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Team

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

Professor Houde has more than twenty years of experience as a researcher in hydrodynamics applied to hydraulic turbines, both at Hydro-Québec and Université Laval. His expertise includes numerical and experimental hydrodynamics, vortex flow dynamics, and fluid-structure interactions.

Professors

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Yvan Maciel

Ph. D., ing.
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval

Professor Maciel primarily has expertise in fluid dynamics, especially in the turbulence and aerodynamics fields. His research topics 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

Professor St-Amant specializes in vibration dynamics, with a particular focus on experimental measurement and signal analysis. His research involves dynamic systems in general, energy recovery from vibrating structures, structure vibratory behavior, and the use of intelligent materials.

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Mathieu Olivier

Ph. D., ing.
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, Université Laval

Professor Olivier is interested in the numerical simulation of multiphysics problems related to aerodynamics and energy fields, particularly concepts of turbines using elastic or flexible components. He specializes in computational fluid mechanics and fluid-structure interaction.

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Frédérick Gosselin

Ph. D., ing.
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.

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Mònica Egusquiza

Ph.D.
Assistant professor
Department of Fluid Mechanics, Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Professor Egusquiza is a researcher at the Centre for Industrial Diagnostics and Fluid Dynamics (CDIF) at UPC. Her work focuses primarily on condition monitoring, vibration analysis, and the identification of complex dynamic phenomena in hydraulic machinery. Her expertise is embedded in applied research projects with a strong industrial and international dimension, related to the optimization and monitoring of energy systems.

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Antoine Tahan

Ph.D., ing.
Professor
Department of mechanical engineering, École de technologie supérieure

Professor Tahan is a member of the Products, Processes and Systems Engineering Laboratory (LIPPS) at ÉTS. He specializes in metrology, quality, geometric tolerancing and predictive maintenance, particularly for wind turbines and hydraulic turbines. He also collaborates with Hydro-Québec in the areas of operational modal analysis and the study of the structural behaviour of turbines.

Research professionals and postdoctoral fellows

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Jacob Bédard

M.Sc.
Specialist in mechanical design and experimental measurements

Jacob holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Université Laval. He joined the team as a research professional in 2026, bringing expertise in mechanical design and fluid-structure interaction simulation.

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Sophie Bélanger-LeBel

Administrative coordinator

Sophie holds a bachelor's degree in International Studies and Modern Languages, as well as a graduate diploma (DESS) in Business Administration. Before joining the team in 2019, she worked in coordination and financial management in the field of rehabilitation and neuroscience research.

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Jean-David Buron

Ph. D.
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, contributing his experience in flow simulation for hydraulic turbines and in the development of data analysis and processing tools.

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Maxime Coulaud

Ph. D.
Experimental measurements coordinator

Maxime holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Université Laval. He joined the team in 2020. As a viable and sustainable source of energy, he believes that improving hydraulic turbines is key for developing future generations.

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Araz Rezavand Hesari

Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Fellow in Experimental Measurements

Araz completed his PhD in mechanical engineering at Université Laval, during which he specialized in experimental measurements inside the inter-blade channels of a Francis turbine. Since 2024, he has been working on test bench instrumentation for anomaly detection as a postdoctoral fellow with Heki.

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Leila Attair

Research professional

Students

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Simone Barchi

Master’s student

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Janika Bourgeois

PhD student

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Axelle Cara

Master’s student

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Ruben Ciriale

Master’s student

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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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Adam Dufour-Rivard

Master’s student

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Benoit Dussault

PhD student

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Christophe Landry

Master’s student

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Mathieu Mettille

PhD student

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Niki Molana

PhD student

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Mathieu Mordret

Master’s student

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Jérémy Moreau

Undergraduate intern

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Audrey St-Amant

Master’s student

Alumni

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Alexandre Tessier

PhD student

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Kevin Vigneault-Chiasson

Master’s student

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Clément Audefroy

Master’s graduate

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Justine Savard

Master’s graduate

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Gregory Labelle

Master’s graduate

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Omar Tazi Labzour

Master’s graduate

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Aubin Gilis

Master’s graduate

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Pierre-Luc Gagnon

Master’s graduate

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Gaétan Raynaud

Master’s graduate

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Yannick Rioux

Undergraduate intern

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Keita Yamamoto

Ph. D.
Head of Numerical Simulations

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Thomas Châteauvert

Master’s graduate

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Yohan Tonot

Master’s graduate

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Malika Zghal

Undergraduate intern

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Irina-Alexandra Murgan

Postdoctoral fellow

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Victor Tyrode

Master’s graduate

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