| CRMR news
Events, successes, publications: here are the highlights from CRMR in February 2025. Happy reading! |
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For a detailed list of news and upcoming events, check out the main page of the CRMR website, as well as its social networks (Facebook, LinkedIn, and  Twitter), and its YouTube Channel!
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| CRMR’s events |
- March 10, 2025 – 9:00 AM – Defense of Vahideh Akbari’s thesis – Doctorate in wood and bio-based materials engineering. Read more!
- March 11, 2025 – 1 PM – The ORCID iD: A Must-Have for Research. Read more!
- March 13, 2025 – 1:00 PM – Invitation to the Margaret Law Award event – Presented by Arup (Toronto). Read more!
- March 17, 2025 – 5:00 PM – 2025 Faculty Competition – My three-minute thesis competition. Register before March 5 and take on the challenge! Read more!
- March 25, 2025 – 11:30 AM – Training session on « Copyright for Graduate Students, » offered by the Laval University Library. Read more!
- ï‚·April 24, 2025 – 12:00 PM – Alexandre Morin-Bernard in the Spotlight as « Tire-toi une bûche, v’là de la science! Read more!
- 26 mars 2025 – 12h – Writing with Word: Boost Your Efficiency. Provided by the Laval University Library. Read more!
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| Important dates – Financing, Awards,, and Congresses |
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| Achievements and successes |
- Christian Dagenais -A breakthrough in fire safety for bio-based materials! Read more!
- Evelyne Thiffault – Forests Facing Climate Change – Carbon Sinks or Sources of Emissions? Read more!
- Maxime Parot explores biorefining, a meeting of science and nature, at the 4th edition of the Forestry Café-Conference. Read more!
- Congratulations to Tiam Mahmoudian and Luc Girompaire for winning the FPInnovations Fund Scholarship worth $8,000! Read more!
- Strategic Meeting Between Laval University and UN-Habitat: Towards Collaborations for Sustainable Cities! Read more!
- Congratulations to Flore Simon for winning the FPInnovations Fund Scholarship worth $4,000! Read more!
- Congratulations to Alex Mary, recipient of the 2025 Cecobois Excellence Award! Read more!
- Congratulations to Ilias El Ouahabi, recipient of the ASMAC Adhesives and Coatings Scholarship, worth $3,000! Read more!
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| Learning and know-how! |
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| Read on! |
Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals.
- Blanchet, P., Cabral, M. R., Silva, J. V. F., GarcÃa‑Jaca, J., Ridley‑Ellis, D., McGetrick, P. J., Nocetti, M., Pommier, R. (2025). A Decade Review on Hardwood Composites and Their Research Developments. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products, 83 (65). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-025-02216-0.
- Boivin, G., Wang, J., Baalousha, M., Gigault, J., Landry, V., Ritcey, A. M. (2025). Silver nanoparticles as antifungal agents in acrylic latexes: Influence of initiator on nanoparticle encapsulation efficiency and leaching . Colloid Polymer Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00396-025-05390-y.
- Dehong, L., Brinker, S., Mai, C., Landry, V., Wang, X. (2025). Impregnation of solid wood with 1-octadecanol/1-dodecanol eutectic PCM for potential building thermal energy storage applications.Journal of Energy Storage, 114, 115797 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.115797.
- Mahatara, D., Barrette, J., Dufour,B., Sirois, L., Achim, A., Schneider, R. (2025). Changes in wood density, growth, and carbon storage of the main stem of planted white spruce (Picea glauca) after commercial thinning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122542. Forest Ecology and Management, 580, 122542.
- Silva, J. V. F., Cogulet, A., Blanchet, P., & Pechon, Q. (2025). Effect of Relative Humidity Level on Bonding Properties of Black Spruce Glulam. BioResources, 20(2), 2922–2932. https://ojs.bioresources.com/index.php/BRJ/article/view/23771.
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