Team

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.

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

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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.