My long-term research objective is the development of new techniques for assessing and improving the energy performance of mixed-use buildings, centered around information management through a BIM-BEM-BOM concept (Building Information Model – Building Energy Model – Building Operation Model). This includes, among other things, developing new solutions for building-integrated agricultural spaces (eAIB), evaluating energy and GHG profiles for effective energy management, and proposing valuable synergies between different types of use to minimize environmental impacts.

Professor Guay’s research focuses on the development of new materials for the energy and environmental sectors. Professor Guay is interested in nanomaterials and metastable materials produced by mechanical grinding and pulsed laser ablation. He is particularly interested in the phenomena that occur at the surface of these materials and govern their reactivity at solid-liquid and solid-gas interfaces. These fields of interest are applied electrocatalysis, whether for fuel cells or electrolysis, and hydrogen storage. Professor Guay has extensive expertise in the field of materials characterization, and is behind a number of experimental developments enabling in situ characterization of electrode materials.

Research interests:

Nanomaterials;
Electrochemistry;

Researcher in energy and process engineering.

Dynamic and enthusiastic, I love taking on challenges as part of a team!

Specialties:

• Experimental trials: from material to process; from small scale to industrial prototype
• Simulation of complex energy systems
• Application au stockage d’énergie thermique, au solaire thermodynamique et à la serriculture

  Pour une liste de mes publications et travaux, veuillez consulter cette page:
  https://www.etsmtl.ca/recherche/professeurs-chercheurs/dhaillot/#Publications

Pr David Rancourt is an assistant professor at the Université de Sherbrooke since January 2017 in the Createk Design Lab. His research interests focus on aircraft design, electric propulsion and systems engineering. He is Director of the Aerospace Engineering Design and Training Institute of Sherbrooke (AéroUdeS) and member of the NATO AVT-310, a technical committee on hybrid-electric propulsion. Pr Rancourt graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta with a PhD from his research on the development of a new electric propulsion helicopter configuration. Over the last 10 years, he contributed to over 30 publications, and three patents in the field of aircraft design, aircraft dynamics, and rotorcraft aerodynamics. Pr Rancourt uses his extensive airplane flight experience to support aeronautical education and research. He has also been involved in the Canadian Air Cadet Program since 2004 as a flight instructor and tug pilot with over 1100 hrs of flight time.

Professor Dongling Ma is interested in the development of new nanoscale materials and functional structures for biomedical and energy applications, such as the long-term monitoring of biological, photovoltaic or catalysis processes. More specifically, his research focuses on six themes:

• Synthesis, characterization, surface modification and biomedical applications of highly luminescent stable nanoparticles, in particular, near-infrared emitting quantum dots
• Investigating the surface chemistry and surface-property relationships of laser-fabricated nanoparticles
• Development of new nano-complexes for the detection of cellular transport of viruses
• New solar cells based on nano-hybrids of quantum dots and one-dimensional structures with high mobility (such as carbon nanotubes or TiO2 nano-belts)
• Design and production of new catalysts based on high-efficiency and low-cost transition metal nanoparticles
• Synthesis, characterization, surface modification and biomedical applications of multifunctional nanoparticles that integrate superparamagnetic and luminescent components into a unique nano-architecture

Devoted professor of energy engineering now building a philanthropic-based research group to bring water and light in areas of the world where communities and villages are not connected to the grid. Also working on natural building enveloppes.

Earlier, head of an industrial research Chair related to energy which aimed at proposing a novel regional development model for researchers established in regions of Quebec where there is no university. The Chair was hosted by the Chaudiere-Appalaches region. It realized 77 interventions and contributed to the foundation and activities of 3 start-ups.

Formerly, higher education executive with experience in all aspects of human, material, and financial resources management. Direct experience in government liaison, research funding, foundation operations, and international relations.Particularly skilled for team work with key social and economic actors. Interested in having universities closely implemented in their communities. Focused on the key issues of mediation and conciliation when it comes to discuss with unions and external partners.

Project manager focused on the appropriate optimization of performance, time, and budget to deliver products enthusiastically acknowledged.

University faculty with substantial design and heat transfer experience, and several local and Canadian awards. Network involving more than 25 collaborations with more than 10 countries and universities.

Specialties:

• Economic, social and university development;
• Innovative solutions, out-of-the-box thinking, global vision;
• Fund raising;
• Human, material, and financial resources management;
• Mediation and conciliation;
• International and inter-university relations;
• Team work and university teaching and learning skills;
• Design and energy research and teaching;
• Industrial design of mechanical systems.

A chemical engineer by training, David holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in lignocellulosic materials science and engineering from UQTR. During his studies and his research position at Innofibre, he developed an expertise in the chemical modification of cellulosic fibers and the development of biomaterials. His research focuses on the use of lignocellulosic fibers and biomass valorization in several sectors of activity such as pulp and paper, protective packaging, construction, water treatment, printed electronics and batteries.

Chemical engineer by training, David holds a master’s and a doctorate in science and engineering of lignocellulosic materials from UQTR. During his studies and his research position at Innofibre, he has developed expertise in the chemical modification of cellulosic fibers and the development of biomaterials. His research focuses on the use of lignocellulosic fibers and the valorization of biomass in several sectors such as pulp and paper, protective packaging, construction, water treatment, printed electronics, and batteries.

Dr. Gagnon has more than 20 years of academic and industrial research. After his graduate studies in organic chemistry, he completed two post-doctoral fellowships in medicinal chemistry and organic synthesis, one of which was in a pharmaceutical company. He contributed for 12 years to the development of a pharmaceutical chemistry contract research organization (CRO) where he planned and carried out more than 150 confidential process development projects contracted for large pharmaceutical companies. In particular, he led teams of researchers in the execution of large-scale projects on the scale of grams and several kilograms. He joined the Kemitek team in 2022 where he develops sustainable and safe chemical processes.

Dr. Gagnon has more than 20 years of experience in academic and industrial research. After completing his graduate studies in organic chemistry, he undertook two postdoctoral fellowships in medicinal chemistry and organic synthesis, one of which was with a pharmaceutical company. He spent 12 years contributing to the development of a pharmaceutical chemistry contract research organization (CRO), where he planned and executed over 150 confidential process development projects contracted by major pharmaceutical companies. In this role, he notably led research teams in executing large-scale projects ranging from grams to several kilograms. He joined the Kemitek team in 2022, where he focuses on developing sustainable and safe chemical processes.

Daria C. Boffito is a professor of chemical engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Electrification of Intensified Processes and Catalysis (EPIC). She has received Canadian and international awards, including the Emerging Leader Award from the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (2019). In 2014, she was awarded the NSERC Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Professor Boffito is one of the executive editors of Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, the leading scientific journal in this field. She also serves on the editorial boards of Mechanochemistry and Tetrahedron Green Chem. In addition to sonochemistry, her research areas include process intensification, biomass conversion, heterogeneous catalysis (and photocatalysis), CO₂ conversion, and the recovery of critical metals from end-of-life streams. Professor Boffito collaborates with several Canadian and international companies in the fields of process intensification, gas-to-liquid technologies and metal extraction.