Marwan Johra

Marwan Johra joined the École normale supérieure de Rennes (ENS Rennes) as a temporary teaching and research associate (ATER) in the Mechatronics department at the start of the 2025 academic year. A graduate of INSA Rennes in mechanical and automation engineering who further trained at ISAE-SUPAERO in Toulouse, his career spans international experiences across the United States, Italy, England, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, and Finland, including a significant European Space Agency project conducted between Turin, Toulouse and Leicester.

His research focuses on mechatronic systems and robotics, particularly vibration assistance and control based on elasto-geometric modeling for robotized incremental forming. Johra's work aims to improve geometric precision of robotic arms through real-time elastic correction mechanisms and innovative vibratory tools that reduce forming forces, while also conducting environmental analyses comparing manufacturing processes like incremental forming versus stamping.

As an educator, he teaches numerical methods to first-year students, manufacturing projects to second-year students, and practical work on new manufacturing processes to third-year students at ENS Rennes. He also instructs in the Master 2 Mechanics – Environmental Transition of Industries program at the University of Rennes and maintains teaching responsibilities at INSA Rennes, with a particular interest in exploring innovative teaching methodologies across European institutions.

Working within a research axis developed by Professor Olivier Kerbrat, Johra divides his time between teaching projects and experimental activities on the mechanics platform at ENS Rennes and the IPR, while continuing collaborations with LGCGM at INSA Rennes, actively strengthening synergies between the component institutions of the University of Rennes.