News
Media appearances, projects, events, awards and PhD defences.
2026
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MediaFrance 2 (1 pm news): a power-bank fire on a flight, explained
On France 2's 1 pm news, Tedjani Mesbahi explained why a power bank caught fire mid-flight at 10,000 metres, and what happens inside a lithium-ion cell in thermal runaway.
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MediaOn France 2's 8 pm news: electric-vehicle fires and lithium-ion batteries
France 2's 8 pm news ran a report on electric-vehicle fires. Tedjani Mesbahi provided the scientific explanation of lithium-ion battery risks.
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ProjectENERGETIC: final conference in Brussels
INSA Strasbourg closed the European project ENERGETIC, which it coordinates, with a final conference in Brussels and online: results, demonstrations and discussions on intelligent battery management systems.
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ProjectA new battery ageing platform opens at INSA Strasbourg
Three cyclers, a climatic chamber and a safety cabinet: the new platform, built within ENERGETIC, tests up to 28 cells at once on real driving profiles (WLTP, Artemis).
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EventAABC Europe 2026: spiking neural networks for battery management
In Mainz, PhD student Slimane Arbaoui presented the team's work on energy-efficient spiking neural networks for more reliable batteries.
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ProjectENERGETIC general assembly at EDF and Capgemini Engineering
The consortium met at EDF's Les Renardières lab and then at Capgemini Engineering, where partners saw the BMS developed in the project.
2025
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ThesisPhD defence of Théo Heitzmann
Explainable prediction of lithium-ion battery ageing to extend battery life: a thesis co-supervised with Romuald Boné and co-funded by ADEME and the Grand Est Region.
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EventUR Futur: round table on cross-border research
At the first cross-border innovation festival of the Upper Rhine, he shared his experience of French-German-Swiss research collaboration.
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EventIEEE VPPC 2025 in Hangzhou: session chair
He chaired an energy-storage session and presented ENERGETIC progress at the IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference.
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OutreachStrasbourg European Fair: preventing battery fires with the SIS 67
For ten days the team shared the Bas-Rhin firefighters' stand to explain thermal runaway and safe habits with lithium batteries.
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MediaSavoir(s): "Lithium batteries, beware of overheating"
The University of Strasbourg magazine covers his work on BMS, AI algorithms and thermal-runaway prevention, carried out with the SIS 67 for more than five years.
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OutreachPress conference with the SIS 67 on lithium-ion battery fires
Alongside the leadership of the SIS 67, INSA and ICube, he presented battery fire risks and the joint research to the press.
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EventImperial College and The Faraday Institution in London
Alongside the ENERGETIC general assembly in Bath, he presented the team's smart-battery research at the UK's leading battery research hub.
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EventENERGETIC summer school in Tallinn: AI, batteries and sustainability
Three days of lectures and workshops at TalTech on state-of-health estimation, battery second life and impedance spectroscopy.
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EventThe team's smart-battery research presented in California
During a short research visit, he presented the team's energy-storage work and the ENERGETIC project at several Californian universities.
2024
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AwardPollutec 2024: OptHYSource among the 10 Innovation Challenge finalists
Developed with SATT Conectus, OptHYSource pairs supercapacitors with Li-ion batteries to reduce their electrical stress and extend their life.
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AwardElevated to IEEE Senior Member
The IEEE recognised his career and contributions to electrical engineering, from hybrid storage to AI for batteries.
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MediaMathWorks publishes his article on rare-earth-free motors
The article describes the synchronous reluctance machine control studied in the VEHICLE project, a route to more sustainable electric vehicles.
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EventCBRNE Research & Innovation: workshop on battery fire effluents
The team co-organised a workshop with SDIS 59, CEA and INERIS on the risks of gaseous and liquid effluents from lithium-ion battery fires.
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EventHydrogen and battery mission to Japan and South Korea
With the Pôle Véhicule du Futur and Business France, he met companies and laboratories of the hydrogen and battery ecosystem.
2023
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ThesisPhD defence of Inès Jorge
Machine-learning-based predictive maintenance of electric-vehicle Li-ion batteries. Inès Jorge had won the Alsace final of "My thesis in 180 seconds" in 2021.
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ProjectLaunch of the European project ENERGETIC
Funded with €5M by Horizon Europe for 39 months and coordinated by INSA Strasbourg, ENERGETIC develops smart, connected batteries with explainable AI, edge and cloud computing.
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AwardHabilitation (HDR) defended
He defended his habilitation on improving electric-vehicle performance through hybrid sources, optimal sizing and smart energy management strategies.
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ProjectVEHICLE, a cross-border research success
Interreg praised the VEHICLE project (2019–2022), run with Hochschule Karlsruhe and Hochschule Trier, for which he was scientific lead.
2022
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MediaFrance 3 Grand Est: report on the VEHICLE project
At Innovation Day, France 3 Grand Est filmed Inès Jorge's work on predictive maintenance of electric-vehicle batteries.
2019
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ProjectLaunch of the Interreg project VEHICLE
Led by INSA Strasbourg with 15 Upper Rhine partners, VEHICLE combines Li-ion batteries and supercapacitors to extend the life of electric-vehicle batteries.