Training highly qualified professionals
for the hydroelectric industry
Professors

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Simone Barchi
Master's student

Janika Bourgeois
Doctoral student

Axelle Cara
Intern

Ruben Ciriale
Master's student

Olivier Doiron
Master's student

Étienne Doyon
Master's student

William Dubé
Master's student

Benoit Dussault
Doctoral student

Christophe Landry
Master's student

Mathieu Mettille
Doctoral student

Niki Molana
Doctoral student

Araz Reverand Hesari
Ph.D.
Postdoctoral fellow
Postdoctoral fellow

Alexandre Tessier
Doctoral student

Kevin Vigneault-Chiasson
Master's student
Alumni

Clément Audefroy
Master's degree graduate

Jacob Bédard
Master's degree graduate

Justine Savard
Master's degree graduate

Mònica Egusquiza Montagut
Postdoctoral fellow

Gregory Labelle
Master's degree graduate

Omar Tazi Labzour
Master's degree graduate

Aubin Gilis
Master's degree graduate

Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Master's degree graduate

Gaétan Raynaud
Master's degree graduate

Yannick Rioux
Intern

Keita Yamamoto
Ph. D.
Research professional
Research professional

Thomas Châteauvert
Master's degree graduate

Yohan Tonot
Master's degree graduate

Malika Zghal
Intern

Irina-Alexandra Murgan
Postdoctoral fellow

Victor Tyrode
Master's degree graduate