• Biomass (agricultural, forestry, algal, supply, conditioning, fractionation)
• biofuels
• bioenergy
• circular bioeconomy
• Cohabitation approach
• strategy for valorizing co-products
• college-university synergy
• proximity to the municipal environment

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.

Sasan Sattarpanah Karganroudi is a research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières and assigned to the Drummondville campus. A specialist in smart manufacturing, he conducts research based on strategies specific to Industry 4.0, including non-destructive evaluation and 3D metrology of mechanical components and structures. Also involved in R&D, he used experimental approaches to develop methods for engineering, precision and material processing and laser welding. Computer-aided design, manufacturing and inspection, optimization processes and artificial intelligence, finite element analysis, augmented reality and numerical simulation are frequently used in his work.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnological Engineering, University of Sherbrooke, Canada.

Pre. Inès E. Achouri, P.Eng., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biotechnological Engineering and has held the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Process Intensification for Advanced Catalysts and Sustainable Energy since April 2021. She is the Deputy Director of the Technology and Process Research Group (TSRG) and Chair of the Energy Division of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC). Its expertise in process intensification covers both the chemical and pharmaceutical fields for optimal efficiency.

Louis Gosselin’s research focuses on energy efficiency, particularly in buildings and the industrial sector. In buildings, his work centers on heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and cooling (HVAC-R) systems, building envelopes and fenestration, as well as intelligent system control. Recently, he has explored the energy impacts of occupant behavior, the development of predictive models using artificial intelligence, in-situ monitoring, and the use of bio-based materials. In the industrial sector, his work focuses on process and equipment modeling and optimization, energy data measurement and analysis, and operational and tactical planning to better manage energy and power in the primary aluminum and lumber industries. Louis Gosselin is also interested in the use of renewable energy sources, such as geothermal and solar energy. He is involved in several projects related to the Arctic, including high-performance buildings in the region, the integration of new energy sources, seasonal heat storage, the development of culturally and socially appropriate solutions, and co-design.

Khaled Ziane holds a PhD in Industrial Safety and Environment with a focus on renewable energy. He works as a researcher at the Centre for Research and Innovation in Energy Intelligence (CR2ie) at Cégep de Sept-Îles, and he is heavily involved in projects related mainly to energy storage, industry 4.0, predictive maintenance and health management of multi-physical systems. His current research interests focus mainly on the following areas:

• Optimizing the range of electric vehicles
• Battery Management Systems (BMS)
• Artificial intelligence
• Embedded systems

Professor François Allard joined the Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunication in 2022 to develop a research program in applied electrochemistry and numerical modeling of electrochemical cells. He is a regular member of the INRS-UQTR joint research unit (UMR) ON MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION. He works mainly in the following areas:

• Finite element modeling of electrochemical cells (batteries, fuel cells and high-temperature electrolyzers).
• Development of metal and ceramic materials for electrolysis technologies (hydrogen, aluminum), metal electrode batteries (lithium, aluminum) and solid oxide fuel cells.

He has a strong background in thermal-electrical-electrochemical modeling, metal electrode synthesis and electrochemical cell evaluation for energy storage.