Dr. Lopes obtained his PhD from McGill University in 1996. He was an Associate Professor at Federal University of Para, Brazil, from 1996-2001. In 2002, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2002 at the rank of Associate Professor and has been a Professor since 2013. His present research interests are power electronics and distributed power generation.
He was a member of the NSERC Solar Buildings Research Network, leading subproject 3.2.a entitled “Development of Interconnection Technologies for Grid-Connected PV Systems”. He was a technical representative for Canada in Task 11 “PV Hybrid Systems within Mini-grids” of IEA-PVPS and the lead author of the report “PV Hybrid Mini-grids: Applicable control Methods for Various Situations.”
Dr. Lopes is a Member of the international advisory board of Efficacity, French Urban Energy Transition Institute, since February 2018. He is also a member of the Administration Board and of the Academic Committee of the Institut en Génie de l’Énergie Électrique (IGEE).
Dr. Lopes has supervised to completion 9 PhD students, 31 Master of Applied Science students and 95 Bachelor (final year capstone project) students. He has published about 40 journal papers and more than 130 conference papers.Dr. Lopes is a member of the Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) and a senior member of the IEEE.

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