Thomas Bonnafont

Thomas Bonnafont

Associate Professor at ENSTA (Brest) focusing on numerical methods for electromagnetic applications.

Publications

You can also find my articles on my Google Scholar profile and on my HAL profile.

Journals

  • Long-range electromagnetic propagation above a polluted sea surface: hybrid modeling.
    with Ali Khenchaf.
    in IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 21, 2024.
  • A finite volume method to solve the Poisson equation with jump conditions and surface charges: application to electroporation.
    with Delphine Bessières and Jean Paillol.
    in Journal of Computational Physics, 504, 2024.
  • Computing the radar cross-section of dielectric targets using the Gaussian beam summation method.
    with Mira Kaissar Abboud, Ali Khenchaf and Philippe Pouliguen.
    in Remote Sensing, 15(14), 2023.
  • A Two-Way Split-Step Wavelet Scheme for Tropospheric Long-Range Propagation in Various Environments.
    with Othmane Benhmammouch and Ali Khenchaf.
    in Remote Sensing, 14(11), 2022.
  • Determination of the thresholds in the split-step wavelet method to assess accuracy for long-range propagation.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in URSI Radio Science Letters, 3, 2021.
  • A local split-step wavelet method for the long-range propagation simulation in 2D.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in Radio Science, 56(2), 2021.

    • Work in progress

  • A discrete dual finite volume method for the stationary advection-diffusion-reaction equation.
    with Delphine Bessières and Jean Paillol.
  • A physics-guided neural network for real-time electromagnetic field predictions over various terrain.

    • Proceedings

  • A discrete dual finite volume method for the convection-diffusion equation: toward cold-plasma modeling.
    with Delphine Bessières and Jean Paillol.
    accepted to CM3P, 2025.
  • Benchmark of several stochastic finite element approaches for the Poisson equation.
    with Titouan Marquaille, and Arnaud Coatanhay.
    accepted to EMTS, 2025.
  • Split-step framelet: leveraging wavelet frames for tropospheric long-range propagation.
    accepted to EMTS, 2025.
  • Benchmark entre plusieurs méthodes hybrides rapides pour modéliser et calculer la SER de cibles métalliques en milieu maritime.
    with Corentin Carré, Ali Khenchaf, and Philippe Pouliguen.
    accepted to ENVIREM, 2025.
  • A Fast Wavelet-Based Hybrid Method to Model the RCS of Metallic Targets in Maritime Environment.
    with Corentin Carré and Ali Khenchaf.
    accepted to the European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2025.
  • Physics-embedded machine learning method for the prediction of long-range electromagnetic field propagation.
    with Abdelmalek Toumi.
    in International Conference on Antennas and Electromagnetic Systems (AES), 2024 (SP2, Invited).
  • On the use of the parabolic wave equation to model the electromagnetic propagation in maritime environment.
    with Ali Khenchaf.
    in International Conference on Antennas and Electromagnetic Systems (AES), 2024 (SP2, Invited).
  • Modeling of a biological cell exposed to an electrical pulse: a Discrete Dual Finite Volume method application.
    with Delphine Bessières and Jean Paillol.
    in URSI AT-RASC, Young Scientist Award, 2024.
  • A Deep Split-Step Wavelet Model for the Long-Range Propagation.
    with Benjamin Chauvel and Abdelmalek Toumi.
    in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2024.
  • A robust inverse scattering method based on shape optimization.
    with Fabien Caubet.
    in CAMA (Special Session “Challenges in measurement, calibration and processing procedures for electromagnetic imaging”), 2023.
  • A parallel two-way split-step wavelet method for the tropospheric propagation.
    with Corentin Carré and Ali Khenchaf.
    in CAMA, 2023.
  • A hybrid wavelet-based method to model the electromagnetic propagation above a polluted sea surface.
    with Ali Khenchaf.
    in International Conference on Antennas and Electromagnetic Systems (AES), 2023.
  • Inverse scattering using a Kohn-Vogelius formulation and shape optimization method.
    with Fabien Caubet.
    in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2023.
  • Modélisation électrique de la cellule par une méthode volumes finis.
    with Delphine Bessières and Jean Paillol.
    in Journées Nationales Micro-ondes (JNM), 2022.
  • Méthode split-step wavelet pour la propagation troposphérique en 3D.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in Journées Nationales Micro-ondes (JNM), 2022.
  • Finite volumes method for the cell electrical model.
    with Delphine Bessières and Jean Paillol.
    in URSI AT-AP-RASC, 2022.
  • A two-way split-step wavelet method for the 2D tropospheric propagation.
    with Ali Khenchaf.
    in URSI AT-AP-RASC, 2022.
  • A fast hybrid approach to model roughness effects for the 2D tropospheric maritime long-range propagation.
    with Othmane Benhmammouch and Ali Khenchaf.
    in International Conference on Antennas and Electromagnetic Systems (AES), 2022.
  • 3D split-step wavelet method for the propagation over impedance ground condition.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in URSI GASS, Young Scientist Award, 2021.
  • Split-step wavelet with local operators for the 3D long-range propagation.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2021.
  • A speed up of split-step wavelet for the computation of long range propagation.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2020.
  • Split-step wavelet propagation modelling using local operators.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS), 2019.
  • Modélisation par méthode spli-step wavelet avec propagateurs locaux.
    with Rémi Douvenot and Alexandre Chabory.
    in Journées Nationales Micro-ondes (JNM), 2019.

    • Ph.D

    Title: Modeling the Atmospheric Long-range Electromagnetic Waves Propagation in 3D Using the Wavelet Transform.

    Supervised by Alexandre Chabory and Rémi Douvenot in the Electromagnetics and Antennas team of the TELECOM laboratory at ENAC(EMA).

    Defended the 26th of november 2020 at the French Civil Aviation University (ENAC) in front of the following jury members