MIcro et Nanosystèmes pour les Communications

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The MINC team focuses its research on wireless communicating systems, with particular emphasis on physical measurement in constrained environments, cyber security implemented at hardware level, 3D radar imaging and energy autonomy.


The MINC team is conducting research into: wireless sensors for constrained environments; millimetre-wave Radar imaging systems; autonomous cyber-physical systems; and energy autonomy (for communicating systems).

Wireless sensors for constrained environments

Two types of sensors are studied: passive sensors with electromagnetic transduction and ultra-fast sensors for explosive science.

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Millimeter-wave Radar imaging systems

Millimeter-wave Radar imaging systems to remotely estimate features of targets

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Autonomous Cyber-Physical Systems

Energy and decision-making autonomy for secure cyber-physical systems designed for various applications.

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Energy autonomy (for communicating systems)

Energy autonomy for communicating systems by electromagnetic Wireless Power Transfer or by ambient electromagnetic energy harvesting.

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Latest publications

2025

Journal articles

Gaël Loubet, Alexandru Takacs, Daniela Dragomirescu, Darshan Shetty, Jasmin Grosinger, et al.. Wirelessly Powered Battery-Free Sensing Nodes for Internet of Things Applications. IEEE Microwave Magazine, 2025, 26 (7), pp.26-46. ⟨10.1109/MMM.2024.3488593⟩. ⟨hal-05142829⟩

Mathieu Lihoreau, Coline Monchanin, Mathilde Lacombrade, Joanna Brebner, Tamara Gómez-Moracho. Why bumblebees have become model species in apidology: A brief history and perspectives. Apidologie, 2025, 56 (1), pp.19. ⟨10.1007/s13592-024-01138-9⟩. ⟨hal-04951264⟩

Conference papers

Taki Eddine Djidjekh, Gaël Loubet, Alexandru Takacs. Backscattering-Based Security in Wireless Power Transfer Applied to Battery-Free BLE Sensors. 2025 IEEE Wireless Power Technology Conference and Expo (WPTCE), IEEE, Jun 2025, Rome, Italy. pp.1-4, ⟨10.1109/WPTCE62521.2025.11062233⟩. ⟨hal-05157169⟩

Van-Tien Nguyen, Renzo E Navas, Guillaume Doyen. Towards Context-aware Intrusion Detection in Individual-oriented Information Systems: An Empirical Study on Android Malware. CNSM 2025, Oct 2025, Bologna, Italy. ⟨hal-05242246⟩

2024

Journal articles

Hervé Aubert, Dominique Henry, Patrick Pons. 3D Printing and Gallium-Based Liquid Metal Technologies for Microwave and Millimeter-wave Components. Proceedings of the IEEE, 2024, 112 (8), pp.1051-1064. ⟨10.1109/JPROC.2024.3459072⟩. ⟨hal-04975691⟩

Ngoc Tuan Pham, Alexandre Lefrançois, Hervé Aubert. Characterizing Lossy Dielectric Materials in Shock Physics by Millimeter-Wave Interferometry Using One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks and Nonlinear Optimization. Electronics, 2024, 13, pp.1664. ⟨10.3390/electronics13091664⟩. ⟨hal-04844003⟩

Conference papers

Van-Tien Nguyen, Renzo Efrain Navas, Guillaume Doyen. Lightweight Security for IoT Systems leveraging Moving Target Defense and Intrusion Detection. NOMS 2024-2024 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, IEEE, May 2024, Seoul, South Korea. ⟨10.1109/NOMS59830.2024.10575913⟩. ⟨hal-04537696⟩

Taki Djidjekh, Gaël Loubet, Lamoussa Sanogo, Alassane Sidibé, Guillaume Delai, et al.. Backscattering Rectifier for Security and Identification in the context of Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer. 2024 54th European Microwave Conference (EuMC), Sep 2024, Paris, France. pp.300-303, ⟨10.23919/EuMC61614.2024.10732847⟩. ⟨hal-04763660⟩

Taki Eddine Djidjekh, Lamoussa Sanogo, Gaël Loubet, Alassane Sidibe, Daniela Dragomirescu, et al.. A New Security and Identification Concept for SWIPT Systems in IoT Applications. 2024 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium - IMS 2024, Jun 2024, Washington DC, United States. pp.110-113, ⟨10.1109/IMS40175.2024.10600312⟩. ⟨hal-04704048⟩

Preprints, Working Papers, ...

Mathilde Lacombrade, Naïs Rocher, Blandine Mahot-Castaing, Fanny Vogelweith, Mathieu Lihoreau, et al.. Invasive Vespa velutina nigrithorax hornets are more susceptible to entomopathogenic fungus than two other hymenopteran species, the wasp Vespa vulgaris and the bumblebee Bombus terrestris .. 2024. ⟨hal-04806532⟩

2023

Journal articles

Mathilde Lacombrade, Monica Doblas-Bajo, Naïs Rocher, Zoé Tourrain, Emmanuel Navarro, et al.. Flexible visual learning in nectar-foraging hornets. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2023, 77 (7), pp.76. ⟨10.1007/s00265-023-03349-z⟩. ⟨hal-04164201⟩

Jérémi Mapas, Alexandre Lefrançois, Hervé Aubert, Sacha Comte, Yohan Barbarin, et al.. Shock Properties Characterization of Dielectric Materials using Millimeter-wave Interferometry and Convolutional Neural Networks. Sensors, 2023, 23 (10), pp.4835. ⟨10.3390/s23104835⟩. ⟨hal-04902840⟩

Conference papers

Dominique Henry, J. Bailly, T. Pasquereau, William Hebrard, J.F Bompa, et al.. Using millimetre-wave radar for monitoring sow postural activity in individual pen: first results. 74. Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, EAAP, Aug 2023, Lyon, France. pp.758. ⟨hal-04341593⟩

Alassane Sidibe, Alexandru Takacs, Daniela Dragomirescu, Samuel Charlot. A Dual-Band and Flexible CPW-Fed Antenna for RF Energy Harvesting Applications. 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2023), Mar 2023, Florence, Italy. pp.1-5, ⟨10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133562⟩. ⟨hal-04873376⟩

Other documents

Matthieu Sagot, Bastien Venzac, David Bourrier, Aurélie Lecestre, Adrian Laborde, et al.. 3D Integration of a µSieve for Particle Filtration Combined with real-time in-situ Analysis within Complex Media. Micro and Nano Engineering Conference 2023, Sep 2023, Berlin, Germany. , 2023. ⟨hal-04582810⟩

2022

Journal articles

Alassane Sidibe, Gael Loubet, Alexandru Takacs, Daniela Dragomirescu. A Multifunctional Battery-Free Bluetooth Low Energy Wireless Sensor Node Remotely Powered by Electromagnetic Wireless Power Transfer in Far-Field. Sensors, 2022, 22 (11), pp.4054. ⟨10.3390/s22114054⟩. ⟨hal-03682579⟩

Dominique Henry, Hervé Aubert, Patrice Galaup, Thierry Véronèse. Dynamic Estimation of the Yield in Precision Viticulture from Mobile Millimeter-Wave Radar Systems. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2022, 60, pp.4704915. ⟨10.1109/TGRS.2021.3133017⟩. ⟨hal-03518745⟩

Conference papers

William Derigent, Michaël David, Hang Wan, Daniela Dragomirescu, Alexandru Takacs, et al.. Materials communicating with the BIM: results of the McBIM project. 6th IFAC Symposium on Telematics Applications, TA'2022, Jun 2022, Nancy, France. pp.25-30, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.08.005⟩. ⟨hal-03782567⟩

Gael Loubet, Alassane Sidibe, Alexandru Takacs, Daniela Dragomirescu. Autonomous Wireless Sensors Network for the Implementation of a Cyber-Physical System Monitoring Reinforced Concrete Civil Engineering Structures. 6th IFAC Symposium on Telematics Applications (TA), Jun 2022, Nancy, France. pp.19-24, ⟨10.1016/j.ifacol.2022.08.004⟩. ⟨hal-04041567⟩

Mapas Jérémi, Hervé Aubert, Alexandre Lefrançois. Propagation d'une onde millimétrique dans un matériau diélectrique soumis à un choc soutenu en prenant en compte les pertes. Journées Nationales Microondes, Jun 2022, Limoges (France), France. ⟨hal-03998242⟩

Quentin Douarre, El-Mehdi Djelloul, Pascal Berthou, Daniela Dragomirescu, Philippe Owezarski. Design of a 5G experimental platform based on OpenAirInterface. TridentCom'2022 - 17th EAI International Conference on Tools for Design, Implementation and Verification of Emerging Information Technologies, Nov 2022, Melbourne, Australia. ⟨hal-03855794⟩

Julien Philippe, Muriel Ferry, Samuel Charlot, Alexandre Rumeau, Aurélie Lecestre, et al.. Dosimètre passif micro-onde pour la détection de radiation nucléaire à très fortes doses. Journées nationales Micro-ondes (JNM), Jun 2022, Limoges, France. ⟨hal-03670255⟩

Other documents

Matthieu Sagot, Elise Bou, David Bourrier, Aline Cerf, Hervé Aubert, et al.. Micro-perforated membrane for label-free cell capture and integrated electrical detection operating in whole blood. 2022. ⟨hal-04582845⟩

2021

Journal articles

Alassane Sidibe, Alexandru Takacs, Gael Loubet, Daniela Dragomirescu. Compact Antenna in 3D Configuration for Rectenna Wireless Power Transmission Applications. Sensors, 2021, 21 (9), pp.3193. ⟨10.3390/s21093193⟩. ⟨hal-03540535⟩

Alassane Sidibe, Gael Loubet, Alexandru Takacs, Guillaume Ferré, Anthony Ghiotto. Miniature drone antenna design for the detection of airliners. International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, 2021, 13 (1), pp.21-27. ⟨10.1017/S1759078720000896⟩. ⟨hal-03540578⟩

Alexandre Dore, Cristian Pasquaretta, Dominique Henry, Edmond Ricard, Jean-François Bompa, et al.. A Non-Invasive Millimetre-Wave Radar Sensor for Automated Behavioural Tracking in Precision Farming—Application to Sheep Husbandry. Sensors, 2021, 21 (23), pp.8140. ⟨10.3390/s21238140⟩. ⟨hal-03485290⟩

Guilherme Germano Buchmeier, Alexandru Takacs, Daniela Dragomirescu, Juvenal Alarcon Ramos, Amaia Fortes Montilla. Optimized NFC Circuit and Coil Design for Wireless Power Transfer with 2D Free-Positioning and Low Load Sensibility. Sensors, 2021, 21 (23), pp.8074. ⟨10.3390/s21238074⟩. ⟨hal-03621225⟩

Mathieu Lihoreau, Alexandre Dore, Dominique Henry, Hervé Aubert. ERC project Bee-Move: "How do bees move across the landscapes?". The Project Repository Journal, 2021, 12, pp.76-79. ⟨10.54050/PRJ1218299⟩. ⟨hal-03858146⟩

Conference papers

Luis Felipe Fonseca Dias, Camille Jouvaud, Christophe Delaveaud, Hervé Aubert. Polarization Conversion from a Two-Port Impedance Loaded Tag. EUCAP 2022, Mar 2022, Madrid, Spain. ⟨10.23919/EuCAP53622.2022.9769597⟩. ⟨cea-03747371⟩

Carlos David Morales Peña, José Bruno de Araújo, Christophe Morlaas, Alexandre Chabory, Romain Pascaud, et al.. Circularly Polarized Huygens Source Antenna Based on Two Stacked Dielectric Resonators. IEEE AP-S International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Dec 2021, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore. ⟨10.1109/APS/URSI47566.2021.9704170⟩. ⟨hal-03477650⟩

Alassane Sidibe, Gael Loubet, Alexandru Takacs, Daniela Dragomirescu. Energy Harvesting for Battery-Free Wireless Sensors Network Embedded in a Reinforced Concrete Beam. 50th European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2020), Jan 2021, Utrecht, Netherlands. pp.702-705, ⟨10.23919/EuMC48046.2021.9338186⟩. ⟨hal-03540600⟩

Preprints, Working Papers, ...

Alexandre Dore, Cristian Pasquaretta, Dominique Henry, Edmond Ricard, Jean-François Bompard, et al.. A non-invasive radar system for automated behavioural tracking: application to sheep. 2021. ⟨hal-03438808v2⟩

2020

Conference papers

Alexandre Dore, Mathieu Lihoreau, Yvon Billon, Laure Ravon, Jean Bailly, et al.. Millimetre-wave radars for the automatic recording of sow postural activity. 71. Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production (EAAP), European Association for Animal Production, Dec 2020, Inconnu, Italy. ⟨hal-03079692⟩

Dominique Henry, Timothée Marchal, Julien Philippe, Patrick Pons, Hervé Aubert. Long-Range Zero-Power Multi-Sensing in Industrial Environment using Polarization Diversity and 3D Radar Imagery. 2020 IEEE/MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS), Aug 2020, Los Angeles, United States. ⟨10.1109/IMS30576.2020.9223852⟩. ⟨hal-03089652⟩

Mathieu Chalnot, Anthony Coustou, Hervé Aubert, Patrick Pons, Maylïs Lavayssiere, et al.. Microwave Transmission of Pressure Sensor Signal Through Explosive Fireballs. IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Jul 2020, Montreal (virtual), Canada. pp.MO-A4.1A.1, ⟨10.1109/IEEECONF35879.2020.9330296⟩. ⟨hal-03089639⟩

Dominique Henry, Timothée Marchal, Julien Philippe, Patrick Pons, Hervé Aubert. Identification of Chipless Sensors in Cluttered Environments From 3D Radar Imagery and Polarimetry. 2020 XXXIIIrd General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI GASS), Aug 2020, Rome, Italy. pp.1-4, ⟨10.23919/URSIGASS49373.2020.9232397⟩. ⟨hal-03089658⟩

Other documents

A Ghiotto, Alexandru Takacs, Jean-Christophe Nallatamby, J.A. del Río Portilla, Jean-Yves Dauvignac, et al.. EuMW 2019: Special Issue. 2020, pp.541-542. ⟨10.1017/S1759078720001014⟩. ⟨hal-02927490⟩

Since 2018, the members of the MINC team have been involved on research authorities in various ways.


International mandates

  • European IC 1301 Wireless Power Transmission for Sustainable Electronics (WiPE) consortium | 2013 - 2017: A. TAKACS, French representative in the management committee.
  • IEEE MTT-25 Wireless Power Transfer and Energy Conversion | A. TAKACS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.

Editorial activities

● Electronics Letters (Wiley) | 2020 - today: H. AUBERT, Editor in-Chief | 2016 - today: H. AUBERT, Subject Editor | 2015 - 2016 and 2023 - today: H. AUBERT, Associate Editor.

● International Journal of Antennas and Propagation (Wiley) | 2014 - today: H. AUBERT, Member of the Editorial Board.

● Sensors (MDPI) | 2019 - today: P. PONS, Member of the Editorial Board.

● Sensors (MDPI) | 2022: P. PONS, Guest Editor of the Special Session: "Metrology of shock waves".


Organisation of international events

  • Allsensors | 2023: P. PONS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • Electronics | 2021 - 2022: H. AUBERT, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) | 2017 - today: H. AUBERT, Meta-Reviewer.
  • European Microwave Week (EuMW) | 2013 - 2019: H. AUBERT, Member of the Technical Program Committee | 2015, 2016 and 2019: A. TAKACS, Member of the Technical Program Committee | 2019: A. TAKACS, Co-TPC chair for European Microwave Conference (EuMC'2019)
  • European Symposium on Reliability of Electron Devices (ESREF) | 2018 - 2021 and 2023: P. PONS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • Eurosensors | 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023: P. PONS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • IEEE International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT ) | 2018 - 2019: H. AUBERT, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • IEEE International Symposium on Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE) | 2019: H. AUBERT, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • IEEE Sensors | 2021 - 2023: P. PONS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • IEEE Wireless Power Week (WPW) | 2022: A. TAKACS, General Co-Chairman; G. LOUBET, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • Micro and Nano Engineering Conference (MNE) | 2023: P. PONS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • International Conference on Sensor Device Technologies and Applications (SensorDevices) | 2021 - 2022: H. AUBERT, Member of the Technical Program Committee | 2021: P. PONS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SensorCom) | 2018 - 2021: P. PONS, Member of the Technical Program Committee
  • International Conference on Wireless Technologies, Embedded and Intelligent Systems (WITS) | 2020 - 2021: H. AUBERT, Member of the Technical Program Committee.
  • Wireless Power Transfer Conference (WPTC) | 2016, 2018 and 2019 : A. TAKACS, Member of the Technical Program Committee.


Inviting and hosting researchers


National mandates

  • Full member of Section 63 of the Conseil National des Universités (Electrical Engineering, Electronics, Photonics and Systems) | ???? -????: D. DRAGOMIRESCU | 2023 - today: M. GRZESKOWIAK.
  • Nominated member (substitute) of Section 63 of the Conseil National des Universités (Electrical engineering, Electronics, Photonics and Systems) | 2011 - 2019 and 2023 - today: H. AUBERT.


Evaluation of laboratories

Higher Council for the Evaluation of Research and Higher Education (HCERES) | 2016 - today: H. AUBERT, member of evaluation committee for 6 french Laboratories since 2016.


Evaluation of projects

  • ANR ASTRID | 2017 - 2019: H. AUBERT, Member of the evaluation Committee .
  • ANRT | 2020: P. PONS, reviewer.
  • Région Nouvelle Aquitaine | 2017 - 2019: P. PONS, reviewer.


Organisation of national events

● 18th research group symposium System on Chip -Embedded Systems and Connected Objects (GdR SoC²) | 2024 :D. DRAGOMIRESCU, General Chairman; A. TAKACS, Member of the Technical Program Committee; G. LOUBET, Member of the Technical Program Committee.


Recruitments

Selection Committee for Professor

  • H. AUBERT | 2018: Université de Nice | 2020: Université Côte d'Azur.

Selection Committee for Associate Professor

  • H. AUBERT | 2020: INSA Toulouse | 2023: Université de Paris 10 Nanterre.
  • M. GRZESKOWIAK | 2021: Université Gustave Eiffel | 2022: Université de Lille, Université Gustave Eiffel et INP Bordeaux | 2023: INP Bordeaux.
  • A. TAKACS | 2022: INP Grenoble.


Jury for the Habilitation to Supervise Research (HDR)

● H. AUBERT | Rewiever: 2018, Université de Limoges.


Jury for Doctoral Thesis

  • H. AUBERT | Chairman: 2018, Université de Grenoble Alpes; 2019, Université de Rennes | Reviewer: 2018, Université de Paris-Est, Université de Nice, Université de Rennes, INSA de Rennes, Université de Limoges; 2019, Université de Rennes, Université de Limoges (x2); 2020, Université de Lille, Université de Grenoble Alpes, INSA de Rennes, Université de Rennes; 2021, Université de Montréal (Canada), Université de Limoges (x2); 2022, Université de Côte d’Azur (x2), Université de Grenoble Alpes, Université de Limoges (x2); 2023, Université de Rennes, Université de Grenoble Alpes, Université de Limoges | Examiner: 2019, GeorgiaTech (USA); 2021, Université de Limoges; 2022, Université de Lille, Université de Grenoble Alpes.
  • M. GRZESKOWIAK | Reviewer: 2023, Université Gustave Eiffel, Université Paris Saclay | Examiner: 2022, Université Gustave Eiffel, Université Paris Saclay.
  • P. PONS | Chairman: 2023, Université de Toulouse / CIRIMAT | Reviewer: 2018, Grenoble INP | Examiner: 2020, Université Paris Saclay / C2N.


Awards and distinctions

● H. AUBERT | 2021 and 2022: Certificates from IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society in Recognition and Appreciation for Exceptional Performance as a Reviewer of the IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.

● H. AUBERT | 2019: Best Reviewer Award of Information & Communications Technology Express.

THESIS / HDR

2023

Mathilde Lacombrade, Thèse: Dispersion, fourragement et cognition du frelon à pattes jaunes : vers de nouveaux moyens de lutte

Alassane Sidibé, Thèse: Système compact de télé-alimentation par ondes RF pour des étiquettes géo-localisables et autonomes en énergie

2022

Timothée Marchal, Thèse: Capteur millimétrique sans fil : du transducteur vers l'interrogation RADAR

2021

Gael Loubet, Thèse: Réseaux de capteurs sans fil autonomes pour la fabrication de matériaux communicants. Application au domaine du génie civil.

Marjorie Grzeskowiak, Habilitation à diriger des recherches: Contribution à l’étude de systèmes passifs (lignes, antennes, filtres) destinés à des applications de la HF au millimétrique

Alexandre Dore, Thèse: Suivi individualisé du déplacement d'insectes pollinisateurs et d'animaux d'élevage à l'aide de RADARs microondes à modulation de fréquence

Mathieu Chalnot, Thèse: Plateforme de communication sans fil pour réseaux de capteurs ultra rapides en environnement extrême

2019

Johan Duplouy, Thèse: Antenne Vectorielle Reconfigurable et Large-Bande appliquée à la Radiogoniométrie 3-D

Benoit Rougier, Thèse: Étude à coeur des propriétés de matériaux innovants par la compréhension de la propagation d'une onde électromagnétique à travers une onde de choc

2018

Alexandru Takacs, Habilitation à diriger des recherches: Transmission d'énergie sans fil et collecte/récupération d'énergie RF

Bilal Benamrouche, Thèse: Efficacité énergétique des architectures de communication sans fil IR-UWB pour les réseaux de capteurs sans fil

Dominique Henry, Thèse: Imagerie radar en ondes millimétriques appliquée à la viticulture

2017

Jeremie Fourmann, Thèse: Système sans fil de mesure ultra-rapide de la surpression aérienne en environnement extrême

2016

Matthieu Gastaldi, Thèse: Développement d'une solution Core-chip MMIC avec convertisseur série-parallèle intégré en technologie BiCMOS pour la formation des faisceaux pour antennes agiles

Zhening Yang, Thèse: Technologie sur substrat souple pour applications en ondes millimétriques

Jérémy Valleau, Thèse: Miniaturisation d'antennes très large bande pour apllication spatiales

Guillaume Vigneau, Thèse: Etude et modélisation d’un système de transmission d’énergie et de données par couplage inductif pour des systèmes électroniques dans l’environnement automobile

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