CRMR news and events for January 2024!

Below you will find news and updates from the CRMR for the month of January 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!

 Events / Important dates

• February 6, 2024-10h- CRMR Winter 2024 Welcome Coffee! Details here!
• February 23, 2024 – Deadline for expression of interest in the call for project proposals: R&D in carbon capture, utilization and storage! Details here!
• February 26, 2024-13 h00- Conference on the comparative analysis of the development of forest bioenergy value chains between British Columbia and Quebec, with young forestry researcher Claudie-Maude Canuel. Details here!
• February 8, 15 and 22, 2024 – 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.: Workshop series on advanced documentary research, with Joë Bouchard, Bibliothécaire-conseil, Université Laval. Details here!
• March 6, 2024 – Deadline to register for the « My thesis in 180 seconds » faculty competition. Learn more!

Achievements and successes!

• Congratulations to Luigiano Duarte, winner of the « World Citizens Scholarship – Volet excellence », valued at $20,000! Details here!!|
• Congratulations to Maylis Carrère and Assira Keralta on winning the « Ron Cockcroft Awards 2024 »! Details here!
• Congratulations to Luciana Gondim de Almeida Guimaraes, winner of the « Johanne Dubois and André Laperrière Scholarship from CIRRELT »! Details here!
• Congratulations to Alex Mary, recipient of the Catherine Lalonde 2023 Memorial Scholarship, valued at $2,500! Details here!
• Loïc Ales, a master’s student in forestry at Université Laval, believes that voluntary conservation will play an increasingly important role in Quebec! Details here!
• Notice of forest research on the work of Sébastien Dumont! Details here!
• A prominent Quebec delegation, including Professor Pierre Blanchet, took part in Woodrise 2023! Details here!

Learning and know-how!

• Mitacs program information session
• Get ready for my thesis in 180s : See the example of the Year 2023!
• Using Mendeley to manage bibliographic references
• Training by Sonya Morales “Intellectual integrity and copyright, do you know them?
• Training in new communication methods
• Training: Vector drawing with Inkscape, with André Soro

Read on!

Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals

• Bourscheid, C. B., Hernández, R. E., Cáceres, C. B., Blais, C. (2024). Effects of cutting speed and feed per knife on energy requirements for processing black spruce logs with a chipper-canter. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. e-First 00: 1-10 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2023-0167.
• Cabral, M. R., Blanchet, P. (2024). Prioritizing Indicators for Material Selection in Prefabricated Wooden Construction. Buildings, 14(1), 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14010063.
• Cadieux-Lynch, R., Leroux, E., Hermann, A., Pellerin, S., Keralta, A., Blouin, M., Larouche, J., Profili, J., Chamberland, J., Landry, V. (2024). From waste to building material: How whey ultrafiltration permeate can increase wood stability. Journal of Materials Research andhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2024.01.228.
• Girompaire, L., Dagenais, C. Fire Dynamics of Mass Timber Compartments with Exposed Surfaces: Development of an Analytical Model. Fire Technol (2024).https://doi.org/10.1007/s10694-023-01528-y.
• Mary, A., Blanchet, P., Pepin, S., Chamberland, J., Landry, V. (2024). Upcycling of Protein Concentrates from Industrial Byproducts into Polyurethane Wood Adhesives. BioResources,  19 No. 1 (2024). DOI:10.15376/biores.19.1.1165-1189.
• Srour, N., Thiffault, E., Boucher, J. F. (2024). Exploring the Potential of Roadside Plantation for Carbon Sequestration Using Simulation in Southern Quebec, Canada. Forests 2024, 15(2), 264,https://doi.org/10.3390/f15020264.

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Have a great week !

Photo credit: Julie Ferland

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