Thesis defences

Find the dates of thesis defences and research qualification (HDR) held at the laboratories of the École nationale des ponts et chaussées.

November 2026

03/11/2026 - GACHET Héloïse - Optimization for Transportation Planning and Periodic Task Scheduling: Rail Freight Crew Management under Train Delays, Line Planning, and Balanced Assignments - CERMICS
05/11/2026 - GUILLOT Clément - Space-time variational principles for the Schrödinger equation in large dimension - CERMICS
09/11/2026 - RAKOTOMANDIMBY Seta - Conjugacies in Sparse Optimization and Representation Losses in Machine Learning - CERMICS
12/11/2026 - ALLACHE Mehana - Impact of chemical transients on the swelling and self-sealing of damaged clay rock - NAVIER
16/11/2026 - PHETSINORATH Sylvain - Mechanical behaviour of interface between 3D concrete printing formwork and cast concrete - NAVIER
17/11/2026 - ESPINASSE Manon - From Highway Landscapes to the Emergence of Project Areas - LVMT
24/11/2026 - ROSSIGNOL Lilitte - The Scope of Residential Possibilities in Light of the Grand Paris Express Project - LVMT
26/11/2026 - QUILLERIER Thomas - The Platformization of Mobility Systems in the Global North and South: Toward New Relationships with Space and Mobility Practices - LVMT
19/11/2026 - GUERRI Alessandro - Wave-wave interactions in arbitrary water depth: accurate computational method and nonlinear spectrum dynamics - LHSV
27/11/2026 - GRIBONVAL Alice - Effects of the manufacturing process on the hardened-state strength of 3D-printed concrete structures: a multiphysics and multiscale analysis - NAVIER

December 2026

01/12/2026 - CHEVILLIET Thibault - Probabilistic LCA of urban projects at early design stages - NAVIER
04/12/2026 - GASTALDELLO Raphaël - Mathematical analysis and numerical methods in statistical physics for time-dependent or correlated systems - CERMICS
04/12/2026 - TABBICHE Christelle - Investigating the mechanical behaviour of frozen soils by particle- and meso-scale observations - NAVIER
04/12/2026 - RUEL Jean - Robust and certified reduced-order models for the numerical simulation of slender structures - CERMICS
04/12/2026 - SAAD Rim - Urban scale modeling of biocides emitted in runoff from buildings envelope - LEESU
04/12/2026 - MASSON Hugo - Robust topological optimization adapted to defects and uncertainties in metal additive manufacturing (MAM) processes - NAVIER
07/12/2026 - FRICEAU Lucas - Microplastic fluxes and transfer dynamics in the hydrosystem of an agricultural watershed - LEESU
08/12/2026 - BALTACI Zeynep - Historical document analysis through benchmarks and interpretable learning - LIGM
10/12/2026 - VALIDE Lou - Characterization of landscape composition and spatial configuration to better understand the ecological impacts of land taking - LVMT
11/12/2026 - WANG Jiankai - Machine learning for nonlinear wave modelling and wave breaking identification - LHSV
14/12/2026 - QIU Changhao - Investigating the cyclic thermo-mechanical behaviour of an energy pile subjected to combined lateral-axial loading - NAVIER
15/12/2026 - CARTIER Yoann - Characterization of sources of microbiological contamination in rivers using statistical and inverse modelling - LEESU
16/12/2026 - BENZIDANE Asmaa - Evaluation of the Environmental Performance of Railway Projects using Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) - NAVIER
16/12/2026 - BOZZI Alberica - Mobility in a (Post-)COVID World - LVMT
17/12/2026 - BRICHET Mathis - Large-Scale Optimization for Transportation Planning and Supply Chain Network Design: An Application to the Automotive Industry - CERMICS
17/12/2026 - CHEBBO Samih - Understanding and modelling stormwater management systems integrating street trees - LEESU
18/12/2026 - BLONDET Gaspard - A damage layerwise model for failure analysis of cross laminated timbers - NAVIER
18/12/2026 - BENNOURA BOUCHIBA Nadjib - Second-order closure modelling and numerical schemes for incompressible turbulent flows - CEREA

The schedule is subject to approval of the defense by the examiners.