In accordance with the objectives set out in the Contrat d’Objectifs & de Performance (COP) 2023-2027, the ENSM wishes to encourage ENSM teaching staff to complete a doctorate (allocation of a significant discharge and attractive career development).
ENSM thesis work
Doctoral student : Christophe VANHORICK
Start date: May 2025
Thesis title: Study and multiparametric optimisation of the aerohydrodynamic coupling of a cargo ship equipped with an auxiliary screw propulsion system and vertical axis thrusters
Funding: ENSM
Co-supervision ENSM (Nicolas MAGDELAINE) and ENSTA (Christian JOCHUM, thesis director and Matthieu SACHER, co-supervisor)
Doctoral student : Pauline PELISSIER
Start date: December 2024
Dissertation title: History of maritime education and merchant navy officer training in France (XIXth-XXth centuries)
Funding: ENSM
Supervision: IDEES LE HAVRE/CNRS Laboratory – University of Le Havre
Doctoral student: Loïc BARBOT
Doctoral thesis defense date: 08/12/2023
Doctoral thesis title: MARIS STELLA project: high-precision stellar receiver for maritime navigation
Funding: ENSM
Supervisors: Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM) under the auspices of CNRS, Université Aix Marseille (AMU) and CNES
Doctoral student : Vivien LUTHY
Doctoral thesis defense date: 16/02/2023
Doctoral thesis title: Probability of occurrence of parametric roll on a predefined sea state
Doctoral thesis supervisor: Jean-Yves Billard (IRENAV)
Supervisor: François GRINNAERT (ENSM)
In partnership with CMA-CGM (CIFRE thesis scheme)
Link to the thesis: Probability of occurrence of parametric roll on a predefined sea state – PASTEL – ParisTech’s online theses
ENSM co-supervises doctoral and post-doctoral thesis work
Doctoral student: Gabriel DUMONT
Start date: January 2025
Thesis title: Hybrid artificial intelligence for root cause analysis of maritime cyber attacks
Funding: Cyberdefence Chair for Naval Systems
Co-supervision: ENSM (Pedro MERINO-LASO) and IMT Atlantique (John PUENTES)
Doctoral student : Martin HOCHHAUSEN
Start date: January 2025
Thesis title: Study of the influence of auxiliary velocity propulsion on the organisation and surveillance of maritime traffic
Funding: Agence de l’Innovation de Défense (AID)
Supervision: 60% ENSTA (Matthieu SACHER and Benoit CLEMENT) and 40% ENSM (Pedro MERINO-LASO)
SOMOS research project
link: SOMOS – Simulator for ships equipped with vellic propulsion
Post-doc: Liang GUO
Start date: October 2024
Study topic: Optimising the operation of ship distribution architectures in a context of hybridisation of sources and the network
Supervision: Mohamed TRABELSI
Research project: Clean Ship
link: https://www.supmaritime.fr/en/research-presentation/research-projects/smartship-project/
Doctoral student : Eya GASSAB
Start date: September 2024
Title of thesis: A contribution to the control and diagnosis of faults in propulsion systems based on multiphase permanent magnet synchronous machines
Supervision: Mohamed TRABELSI and the Computer Science and Systems Laboratory (LIS), under the supervision of the CNRS, the University of Aix-Marseille (AMU) and the University of Toulon (UTLN).
Post-doctoral student : Mohamed MELLOULI
Start date: July 2024
Subject of study: Development of tools for the optimal dimensioning of energy systems on board a container ship
Supervision: Mohamed TRABELSI
Research project: TNTM – lot 4.3
link: TNTM project sheet attached to current projects
Doctoral student: Gauthier VIGOUROUX
Start date: 2021
Title of thesis: Securing distribution processes linked to S-100 cartographic data
Funding: BMO (Brest Métropole Océane) and École Navale
Supervision: École Navale (Christophe CLARAMUNT), ENSM (% (Pedro MERINO-LASO) and SHOM (Nathalie LEIDINGER)
+ link to publication : Gauthier Vigouroux – Google Scholar
Doctoral student : Cynelle DEO GRATIAS KODJO
Start date: November 2024
Dissertation title: The fight against piracy in the context of the maritime transport of hydrocarbons in the Gulf of Guinea
Co-supervision ENSM (Awa SAM) and CDMO (Centre de Droit Maritime et Océanique)
Doctoral student: Gabriel GUIBERT-PERONI
Starting date: April 2022
Title : Maritime law and modern maritime navigation. Issues and prospects in the face of new technical and technological challenges.
Co-supervision ENSM (Awa SAM) and CDMO (Centre de Droit Maritime et Océanique)
PhD student : HAMIDOU Said Ali
Start date: March 2021
Title : Maritime Safety and Security in the Indian Ocean Region
Co-supervision ENSM (Awa SAM) and CDMO (Professor Martin NDENDE)
Doctoral student Claire GIOT
Title : The siren song: an assessment of drowsiness during ship operation, towards a tool for maintaining vigilance.
Date of defence: 7 September 2023
Co-supervision ENSM (Jean-Pierre CLOSTERMANN) and Université de Caen (Damien DAVENNE)