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Testimony of Sami Boukezzoula, student in the “Ingénieur généraliste” programme

Sami Boukezzoula

Student in the "Ingénieur généraliste" programme

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Education

Date :

08 Jul 2025

Testimony of Sami Boukezzoula

What is your background?

I graduated from the Lycée Édouard Belin in Vesoul in 2019 with a Bac Scientifique, specialising in engineering sciences. It was also at this school that I passed my BIA (Brevet d’Initiation Aéronautique) in 2017, where I was top of the Bertrand Piccard class in the Besançon academy. I then entered the MPSI at the Lycée Victor Hugo in Besançon, before moving on to the MP at the same school. I was ranked 205ᵉ in the Mines Ponts competitive entrance exam in 2021, which enabled me to enter SUPAERO, which was my first choice!

Why did you choose ISAE-SUPAERO? What do you think are the school's strengths?

Originally, I was passionate about aerospace and SUPAERO was a reference in this field, with alumni as inspiring as the astronaut Thomas Pesquet (and now Sophie Adenot), so it was a dream for me to join such a school.

What’s more, as I had been sensitive to environmental and climate issues long before I started at SUPAERO, my ambition was to work either on decarbonising the aviation sector or on developing Earth observation missions to characterise and monitor global warming and its consequences.

Coming to SUPAERO made me fully aware of the scale of the environmental crisis and its consequences, particularly for the aerospace sector. More generally, the school is making a commendable effort to train its students in the issues facing the world today and tomorrow (particularly environmental issues) so that they are able to integrate their complexity into their careers.

SUPAERO’s generalist approach and the possibility for each student to choose the courses that best meet their expectations are a definite advantage, guaranteeing personalised training: the horizon of possibilities is limitless when you join SUPAERO! And there’s no shortage of student life: dozens of clubs (technical, sports, cultural, etc.), lots of events throughout the year and Toulouse, the perfect city for students 😊

Can you tell us about your academic mobility? How was it a rewarding experience, both personally and academically?

I spent a semester at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland. I was able to choose the courses I wanted, in energy, climate and fluid mechanics, most of which were taught in English. It was the university’s academic excellence, its international outlook and its unrivalled setting on the shores of Lake Geneva with its breathtaking views of the Alps that made me decide to go.

I really appreciated the living environment, the teaching methods and the quality of the teaching, even though it required more work than at SUPAERO. Last but not least, this semester gave me the opportunity to discover Switzerland, a country with a rich variety of landscapes, cheeses and chocolate!

What areas and subjects have you chosen for 3A? Why did you make this choice?

My gap year was decisive in my choice of direction in 3A. I was able to do two placements: the first at CNES in data processing and research; the second in project management at VALECO, an SME developing wind and solar projects. This gave me a clearer picture of my interests and a more concrete idea of where I wanted to start my career.

So I chose to enter the ETE-Energy and SDS fields. ETE because I believe that environmental issues, and in particular those of the energy transition, are a priority if all sectors, and in particular the aerospace sector, are to have a place in a world faced with the consequences of global warming. SDD because I believe that the relevant use of data, possibly using artificial intelligence tools, can inform strategic decision-making, in order to serve the ecological transition, among other things.

What are your career plans?

I’m going to do my SFE at EDF in Grenoble in the General Technical Division. My role will be to carry out a statistical analysis of frequency anomalies on French island electricity networks (Corsica, French overseas departments and territories, etc.) and to propose artificial intelligence methods for automatically detecting or even predicting these anomalies. This work will enable electricity network managers to improve their predictive maintenance methods, to help them make investment decisions to improve these networks and also to prepare European electricity systems for the introduction of an increasing proportion of renewable energies.

My career plan is to continue working in the energy sector, while using and developing my skills in data science and AI to help this sector participate in the ecological transition of our societies.

A word about life in Toulouse and more particularly on campus?

Toulouse is an ideal location for students, with a wide range of activities available in the city (bars, restaurants, cinemas, museums, etc.) or nearby (the Pyrenees are just one hour away, the Mediterranean one and a half hours and the Atlantic two hours).

The SUPAERO campus is on a human scale and has a number of high-quality facilities, including a rugby pitch (this is the land of the oval ball!), a swimming pool, two gymnasiums, the student centre (with its foyer!) and the Aérothèque Marie Marvingt (where it was great to work and relax in the rest rooms with a good board game or puzzle). Finally, SUPAERO wouldn’t be SUPAERO without its rich and diverse student life, to which the half-day on Thursday afternoons is entirely dedicated.

Personally, I’ve been particularly involved in OSE, the institute’s social outreach association, by volunteering for weekly tutoring sessions for secondary school students in difficulty, as well as for popular science and career guidance events. And for the first two years, I was involved in two technical clubs: the Cubesat club (through the TOLOSAT student nanosatellite project) and the S-cube (through the PERSEUS nanofuselage project in collaboration with CNES).

If you had any words for students taking the CCMP?

First of all, congratulations on your eligibility: it’s an important first step that you’ve just taken. Stay calm, composed and focused, and with just one more effort to make during the orals, you’ll have a great life ahead of you! Good luck in the final stretch 😉

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