BEN CHIEKH MAHER

Professor

Name : BEN CHIEKH MAHER

Affliation institution : ENIM

Email : maher.benchiekh@enim.rnu.tn

Function: Director of the laboratory LESTE

Orcid : 0000-0002-7634-6847

Biography

Maher Ben Chiekh is a Professor at the National School of Engineers, Monastir, University of Monastir, Tunisia, with over two decades of teaching and research experience in fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and renewable energy systems.

Prof. Ben Chiekh began his academic career as a teaching assistant in 2000, was promoted to assistant professor in 2004, hired as an associate professor in 2013, and achieved full professor status in 2018.

He is the Director of the Laboratory for Energy & Thermal Systems Studies (LESTE) since 2021 and is the Manager of the Common Services Research Unit for Particle Image Velocimetry Equipment.

Throughout his career, Prof. Ben Chiekh has engaged in numerous research projects, both nationally and internationally, securing various grants and collaborating with institutions in France, Canada, and Germany. His work spans multiple areas, including flow control techniques, ultrasound thrombolysis, and energy system modelling.

Activities

Doctorates Supervision :

Defended:

  • Rafika Ben Haj Slama, 2018, Flow Generated in a Fluid Medium by a Focused Ultrasound Wave: Acoustic Streaming and Solid Particle Flow.

Co-supervised thesis with prof. Jean-Christophe Béra (University of Lyon 1).

Link: https://www.theses.fr/226213293

  • Ameni Trigui, 2021, Study of Flows in Stenosed Arteries. Thesis at the University of Monastir.

In progress

  • Mouna Guizani (2021-) High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Control of Flows in a Pipe.

Co-supervised thesis with prof. Jean-Christophe Béra (University of Lyon 1).

  • Marwa Bedoui (2022-) Numerical investigation of the large-scale coherent structures between two parallel fins

Research grants

  • 2022-2025: Tunisian-French  PHC-UTIQUE Program22/G1107. Titre: (in French) Mélange ultrasonore en paroi d'un écoulement sténotique (muses)  - faisabilité pour un traitement de sténose artérielle iliaque. Co-Investigator with Prof. Béra (INSERM Lyon, France).
  • 2019-2022: Strategic project with the participation of industry and science between Germany and Tunisia (2+2). Title: Wind turbine power system for grid stabilization with integrated energy storage. Co-Investigator  with  Prof.  Uwe  Ritsche  (Univ.  Rostock,  Germany)  and Prof  Guellouz  (Univ. Carthage, Tunisia)
  • 2015-2018: Tunisian-French  PHC-UTIQUE Program16/G1107. Titre: (in French) Analyse expérimentale et numérique des écoulements générés en milieu fluide par une onde ultrasonore  focalisée.  Title:  Characterization  of  Focused Ultrasound  induced  Acoustic Streaming. Co-Investigator with Prof. Béra (INSERM Lyon, France)
  • 2009-2012: INSERM (France) / DGRST (Tunisia) Code: 10/M 02. Title (in French) : « Thrombolyse par cavitation ultrasonore »: ultrasound thrombolysis. Co-Investigator with Prof. Béra (INSERM Lyon, France)
  • 2006-2008: Project «Projet de coopération scientifique inter-universitaire", Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie. Title: « Analysis and control of fluid flows ». Co-Investigator  with  Prof.  Kourta  (IMFT  Toulouse,  France),  Prof.  Tavoularis  (Uinv.  Ottawa, Canada) and Prof Guellouz (Univ. Carthage, Tunisia)
  • 2005-2006: National program for research and Innovation. Title (in French): « Conception de dispositifs de captage des différents émanations produites dans l'industrie du bois» : Design of a capture process of particulate emission from the manufacturing of wood. Co-Investigator with Prof Guellouz (Univ. Carthager, Tunisia)
  • 2004-2007: CNRS (France) / DGRST (Tunisia) Code: 05/R 1108. Title: « Development of techniques for flow separation control » Co-Investigator with Prof. Kourta (IMFT Toulouse).