Ouafae El Ganaoui Mourlan is an engineer graduated from École Centrale Méditerranée and holds a PhD in Fluid Mechanics from Aix-Marseille University II. She is currently a Professor at IFP School, where she leads the Research Master's Program in Vehicle Electrification and Automotive Propulsion, developed in partnership with ENS Paris-Saclay. She obtained her Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR) from CentraleSupélec at Paris-Saclay University.
Since 2019, she has been co-holder of the ECAV Chair (Electric Connected and Autonomous Vehicles for Smart Mobility), which supports innovative research projects, doctoral supervision, and the integration of technological advances into academic programs. Throughout her career, she has supervised numerous academic projects, ranging from undergraduate capstone projects to doctoral theses, in close collaboration with industrial partners.
Before joining IFP School in 2011, she worked at the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), where she developed models for the transfer of radioactive pollutants in aquatic environments. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN), focusing on injection modeling for internal combustion engines. From 2004 to 2011, she held various strategic positions at Stellantis (formerly PSA Group), covering engine modeling and design as well as industrial auditing.
Since 2020, she has also served as Deputy Vice President of the Education Committee of the International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies (FISITA). In 2025, she became Vice President for Education, contributing to educational innovation and the development of the skills required by the next generation of engineers.
Her career, characterized by a strong complementarity between academic research and industrial application, is fully aligned with the challenges of the energy transition and sustainable mobility. She is actively committed to strengthening the links between academia and industry to support the development of future industrial sectors, while adapting educational programs to evolving industrial needs and emerging technological challenges.
- Design d’architectures de chaînes de traction électrifiées efficaces (2022-présent) – Collaboration avec Renault, encadrement d’une équipe de 4 étudiants en Master.
- Système de gestion d’énergie pour microgrids (2021-présent) – Supervision d’un post-doctorat et de plusieurs étudiants de Master.
- Mobilité connectée et automatisée (2020-présent) – Encadrement de deux thèses dans le cadre de la Chaire ECAV et de projets étudiants.
VK Lakshmanan, O El-Ganaoui Mourlan, A Sciarretta : Cooperative eco-driving of electric connected and autonomous vehicles in platoons and un-signalised intersection, International Journal of Powertrains, 10.1504/IJPT.2025.10075388.
A. W. El Gamah, O. El Ganaoui-Mourlan, D. Gruyer, A. Sciarretta and R. Sainct, "A Downscaling Approach for Electric Vehicle Dynamics: An Application of Similitude Laws," 2025 IEEE 28th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), Gold Coast, Australia, 2025, pp. 1695-1699, doi: 10.1109/ITSC60802.2025.11423466.
Charbel Mansour, Julien Bou Gebrael, Amarendra Kancharla, Vincent Freyermuth, Ehsan Sabri Islam, Ram Vijayagopal, Olcay Sahin, Natalia Zuniga, Daniela Nieto Prada, Michel Alhajjar, Aymeric Rousseau, Hoseinali Borhan, Ouafae El Ganaoui-Mourlan (2025). "Cost Analysis of Battery Electric and Fuel Cell Powertrains for Class 8 Heavy-Duty Trucks in Real-World Scenarios: A 2024, 2035 and 2050 Perspective". SAE Technical Paper.
El Ganaoui Mourlan, O., Miliani, E.H., Moussadeq, M., Kabalan, B. (2024). "Advanced Energy Management Strategy for Microgrids with Integrated Battery Storage and Renewable Generation". Science and Technology for Energy Transition, DOI: 10.2516/stet/2024111.
Couillandeau, M., El Ganaoui-Mourlan, O., Miliani, E.H., Da Silva, D.C.(2024). "Design Methodology for Efficient Electrified Powertrains Applied to Customer Technical Need Identification". SAE Technical Paper.
El Ganaoui-Mourlan, O., Camp, S., Verhas, C., Pollet, N., Ortega, B., Baptiste, R. (2023). "Traffic Manager Development for a Roundabout Crossed by Autonomous and Connected Vehicles Using V2I Architecture". Sustainability, 15(12), 9247, 1-19. DOI: 10.3390/su15129247.
Lakshmanan, V.K., Gupta, S., D'Alessandro, S., Spano, M., Kibalama, D., El Ganaoui Mourlan, O et al (2023). "Forecasting Lead Vehicle Velocity for Eco-Driving in the Absence of V2V Information". SAE International Journal of Advances and Current Practices in Mobility. DOI: 10.4271/220.
Lakshmanan, V.K., Sciarretta, A., El Ganaoui Mourlan, O. (2022). "Cooperative Control in Eco-Driving of Electric Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in an Un-Signalized Urban Intersection". IFAC-PapersOnLine, 55(24), 64-71.
Lakshmanan, V.K., Sciarretta, A., El Ganaoui Mourlan, O. (2021). "Cooperative Levels in Eco-Driving of Electric Vehicle Platoons". 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC).
El Ganaoui-Mourlan, O., Camp, S., Hannagan, T., Arora, V., De Neuville et al (2021). "Path Planning for Autonomous Platoon Formation". Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), 1-13. DOI: 10.3390/su13093280.
El Ganaoui-Mourlan, O., Miliani, E.H., Saber, R., Ditzel Filho et al(2021). "New Fuel-Cell Hybrid Architecture for Heavy-Duty Trucks Applications". SAE Technical Paper, 727 (2021-01-0727), 10 pages. DOI: 10.4271/2021-01-0727.
Lakshmanan, V.K., Sciarretta, A., El Ganaoui-Mourlan, O. (2021). "Cooperative eco-driving of electric vehicle platoons for energy efficiency and string stability". IFAC-PapersOnLine, 54(2), 133-139.
El Ganaoui-Mourlan, O., Miliani, E.H., Da Silva, D.C., Couillandeau, M, (2020). "Design of a Flexible Hybrid Powertrain Using a 48 V-Battery and a Supercapacitor for Ultra-Light Urban Vehicles". SAE International, 445.