April 2024 CRMR News

Here are the CRMR news and events for April 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

• May 30, 2024. Joëlle Breton’s conference on the « Québécois Expressions »
• June 10, 2024- 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Nicola Macchioni’conferences, Director of Research at Italy’s National Research Council! Details here!

Important dates – Financing, Awards and Congresses

• May 7, 2024. Deadline for pre-applications to the « Partnership Research Program on Greenhouse Gas Reduction – Launch of the Ecofiscal Component ». Details here!
• September 26, 2024. Deadline for the call for proposals « A new program for research activities in the Innovation Zone – Energy Transition Valley ». Details here!
• Du 16 au 18 octobre 2024-UQAC. PROGRESS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: science and engineering for the ecological and energy transition. Details here!

Achievements and successes

• Pierre Blanchet, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Buildings and CIRCERB, received a large delegation from Chile! Details here!
• The « Research at Forêt Montmorency » workshop was a great success! Details here!
• Launch of the Canada Research Chair on Sustainable Buildings-Holder Pierre Blanchet! Details here!
• Congratulations to our student members selected for the prestigious FFGG Scholarship List for 2023-2024! Details here!
• Congratulations to Nour Srour on her successful PhD defense! Details here!
• Meeting between the President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and Laval University students: An enriching exchange. Details here!
• Congratulations to Jiloul Abdessamad for his successful PhD defense! Details here!
• The National School De Lutherie staff’s visit to the Gene-H.-Kruger Pavilion was a truly enriching opportunity! Details here!
• Participation of Maylis Carrère in the « ABRAFATI SHOW ». Details here!

Learning and know-how!

• Discover the winter 2024 Team Carbone Seminar – Évelyne Thiffault!
• International Students’ Motivations and Decisions to do a PhD in Canada: Proposing a Three-Layer Push-Pull Framework.  Read the article!

Read on!

Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals

• Soula, M., Samyn, F., Duquesne, S., Landry, V. (2024). Impact of surface delignification on fire retardancy of wood treated with polyelectrolyte complexes. Holzforschung 2024. https://doi.org/10.1515/hf-2023-0059. 
• Tannert, T., Gerber, A., Salenikovich, A. (2024). Short-Term, Long-Term, and Vibration Performance of TCC Floors Using Mass-Timber Panels. Journal of Structural Engineering, 150(6): 04024060. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-1283.
• Picard, L., Blanchet, P., Bégin-Drolet, A. (2024). On-site handling: Automated connecting device for modular construction used as lifting apparatus. Structures, Volume 63, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.istruc.2024.106318.
• De Serres-Lafontaine, C., Blanchet, P., Charron, S., Delem, L., Wastiels, L. (2024). Bio-based Innovations in cross-laminated timber (CLT) Envelopes: A hygrothermal and life cycle analysis (LCA) study. Building and Environment, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111499.
• Nikanishi, E. Y., Poulin, P., Blanchet, P., Dubuis, M-E., Drouin, M., Rhéaume, C., Goupil-Sormany, I. (2024). A systematic review of the implications of construction materials on occupants’ physical and psychological health, Building and Environment, Volume 257, 2024, 111527. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.111527.
• Mary, A., Blanchet, P., Pepin, S., Hermann, A., Charron, S., and Landry, V. (2024). Industrial byproducts as adhesive allies: Unraveling the role of proteins and isocyanates in polyurethane wood bonding. BioResources, Vol. 19 No. 2 (2024), 3520-3542. DOI:10.15376/biores.19.2.3520-3542.
• Morley, I. D., Coops, N. C., Roussel, J-R., Achim, A., Dech, J., Meecham, D., McCartney, G., Reid, D. E. B., McPherson, S., Quist, L., McDonell, C. (2024). Updating forest road networks using single photon LiDAR in northern Forest environments. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 2024, 97, 38–47. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpad021.
• Labadie, G., Cadieux, P., Moreau, L., Bognounou, F., Thiffault, E., Cyr, D., Boulanger, Y., Stralberg, D., Grondin, P., Tremblay, J. A. (2024). Are forest management practices to improve carbon balance compatible with maintaining bird diversity under climate change? A case study in Eastern North America. PLOS Climate 3(4): e0000293. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000293.
• Leduc, F., Chagnon, C., Moreau, G., Dumont, S., St-Jean, E., Achim, A. (2024). American beech outgrows sugar maple at the sapling stage regardless of partial harvest intensity in northern hardwood forests, Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 553, ISSN 0378-1127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121630.
• Srour, N., Thiffault, E., Boucher, J. F. (2024). Quantifying carbon stocks and functional diversity of roadside ecosystems – A case study in Quebec, Canada. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, Volume 91, ISSN 1618-8667, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2023.128163.
• Rodríguez, G.E., Bustos Ávila, C., Cloutier, A. Physical and Mechanical Analysis of Fiberboard Made Of MDF Residues and Phase Change Materials. Preprints 2024, 2024041205. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202404.1205.v1.

Popular and other articles

• Popularization article by Jeremy Piggot : Investigating the impact of construction defects on wooden envelope systems’ hygrothermal performance and water tightness! Find out more! Details here!
• Jeremy Piggot’s work is featured in the innovation section of Québec habitation magazine! Details here!

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