Lithium-ion batteries, battery safety and explainable AI for battery management.
Tedjani Mesbahi is a Full Professor of Electrical Engineering at INSA Strasbourg and researcher at the ICube laboratory (CNRS UMR 7357), he leads the “System Integration” axis of the EM3 team and heads INSA’s electrical engineering research team. A Senior Member of IEEE, he holds a Ph.D. from École Centrale de Lille (2016) and the Habilitation to Supervise Research from the University of Strasbourg (2023).
His research covers hybrid energy storage (batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells), intelligent battery management and AI-driven energy management for electric and hybrid vehicles. He coordinates ENERGETIC, a €5M Horizon Europe project with 14 partners from 7 countries, and co-founded the BMS Alliance Europe.
For him, research only matters if it reaches industry: technology-transfer programmes with SATT Conectus, a CIFRE partnership with EDF R&D, an industrial chair with Eiffage. His OptHySource technology received the national i-PhD Innovation Award in 2022.
Track Chair and Session Chair at IEEE VPPC and Associate Editor of Energy and AI (Elsevier), he has supervised 13 Ph.D. students and is ranked among the top 2% of the world’s most-cited scientists in energy (Stanford/Elsevier).
Media appearances, projects, events, awards and PhD defences.
Guest on France 2's 1 pm news: a power-bank fire on a flight
Published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science: real-time multi-rate anomaly detection
Published in Energy and AI: a multimodal dataset for early battery anomaly detection
ENERGETIC final conference in Brussels (project coordinated by INSA Strasbourg)
Paper at IEEE ITEC+EATS 2026 on lithium-ion cell degradation forecasting
From the electrochemical behaviour of a single cell to the algorithm that watches it inside a vehicle, and to the firefighters who must act when it runs away.
Electro-thermal and ageing models of lithium-ion cells, parameter identification from driving cycles, models of sodium-ion batteries and their hysteresis.
Battery / supercapacitor / fuel-cell hybrid sources, optimal sizing and energy management strategies, validated in co-simulation and on test benches, for electric vehicles, forklifts and long-endurance drones.
State of charge, state of health and remaining useful life estimation with deep learning, spiking neural networks and physics-informed networks, with explanations people can understand (counterfactuals, ontologies, anomaly detection).
Understanding and preventing thermal runaway, thermal diagnosis, risks from fire smoke and effluents, public awareness work with the SIS 67 fire service.
Control of synchronous reluctance machines for electric traction, torque-ripple minimisation, predictive control.
Digital battery passport, battery production ontology, second life, environmental impact and total cost of ownership.
Next-generation battery management systems based on a data-rich digital twin
More reliable, longer-lasting and safer batteries for electric transport and stationary storage, using explainable AI, hybrid learning models and edge and cloud computing. The project also gave INSA a battery ageing platform.
Li-ion battery / supercapacitor hybrid storage with a synchronous reluctance machine for electric vehicles
Pairing a high-energy and a high-power source to relieve the battery, extend its life and lower total cost of ownership, with predictive energy management strategies and a dedicated test bench.
Fire risks of lithium-ion batteries
More than five years of joint work on thermal runaway, drone-mounted sensors to track smoke, and public prevention campaigns.
Feasibility study "Fessenheim Innovation Region"
Turning the Fessenheim area, after its nuclear plant closed, into an innovation region around circular economy, hydrogen, green batteries and smart grids.
LabINSA Strasbourg battery ageing platform (opened on 1 June 2026) — three battery cyclers, a climatic chamber and a safety cabinet; up to 28 cells tested at once on real driving profiles (WLTP, Artemis).
Most cited and recent work
Dynamic and Thermally-Aware Equivalent Circuit Model for Sodium-Ion Batteries with Real-Time Hysteresis Adaptation
Journal of Power Sources, 2026
PhD students and researchers supervised at INSA Strasbourg and the ICube Laboratory, often jointly with the EM3 and SDC teams.
Commande intelligente synchronverter dans les micro-réseaux à stockage hybride et énergies renouvelables
Modélisation multiphysique 3D et diagnostic thermique haute fidélité pour la prévention de l'emballement thermique dans les batteries lithium-ion
with Hicham Chibane
Analyse et modélisation du vieillissement des batteries Li-ion à l'aide de l'intelligence artificielle
with Ahmed Samet
Diagnostic explicable basé sur la connaissance pour les batteries lithium-ion
with Ahmed Samet
Fouille d'un ensemble condensé de motifs à partir de séries temporelles pour une prédiction explicable
with Romuald Boné
Passeport numérique des batteries pour un coût total de possession maîtrisé et une empreinte carbone réduite, grâce à l'apprentissage automatique et à un BMS intelligent
with Christophe Lallement
Lakhdar MamouriPostdoc
Postdoctoral researcher — hybrid storage and the ENERGETIC project
Thomas PavotEngineer
Research engineer — battery ageing platform
Théo Heitzmann · 2025
Prédiction explicable du vieillissement des batteries lithium-ion pour une prolongation intelligente de leur durée de vie dans le domaine de la mobilité électrique
with Romuald Boné
Thomas Pavot · 2024
Commande avancée d'une source d'énergie hybride pile à combustible – batterie – supercondensateur pour un drone de longue endurance
with Édouard Laroche, Renaud Kiefer
Lakhdar Mamouri · 2023
Architecture mixte pour le suivi du point de puissance maximal d'un système de récupération d'énergie piézoélectrique
with Vincent Frick
Inès Jorge · 2023
Machine-learning-based predictive maintenance for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles
with Romuald Boné, Ahmed Samet
Yasser Ghoulam · 2023
Modélisation multi-physique et gestion intelligente de l'énergie d'un système de stockage hybride batterie Li-ion / supercondensateur pour véhicules électriques
with Christophe Lallement
Théophile Paul · 2022
Dimensionnement et gestion intelligente d'un système de stockage d'énergie hybride pour un chariot élévateur dans l'industrie 4.0
with Wilfried Uhring
PhD, postdoc and internship opportunities in battery modelling, management and safety.
No open position is advertised right now.
Unsolicited applications are welcome for PhD, postdoc and internship positions on batteries, battery management and safety. Send a CV and a short letter by email.
Events, field work and the people behind the projects.
IEEE VPPC 2025 in Hangzhou, China 2025
Bas-Rhin firefighters' stand at the Strasbourg European Fair 2025
Press conference with the SIS 67 on lithium-ion battery risks 2025
Visit to Imperial College London and The Faraday Institution 2025
Research visit to California: UC Merced 2025
The team at Pollutec, Innovation Challenge finalist 2024
Workshop on battery fire effluents, CBRNE Research & Innovation 2024
Hydrogen and battery mission to Japan and South Korea 2024
France 3 Grand Est filming the VEHICLE project 2022
Kick-off of the Interreg VEHICLE project at INSA Strasbourg 2019
Notes on batteries, safety and research.
Smarter, safer, and more sustainable batteries: at INSA Strasbourg and the ICube laboratory, research is being shaped in partnership with the industry. From the hybridization of batteries and supercapacitors—the focus of the OptHySource project, which won an award at the 2022 national i-PhD competition—to the digital battery passport initiative led by Cyrine Soufi in 2025, and the use of artificial intelligence to detect overheating risks early (a project by Slimane Arbaoui recognized in the 2026 "Mature your PhD" challenge), these efforts all share a single ambition: to translate scientific breakthroughs into concrete solutions. Supported by technology transfer mechanisms through SATT Conectus, a CIFRE partnership with EDF R&D, and an industrial chair with Eiffage, this dynamic bridges the gap between academic research and industrial requirements, helping to drive the evolution of battery technology and electric mobility.
Aujourd'hui / Now
INSA Strasbourg · ICube (CNRS UMR 7357) , EM3 ex.SMH team
Leading research and teaching on energy storage, intelligent battery management and AI for electric mobility, and turning results into European and industrial impact.
2023 – 2026
Horizon Europe · 13 partenaires, 7 pays
Next-generation battery management system based on a data-rich digital twin: leading a €5M European project of 14 partners from 7 countries to develop a next-generation battery management system based on a data-rich digital twin.
2023
University of Strasbourg
"Performance Improvement of Electric Vehicle Using a Hybrid Sources Approach Based on Combined Optimal Sizing and Smart Energy Management Strategies", defended on 10 July 2023.
2017– 2025
INSA Strasbourg · ICube (CNRS UMR 7357) , EM3 ex.SMH team
Built a research team and a European and industrial project portfolio around hybrid energy storage and intelligent battery management, from the first student projects to the habilitation (HDR, 2023). Mission: to establish a research line on hybrid energy storage and AI-driven battery management, to train engineers in electric mobility and Industry 4.0, and to connect the laboratory with industry and European partners.
2019 – 2022
Interreg V Rhin supérieur · INSA Strasbourg, Hochschule Karlsruhe, Hochschule Trier
Un projet européen de 1 M€ avec 3 partenaires, sur un système de stockage hybride batterie/supercondensateur associé à une machine synchrone à réluctance pour véhicules électriques. Le but est d'améliorer les performances et la durée de vie des chaînes de traction électriques en associant un stockage hybride (batterie et supercondensateur) à une machine synchrone à réluctance sans terres rares, au sein d’un consortium transfrontalier mêlant industrie et recherche.
2015 – 2017
Centrale Lille / L2EP & Valeo - ADEME
Characterised, modelled and sized Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors for a 48 V mild-hybrid vehicle, in partnership with Valeo. Mission: to turn laboratory models of batteries and supercapacitors into engineering tools for a real hybrid vehicle, within the ESSENCYELE project.
2012-2016
ESTACA'Lab Laval & École Centrale de Lille · L2EP
Thesis: Influence of management strategies of a hybrid source of an electric vehicle on its sizing and lifespan, by integrating a physical model., defended on 25 March 2016. Mission: to answer a design question that was often treated in two separate steps, sizing the storage and then managing its energy, by solving both together with models that capture how batteries and supercapacitors actually age.
2011 – 2012
UEHL University
First university teaching post: electrical engineering and applied electronics for a class of 40 students at Bac+2 level. Mission: to teach the fundamentals of electrical engineering while completing my Master’s research.
2008-2011
Polytechnic Schools (EMP & ENP)
Master’s research on energy flow management in a wind conversion chain, under a joint programme of two Algerian polytechnic schools. Thesis: Energy flow management in a wind conversion chain
2007-2008
ENTP et Schlumberger (SLB)
Industrial project focused on the control system for an oil-drilling top drive, carried out in collaboration with ENTP and Schlumberger. Final-year project: Improvement of the control strategy for a CANRIG 1050 E500 top drive, leading to a State Engineering degree in Electromechanics (UBMA 2008).
Since 2008, I have taught what I research: how to store, manage and use electrical energy intelligently. From batteries and supercapacitors to hybrid energy systems and electric mobility, my courses bring the questions of the laboratory and the needs of industry straight into the classroom. I teach at INSA Strasbourg, ENIM Metz and École Centrale de Nantes, where I contributed to the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master E-PiCo, and I have created the English-taught “Smart Manufacturing” engineering track to prepare students for Industry X.0. Beyond the lecture hall, I coordinate international student mobility and double-degree exchanges, so that my students learn to work across borders as well as across disciplines.
Engineering students took part in the test benches and demonstrators of the VEHICLE project.
