Projects

Arthur Lecras (2028)
Improving Indoor Environmental Quality in smart buildings. Application to air pollution prediction and control in healthcare facilities using Artificial Intelligence
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: SQLI

‍Youssef Amhoud (2028)
Optimization of Local Self-Consumption and Energy Management in Tertiary Buildings
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: Région Pays de la Loire

‍Salma Errachidi (2027)
Intelligent reinforcement of security and data integrity in cyber-physical production systems
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: CESI

‍Germain Avossevou (2027)
Bio-inspired approach for task planning and allocation optimization in a multi-agent system: application to industrial inspection in uncertain environments
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: CESI

‍Ramzi Kecir (2027)
Towards sustainable, intelligent, and energy-autonomous “nano-network” buildings: a holistic and systemic multi-objective optimization approach
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: CESI

‍Geoffrey Bourgoin (2025)
Towards modeling the impact of occupancy on the energy behavior of smart buildings
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: CESI / Brest Métropole

‍Leila Douiri (stopped May 2024)
A decentralized and intelligent electrical network for optimal energy consumption
Supervision: 20% (Co-director) – Laboratory: LINEACT / LRSTE (Tunis) – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: Cotutelle Agreement

‍Khalil Al Sayed (2025)
Self-aware intelligent Building Energy Management System (iBEMS) for energy-efficient smart buildings: semi-automated and fully automated scenarios
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: CESI Contract

‍Karim El Moulna (ongoing, 2024)
Use of BIM-Lean to optimize the design phase of construction projects
Supervision: 30% (Director) – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: CESI / Brest Métropole

‍Catherine Bouillon (ongoing, 2024)
Digital twin and energy in the context of sustainable buildings and cities
Supervision: 30% – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding: CIFRE Contract

‍Chinmayi Kanthila (defended, 2024)
Towards a global and systemic approach for a sustainable, intelligent and energy-autonomous building
Supervision: 40% – Laboratory: IRDL / LINEACT – Funding: UBO / CESI

‍Barbara Schiavi (defended, 2023)
Development of methods and tools to improve information exchange between BIM, business knowledge bases, and virtual/augmented environments in construction projects
Supervision: 30% – Laboratory: LINEACT – Doctoral School: SMI 432 – Funding : CIFRE Contract

‍Maroua Sbiti (defended, 2023)
Fostering Lean Construction and BIM interaction: Building an integrated BIM-LPS® application at the data processing level
Supervision: 30% – Laboratory : LINEACT – Doctoral School : SMI 432 – Funding : CIFRE Contract

‍Abhin. Boodi (defended, 2021)
On energy-efficient buildings: hybrid dynamic modeling for analysis and control
Supervision: 60% – Laboratory: IRDL / LINEACT – Doctoral School: SPI.bzh – Funding: UBO / CESI

‍Anna Ouglova (defended, 2005)
Study of the mechanical behavior of reinforced concrete structures affected by corrosion
Supervision: 40% – Laboratory: LMT – Doctoral School: UP ED 623 – Funding: CEA / EdF

PIA 4 – “Trignac Puissance 4”

‍Demonstrators for the City of the Future
‍Funder(s) : Banque des Territoires — Total budget: €11M
‍Partners: CARENE, EDEIS, Chantiers de l’Atlantique, NovaBuild, Bertin Bichet, City of Saint Nazaire
‍Period: 2023 – 2027
‍Link: Project page

‍PIA 3 / CMQ – “Bâtiment Durable Bretagne”

‍Strengthening company competitiveness through innovation and workforce qualification in the construction sector
‍Funder(s): Caisse des Dépôts et Consignation — Total budget: €5.3M
‍Partners: Univ. Rennes, IUT Rennes, INSA Rennes, ENS Rennes, AbiBois, Formalisa, Tekla, Trimble, BimEo, LCBTP, SE, RBDB, Rennes Education Authority
Period: 2021 – 2026

‍Project “MCP-iBAT”

‍Phase Change Materials: an Innovation for Tropical Buildings
‍Objective: Development of phase change materials (PCM) produced in La Réunion, with thermal performance adapted to tropical humid climates
‍Funder(s): FEDER Réunion — Total budget: €0.9M
‍Partners: PIMENT Laboratory, C. Geahardt Institute, Ecoex Réunion, Sovelo
‍Period: 2015 – 2018
‍Link: Université de La Réunion

‍Project “GPS” – Grid Power Sustainability

‍In-situ demonstrators for energy performance management in buildings and electric mobility organized as microgrids
‍Funder(s): FEDER Île-de-France — Total budget: €2.06M
‍Partners: Evolution Energie, Luceor, Clem’, Dot Vision, Elum, EP
‍Period: 2018 – 2021

‍PIA Project “DEFI&Co”

‍Developing Future Expertise for Industry and Construction
‍Objective: Skills development for students and employees in the fields of the city of the future and industry of the future
‍Funder(s): Caisse des Dépôts et Consignation — Total budget: €17.8M
‍Period: 2016 – 2021
‍Link: DEFI&Co Project
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‍Project “DURO_GC”Study of the Mechanical Behavior of Corroded Concrete Structures
‍Funder(s): CEA / EdF
‍Partners: LMT ENS Cachan, LCPC, CEA (LECBA), EdF Les Renardières (Civil Engineering Dept.)
‍Period: 2002 – 2003