Training highly qualified professionals
for the hydroelectric industry
Professors

Sébastien Houde
Ph.D., ing.
Director
Adjoint professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval
Director
Adjoint 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. student
Jean-David holds a master's degree and is currently completing his Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at Université Laval. He joins the Heki team in the summer of 2023 to contribute his experience in turbine flow simulation and his passion for the development of signal processing and data analysis tools.

Maxime Coulaud
Ph.D.
experimental measurements coordinator
experimental measurements coordinator
Maxime obtained a master’s degree and a PhD 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.

Anthony Munoz
M.Sc.
Test platform coordinator
Test platform coordinator
Anthony obtained a degree in mechanical engineering and a research master’s degree in mechanical engineering. He joined the Heki team in 2018. Anthony is willing to take on the challenge of working on the design of a turbine test rig and measuring complex hydraulic phenomena.
Students

Jacob Bédard
Master's student

Janika Bourgeois
Master's student

Étienne Doyon
Master's student

Benoit Dussault
Doctorate student

Mònica Egusquiza Montagut
Postdoctoral fellow

Gregory Labelle
Master's student

Niki Molana
Doctorate student

Araz Reverand Hesari
M.Sc.
Doctorat student
Doctorat student

Justine Savard
Master Student

Omar Tazi Labzour
Étudiant au doctorat

Alexandre Tessier
Doctorate student

Kevin Vigneault-Chiasson
Master's student
Alumni

Thomas Châteauvert
Master's degree graduate

Victor Tyrode
Master's degree graduate

Irina-Alexandra Murgan
Postdoctorat fellow

Yohan Tonot
Master's degree graduate

Malika Zghal
Intern

Pierre-Luc Gagnon
Master's student

Keita Yamamoto
PhD
Research professional
Research professional

Aubin Gilis
Master's student

Gaétan Raynaud
Master's degree graduate

Yannick Rioux
Intern