CRMR news for September 2024!

Events, successes, and publications: here are the news that marked the CRMR in September 2024. Enjoy your reading!

For a detailed list of news and upcoming events, please refer to the main page of the CRMR website, as well as our social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter) and the CRMR YouTube Channel!

CRMR’s events

• October 8, 2024- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. CRMR Welcome Event and 2024 Autumn BBQ! Don’t forget to register for the BBQ!
• October 15, 2024- 10:30 am-12:00 pm. Free training on advanced documentary research. Details here!
• October 16 to 18, 2024. Editorial retreat at Forêt Montmorency! Registration required!
• October 23, 2024- CRMR Annual Conference « Towards a Sustainable Transition: Renewable Materials and the Fight against Climate Change ». Registration is required to participate! Join us, it’s free! Details here!

Important dates – Financing, Awards and Congresses

• October 04, 2024- Deadline to submit your project to the Global-Watch – Fonds de recherche du Québec popular science grant competition. Details here!
• 08 October 2024 at 4 p.m. Deadline for submission of postdoctoral research excellence grants.
• October 15, 2024. Deadline to submit your full application to the 126th CRIBIQ Call for Projects. Details here!
• October 17, 2024. Deadline for submitting pre-applications for the « Second call for proposals of the Partnership Research Program on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions – Eco-Fiscality component ».

Achievements and successes

• Prestigious recognition for Alexis Achim, expert in wood and forest sciences! Read more!
• Evelyne Thiffault: The Commitment of Forêt Montmorency in the fight against climate change! Read more!
• International recognition: Professor Pierre Blanchet is at the forefront of eco-responsible construction research! Read more!
• Christian Dagenais and Innovation in the Cecobois Podcast: towards the rise of wooden high-rise buildings! Read more!

• Véronic Landry : Forêt Montmorency and Wood Research! Read more!

• Congratulations to Gabrielle Boivin on her successful PhD defense! Read more!
• Congratulations to Alex Mary on his successful PhD defence! Read more!.
• Congratulations to Adrien Gaudelas on his successful doctoral defense! Read more!

• Participation of Véronique Rouleau at the « Canadian Society of Soil Science Conference 2024: Soil Functions for Future Generations »! Read more!

• Participation of Florence Leduc at the « 34th European Dendroecological Fieldweek 2024 »! Read more!

Learning and know-how!

• Prevent and reduce the end-of-life impacts of office furniture!
• Build an energy-efficient building
• Student extracurricular activities newsletter

Epic moment!

• When Alex Mary reasons in a thousand ways?

Read on!

 Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals.

• Trotto, T., Coops, N. C., Achim, A., Gergel, S. E., Roeser, D. (2024). Characterizing forest structural changes in response to non-stand replacing disturbances using bitemporal airborne laser scanning data. Science of Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100160.

• Ait Benhamou, A., Boussetta, A., Salim, M. H., Mennani, M., Kasbaji, M., Kassab, Z., Landry, V., Tardy, B. L., Pizzi, A., El Achaby, M., Moubarik, A. (2024). How can cellulosic fibers enhance adhesion in engineered wood? Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports, 161, 100852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mser.2024.100852.

• Mulverhill, C., Coops, N. C., Boulanger, Y., Hoffman, K. M., Cardinal Christianson, A., Daniels, L. D., Flamand-Hubert, M., Wotherspoon, A. R., Achim, A. (2024). Wildfires are spreading fast in Canada—We must strengthen forests for the future. Nature, 633(8029), 282‑285. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-02919-z.

• Berman, E. E., Coops, N. C., Robere-McGugan, G., Sinclair, I., McCartney, G., Achim, A. (2024). Updating Forest Stand Inventories: Integration of Photo-Interpreted and Airborne Laser Scanning Forest Attributes Using Generic Region Merging Segmentation and kNN Imputation. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 50(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/07038992.2024.2391319.

• Samper Hernandez, D., Blanchet, P., Dadras Chomachayi, M., Cogulet, A. (2024). Full-Scale Comparison of Two Envelope Systems for Lightweight Wooden Framing in Cold Climates. Buildings, 14(9), 3020. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14093020.

• Durand, K., Daassi, R., Rodrigue, D., Stevanovic, T. (2024). Study of Purified Cellulosic Pulp and Lignin Produced by Wheat Straw Biorefinery. Macromol 2024, 4(3):650-679. https://doi.org/10.3390/macromol4030039.

Conference Papers and Others

• Just, A., Buchanan, A., Östman, B., Klippel, M., Barber, D., Claridge, E., Dagenais, C., Dunn, A., England, P., Janssens, M., Mikkola, E., Wade, C., Werther, N. (2024). Fire Safe Use of Wood in Buildings—Global Design Guide. In L. Makovická Osvaldová, L. E. Hasburgh, & O. Das (Eds.), Wood & Fire Safety 2024 (pp. 317–325). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59177-8_37.

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By : Bouslimi Besma

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