Professor Ana Tavares’ research activities focus on fuel cells, in particular on the development of direct methanol cell membranes. Its activities also include the study of the mass transport phenomenon (diffusion of methanol, water, etc.) and electrode optimization (triple phase boundary). Professor Tavares has extensive experience in:

• The development of non-fluorinated polymeric materials for fuel cells and their characterizations (structure, morphology, transport)
• Manufacturing and evaluation of PEM & DMFC batteries
• The synthesis and characterization of oxide-based electrocatalysts used in the fields of SOFCs, water electrolysis and the chloroalkali industry

Advanced control via artificial intelligence
Control of complex systems: Control of power systems, synchronization and analysis of systems with multiple interconnected sources on the grid and in standalone mode. Control and management of microgrids. Control of multi-converter and/or multi-machine systems. Control and automation of industrial systems.

Various applications in artificial intelligence: Adaptive and predictive control. Characterization, identification, and modeling of electrical charges. Signal processing and intelligent measurement. Data acquisition, classification, and management. Power quality analysis. Building modeling and energy and power demand management. Communication systems.

Embedded Systems: Implementation of diverse applications using Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) technology, microprocessors, and microcontrollers. Development of embedded applications and systems for real-time signal control, processing, and analysis. Hardware implementation of models, adaptive algorithms, and neural networks using FPGAs. Co-design of hardware and software, including multi-core applications. Real-time co-simulation and emulation.

Electronics: Design and implementation of power, measurement and control circuits for various applications. Design and production of static converters and power interfaces for renewable energy systems and hydrogen technologies (fuel cells).

Antoine Lesage-Landry is an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, QC, Canada. He received his B.Eng. in Engineering Physics from Polytechnique Montréal in 2015 and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto, ON, Canada, in 2019. Before joining the faculty at Polytechnique Montréal, he was a postdoctoral researcher with the Energy & Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley from 2019 to 2020. His research interests include optimization and online learning, as well as their applications to renewable energy power grids.

Research areas:

• Energy

Expertise:

• UPQC
• Wave quality
• Harmonic compensation
• Active power filters
• Statcom
• Dstatcom –
• Renewable energy
• Wind turbines
• Solar panels
• Grid Interfacing

Research interests and activities:

Research activities are focused on development and integration of solar energy systems into buildings to generate electricity, useful heat and for daylighting. My long term vision is the realization of solar buildings operating in Canada as integrated advanced technological systems that generate in an average year as much energy as they consume.

A key element of our approach is that solar technologies are integrated in an optimal manner with energy efficiency measures, with the building envelope and with HVAC systems, so the potential energy savings are even higher than separately applying the two approaches and reductions in total cost may be realized.

I am looking for new graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with strong backgrounds in building engineering or civil/mechanical engineering and related fields (applied physics, architectural engineering etc) to work in exciting projects using a new state-of-the-art solar simulator and environmental chamber – an internationally unique laboratory.

INTERESTS

• Biomethanization, catalytic processes, thermochemistry.

CENTRAL RESEARCH AREAS

• Water Use Focus Area
  Theme 3: Water Use in Secondary Production

EXPERTISE

• Industrial water
• Wastewater

Ali Hakkaki-Fard is an associate professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Université Laval. His research focuses on energy efficiency and renewable and sustainable energy systems. His research focuses on three main areas: geothermal energy, ejector cooling systems and photovoltaic thermal systems. However, he is also interested in green hydrogen production, district heating and building energy systems. Her main research goal is to make green energy accessible and affordable for all.

He received his Ph.D. from McGill University in 2011. His doctoral research focused on the numerical analysis of flow fields of unsteady reflections of shock waves. He joined CanmetENERGY-Natural Resources Canada in Varennes as a postdoctoral researcher in 2012. There, he studied air-source and geothermal heat pumps.

He left CanmetENERGY in December 2015 and joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology (UTS) in Tehran, Iran. He created the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Lab at the same university. He left UTS and joined Laval University in August 2022.

Adrian ILINCA is a professor of mechanical engineering at the École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal. He received his Ph.D. from École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1994. Until 2022, he was a professor and director of the Wind Energy Research Laboratory at the Université du Québec à Rimouski. His main contributions include hybrid renewable energy systems, pneumatic diesel hybridization, energy storage, energy efficiency, fluid flow simulation, heat and mass transfer, and optimization.

Adrian ILINCA is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering at École de Technologie Supérieure, Montreal. He obtained his Ph.D. from École Polytechnique de Montréal in 1994. He was, until 2022, professor and director of the Wind Energy Research Laboratory at Université du Québec à Rimouski. His main contributions are in hybrid renewable energy systems, pneumatic hybridization of diesel engines, energy storage, energy efficiency, fluid flow simulations, heat and mass transfer, and optimization.

Main sector of activity

Corrosion Resistance Assessment

Main areas of activity and research:

• Electrochemistry, measurement and monitoring of corrosion under service and laboratory conditions
• Cyclic corrosion tests in the laboratory
• Evaluation of means of corrosion protection

Dr. Ayoub Tanji is a researcher and R&D project manager at the Centre de Métallurgie du Québec (CMQ), where he heads the corrosion and electrochemistry section. He holds a PhD in Materials Engineering and Metallurgy from Laval University (Canada) and a Master’s degree in Materials and Surface Engineering from France. He specializes in the development of advanced metal alloys for energy, biomedical and industrial applications. His work focuses on corrosion protection, coatings and surface treatments, applied metallurgy, as well as the development of materials for hydrogen technologies and batteries.
He coordinates several collaborative projects with Canadian universities (UQTR, Université Laval, INRS, UQAR, Université de Sherbrooke) and international universities: UMONS (Belgium), ENSAM (France), LIST (Luxembourg), UM6P (Morocco), University of Tennessee (United States), University of Michigan (United States), Missouri State University (United States), Brawijaya University (Indonesia) and American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). It also collaborates with numerous industrial partners through provincial and federal research programs.

Sectors of activity:

• Electrochemistry and advanced processes
• Energy and decarbonization
• Applied metallurgy

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Biography (English version)

Dr. Ayoub Tanji is a researcher and R&D project manager at the Centre de Métallurgie du Québec (CMQ), where he leads the corrosion and electrochemistry division. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from Université Laval (Canada) and a Master’s degree in Materials and Surface Engineering obtained in France. His expertise focuses on the development of advanced metallic alloys for energy, biomedical, and industrial applications. His research covers corrosion protection, surface coatings and treatments, applied metallurgy, and the development of materials for hydrogen and battery technologies.
He coordinates several collaborative projects with Canadian universities (UQTR, Université Laval, INRS, UQAR, Université de Sherbrooke) and international partners, including UMONS (Belgium), ENSAM (France), LIST (Luxembourg), UM6P (Morocco), University of Tennessee (USA), University of Michigan (USA), Missouri State University (USA), Brawijaya University (Indonesia), and the American University of Sharjah (United Arab Emirates). He also works closely with numerous industrial partners through provincial and federal research programs.

Fields of expertise:

• Electrochemistry and advanced processes
• Energy and decarbonization
• Applied metallurgy