling of Flow Forming process of Thick Sheets for Aerospace Industry. Class of 2019

MSR TEAM: Metallurgy, 𝝁Structure, Rheology

Lahcen ABARAY : Modeling of continuous dynamic recrystallization (CDRX). Class of 2023
Tianchi LI : New insights in the reduced mobility description for the modeling of grain growth and recrystallization at the Polycrystalline scale. Class of 2023
Ladji Bafétégué OUATTARA : Bio-sourced circuit printed by new electro-printing methods. Class of 2023
Fernando PASCUAL GOCE : Microstructure evolution during forging of the VDM® Alloy 780 : Mean field modeling of subsolvus recrystallization and effect of chemical composition onkinetics. Class of 2023
Corentin STRADY : Grain growth mechanisms and kinetics in a nickel-based superalloy developed by powder metallurgy for new generation turbine disks. Class of 2023
Pungponghavoan TEP : AI and digital twins in metallurgy - Front-tracking modeling of evolving interface networks. Class of 2023
Eliane YOUNES : Artificial Intelligence and digital twins in metallurgy - Front-tracking modeling of evolving interface networks. Class of 2023 + CFL team
Pauline HAHN : Metallurgical evolution of Zr-Nb alloys during hot deformation processes: mechanisms understanding and simulations. Class of 2022
Théo HUYGHE : Ring rolling impact on the microstructure of new generation turbine disk. Class of 2022
Federico Vincenzo ORLACCHIO : Prediction of changes in the microstructure of gamma/gamma’ alloys during the shaping of turbine disks for new generation engines. Class of 2021
Adrien TALATIZI : Simulation of wave propagation in highly heterogeneous media. Class of 2021
Antonio POTENCIANO CARPINTERO : Heterogeneous grain growth in the iron base superalloy 286. Class of 2021
Nitish CHANDRAPPA : Full field modeling of solid/solid phase transformation (SSPT) in a 3D Finite Element – Level set framework at the mesoscopic scale. Class of 2020
Franco JAIME : Microstructure of nickel-based superalloys: Experimental analysis and 3D numerical simulation. Class of 2020
Marion ROTH : Improvement of a mean field model dedicated to the recrystallization simulation. Class of 2020

2MS TEAM: Metallurgy, Mechanics, Structures & Solidification

Sylvain DUCOTTET : Numerical modeling of precipitation and optimization of “in istu” thermal treatments of LBM process on aerospace superalloys. Class of 2023
Racha HAMMOUD : Analysis of growth competitions and microstructures produced during solidification of metal alloys Class of 2023
Zichen KONG : Wire-laser additive manufacturing: multiphysics numerical simulation of the process – CFD and microstructure. Class of 2022
Zixuan LI : Characterization of Grain Structure generated by L-PBF process atTrack scale through Experiment And thermo-Metallurgical-Mechanical-Modelling. Class of 2022
Trung-Chien VO : Grain Structure based Anisotropic Mechanical Behaviour for Laser Beam Melting Simulation at Part Scale by Reduced-Order Model. Class of 2022
Paul MARTIN : Nickel superalloys by Laser Scan – Modeling / Additive manufacturing of nickel-based superalloys: metallurgical modeling of the solidification path and the risk of cracking in numerical simulation of the process at the scale of elementary beads. Class of 2021
Zhongfeng XU : Multiscale study of polymer selective laser sintering (SLS) process: from characterization to numerical modelling. Class of 2020 + Team MPI

BIO TEAM: Bio-based Polymers and Composites

Hiba BOURAS : Nanocomposite hydrogels and aerogels for biomedical applications. Class of 2022 + CSM team
Sujie YU : Experimental studies of the formation of gels and aerogels (dry gels) based on natural polymers (cellulose and its derivatives such as methyl cellulose and hydroxypropyl cellulose). Class of 2021 + CFL team

MPI TEAM: Physical Mechanics of Industrial Polymers

Mekki GADDACHA : 3D crack propagation in a CMO/CMO interface at mesoscopic scale. Class of 2023
Vincent MESLIER : Towards an improvement of the reliability of Photovoltaic modules by coupled experimental and numerical approaches. Class of 2021 + CSM team
Dylan HABANS : Towards a better consideration of the recyclability of photovoltaic modules: from the choice of materials and associated processes to their end-of-life recovery. Class of 2020
Nathan SYLVESTRE : Mechanical recycling of PET bottles. Class of 2020
Laurianne VIORA : Stretchability of chemically recycled PET. Class of 2020
Zhongfeng XU : Multiscale study of polymer selective laser sintering (SLS) process: from characterization to numerical modelling. Class of 2020 + 2MS team

PSF TEAM: Processes, Surfaces, functionality

Geoffroy BOUILLET : Numerical modeling of precipitation and optimization of “in istu” thermal treatments of LBM process on aerospace superalloys. Class of 2023
Zhengyuan PENG : Coupling of a nano-lubricant with a cold spray coating in the limit of lubrication regime. Class of 2023
Cynthia EL HAJJ : Tribological modeling of stainless steel cold rolling. Class of 2022
Adam NASSIF : Nano-based lubricants for enhanced boundary lubrification in electrical vehicles. Class of 2022
Nelly PONS : From crystallization and structural organizations, induced by 3D fabrication, to mastering the anisotropy of electromechanical behavior and damage to PVDF in its piezoelectric form. Class of 2021
Larissa PINHEIRO DE BRITO : Microscopic mechanichal behavior of materials from manufacturing processes. Class of 2018