Training highly qualified professionals
for the hydroelectric industry
Professors
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Sébastien Houde
Ph.D., ing.
Director
Associate professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval
Director
Associate professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval
Professor Houde has nearly twenty years’ researcher experience at Hydro-Québec and Université Laval. His fields of expertise are numerical and experimental hydrodynamics, vortex flow dynamics and fluid-structure interactions.
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Yvan Maciel
Ph.D., ing.
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval
Professor Maciel primarily has expertise in fluid dynamics, especially in the turbulence and aerodynamics fields. Research subjects are related to engineering problems, especially in the aeronautics, energy, and biomedical fields
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Yves St-Amant
Ph.D., ing.
Department of mechanical engineering Director
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval
Department of mechanical engineering Director
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval
Professor St-Amant is specialized in the field of vibration dynamics and more specifically in experimental measurement and signal analysis. His research is related to dynamic systems in general, energy recovery from vibrating structures, structure vibratory behavior and the use of intelligent materials.
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Frédérick Gosselin
Ph.D., ing.
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Polytechnique Montréal
Professor Gosselin’s research interests revolve around instability phenomena and fluid-structure interactions. He has studied various engineering problems such as component vibrations in hydroelectric turbines and water hose instability in a geoengineering project.
Research professionals
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Sophie Bélanger-LeBel
Administrative coordinator
Sophie obtained a bachelor’s degree in international studies and modern languages and a graduate diploma in business administration. She had worked in coordination and financial management as part of the rehabilitation and neuroscience research fields before joining the team in 2019.
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Jean-David Buron
Ph.D.
Simulations and data processing coordinator
Simulations and data processing coordinator
Jean-David completed his master's and Ph.D. studies in mechanical engineering at Université Laval. He joined the team as a research professional in 2023 to contribute his experience in simulating hydraulic turbine flows and developing signal processing and data analysis tools.
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Maxime Coulaud
Ph.D.
Experimental measurements coordinator
Experimental measurements coordinator
Maxime obtained a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Université Laval. He joined the team in 2020. He believes that improving hydraulic turbines is key for developing future generations because turbines are a viable and sustainable source of production.
Students
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Jacob Bédard
Master's student
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Janika Bourgeois
Doctoral student
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Axelle Cara
Intern
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Olivier Doiron
Master's student
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Étienne Doyon
Master's student
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William Dubé
Master's student
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Benoit Dussault
Doctoral student
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Christophe Landry
Master's student
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Mathieu Mettille
Doctoral student
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Niki Molana
Doctoral student
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Araz Reverand Hesari
M.Sc.
Doctoral student
Doctoral student
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Justine Savard
Master's Student
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Alexandre Tessier
Doctoral student
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Kevin Vigneault-Chiasson
Master's student
Alumni
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Thomas Châteauvert
Master's degree graduate
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Clément Audefroy
Master's degree graduate
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Victor Tyrode
Master's degree graduate
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Irina-Alexandra Murgan
Postdoctorat fellow
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Yohan Tonot
Master's degree graduate
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Malika Zghal
Intern
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Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Master's degree graduate
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Keita Yamamoto
Ph. D.
Research professional
Research professional
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Aubin Gilis
Master's degree graduate
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Gaétan Raynaud
Master's degree graduate
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Gregory Labelle
Master's degree graduate
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Mònica Egusquiza Montagut
Postdoctoral fellow
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Yannick Rioux
Intern
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Omar Tazi Labzour
Master's degree graduate