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Thesis subjects 2008

Individuals can be contacted by e-mail as follows: firstname.surname@cemagref.fr

The following subjects will take priority for Cemagref finance in 2008:

• Modelling the structural dynamics of bacterial biofilms by homogenising individual-centred  UR LICF – TR MODELIX
  Person in charge: Jean-Denis-Mathias – E.mail : jean-denis.mathias@cemagref.fr
  Modelling
   

• Toward the development of multi-purpose atmosphere/canopy LiDAR systems. Comparative analysis of information extracted from LiDAR waveforms obtained using different types of sensors to characterise forest - UMR TETIS –  TR SYNERGIE
  Person in charge: Sylvie Durrieu – E.mail : sylvie.durrieu@teledetection.fr
  Forest Science – Signal processing – Remote sensing
   

• Designing environmental data warehouses - UR TSCF – TR SYNERGIE  
  Person in charge: François Pinet   – E.mail :  francois.pinet@cemagref.fr
  Software engineering - Geomatics
   

• Safety improvment of machines wich operating in a dynamic environment through the integration of a model of human operator behaviour in the design phase. Application to agricultural equipement designing by studying operator’s interactions with the machine UR TSAN – TR MOST
  Person in charge: Nicolas Tricot – E.mail : nicolas.tricot@cemagref.fr
  Automatic, Agricultural machinery, Modelling, Mechanics
   

• Optimising a small-channel evaporator by better control of the refrigerant distribution -UR GPAN – TR ENERFRI
  Person in charge: Hélène Macchi-Tejeda – E.mail : helene.macchi@cemagref.fr
  Process engineering – Modelling – Fluid Mechanics – Physics - Heat
   

• Relation between microstructures and tracer diffusion in protein assemblies UR TERE – TR IRMFOOD
  Person in charge: François Mariette – E.mail : francois.mariette@cemagref.fr
  Process engineering
   

• 3D estimation of fluid motion UR TERE –TR METFRI
  Person in charge: Dominique Heitz – E.mail : dominique.heitz@cemagref.fr
  Fluid Mechanics
   

• Modeling the consequences of product thermo-hydric history by combining deterministic and stochastic UR GPAN – TR METFRI Person in charge: Graciela Alvarez
  Process engineering  – E.mail : graciela.alvarez@cemagref.fr
   

• Changes in plant vegetative-multiplication capacity in a context of climate change. The case of the species used in vegetal engineering UR EMGR – TR DYMON
  Person in charge: André Evette – E.mail : andre.evette@cemagref.fr
  Ecology
   

• Tree demographic response to climate change in Alpine forests UR EMGR – TR DYMON
  Person in charge: Georges Kunstler – E.mail : georges.kunstler@cemagref.fr
  Biology – Ecology – Forest Science – Statistics and data analysis
   

• Effects on saproxylic biodiversity of forest fuel extraction UR EFNO – TR BIOFOR
  Person in charge: Christophe Bouget – E.mail : christophe.bouget@cemagref.fr
  Ecology - Entomology
   

• The provision and pricing of rural amenity-based recreation: a demandoriented approach within a multi-product monopolist framework - UR ADBX – TR AMANDE
  Person in charge: Mbolatiana Rambonilaza
  – E.mail : mbolatiana.rambonilaza@cemagref.fr
  Economics
   

• Impacts on common birds of the structure, tree species composition and spatial configuration of lowland forest stands. From patterns to mechanisms UR EFNO – TR BIOFOR
  Person in charge: Frédéric Archaux – E.mail : frederic.archaux@cemagref.fr
  Ecology
   

• Changes in rural territories and new spatial configurations in agriculture. An analysis based on land rental costs - UR ADBX – TR CERES UR  - TR
  Person in charge: Jeanne Dachary-Bernard – E.mail : jeanne.dachary-bernard@cemagref.fr
  Economics
   

• Trophic organisation of river fish assemblages, an approach based on stable isotopes analysis - UR HBAN – TR HYDRECO
  Person in charge: Jérôme Belliard – E.mail : jerome.belliard@cemagref.fr
  Ecology – Hydroecology - Ichthyology
   

• Habitat use strategies of fish in river ecosystems influenced by hydrological and thermal disturbances UR BELY – TR HYDRECO
  Person in charge: Hervé Capra – E.mail : herve.capra@cemagref.fr
  Ecology – Hydroecology - Ichthyology
   

• Experimental study, dynamic modelling and limits of the MBBR process applied for nitrogen removal from domestic wastewater UR HBAN et QELY – TR EPURE -
  Person in charge: Jean-Marc Choubert – E.mail : jean-marc.choubert@cemagref.fr
  More information
  Process engineering
   

• Contribution of ecological theories and bio-mathematical modelling for identifying characteristic traits of diatom-community ecology. Application in bio-indication of streams and rivers ecological status - UR REBX – TR DYNAQ
  Person in charge: François Delmas  – E.mail : françois.delmas@cemagref.fr
  Hydroecology
  More information
   

• Comparison of the genotoxicity of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) in urban areas and the intrinsic genotoxicity of bioavailable micropollutants and its usefulness in evaluating the genotoxicity of the aquatic environment  UR HBAN – TR EXPER
  Person in charge: Françoise Vincent-Hubert
  – E.mail : françoise.vincent-hubert@cemagref.fr
  Ecotoxicology
   

• Characterisation and measurement of vitellin in a crustacean and a mollusc. Species variability and link to reproduction UR BELY – TR EXPER
  Person in charge: Olivier Geffard – E.mail : olivier.geffard@cemagref.fr
  Ecotoxicology
   

• Distributed hydrological modelling of small, periurban catchments. Application to the Chaudanne and Mercier sub-catchements of the Yzeron River (France) UR HHLY – TR PHYLEAU et TRANSFEAU
  Person in charge:
  Isabelle Braud – E.mail : isabelle.braud@cemagref.fr
  Flora Branger  – E.mail : flora.branger@cemagref.fr
  Hydrology
   

• Sediment production during extreme events in small alpine catchments UR ETGR – TR ALPRISK
  Person in charge: Frédéric Liebault – E.mail : frederic.liebault@cemagref.fr
  Geomorphology
   

• Living with flood risk. Ethnographic study of settling and dwelling in districts facing flood risk – UMR G-Eau – TR USAGES  
  Person in charge: Frédéric Grelot – E.mail : frederic.grelot@cemagref.fr
  Sociology
   

•  Coupling between the Pilote vegetal-production model and the GreenLab vegetal-architecture and growth model   UMR G-Eau – TR ENVIRRI
  Person in charge: Jean-Claude Mailhol – E.mail : jean-claude.mailhol@cemagref.fr
  Modelling
   

• Experimental investigations of the effects of microstructure on the behaviour of granular materials and the solid-fluid transition UR OHAX – TR SECURE
  Person in charge: Nadia Benhamed – E.mail : nadia.benhamed@cemagref.fr
  Civil engineering – Geotechnical – Modelling - Mechanics
   

• Situation for extreme values in the distribution of rain frequency and flow rates. Comparison of different approaches and study on the equifinality of models used to transform rain into flow rates UR OHAX – TR TRANSFEAU
  Person in charge: Patrick Arnaud  – E.mail : patrick.arnaud@cemagref.fr
  Hydrology
   

• Simulation of role games designed for companion modelling of erosive runoff in catchment basins UMR G-Eau – TR USAGES  
  Person in charge: Olivier Barreteau  – E.mail : olivier.barreteau@cemagref.fr
  Agronomy - Modelling
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• Estimation of hydrological-model parameters for ungaged catchments. Looking for complementarity between spatial-proximity and physical-similarity based approaches UR HBAN – TR TRANSFEAU -
  Person in charge: Vazken Andréassian – E.mail : vazken.andreassian@cemagref.fr
  Hydrology

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