Rachid OUTBIB has received his Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics in 1994 and his HDR in Automatics control in 1998, respectively from university of Metz and university of Amiens (France). He was full professor at the University of Technology at Belfort (France), from 2003 to 2006. Since 2007 he is full professor at the University of Aix-Marseille. His main research interests concern non-linear systems methods with applications to fluid power, automotive and energetic systems mainly fuel cell systems.