CRMR news for October 2024!

Events, successes, and publications: here are the news that marked the CRMR in October 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

• November 11, 2024 – 8:30 AM – Pierre Martin ’s conference « The Lamination Process of Particleboard and MDF: From A to Z ». Read more!
• November 11, 2024 – 1:00 to 2:00 PM. CRMR Autumn 2024 Pastry Contest! Don’t forget to sign up to participate!
• November 12, 2024 – 12:00 PM – Alexandre Morin-Bernard’s conference: « Observing and Understanding Forest Growth Reactions to Disturbances and Climate Stress ». Read more!
• November 18, 2024 – 8:30 AM – Jean-Frédéric Grandmont’s conference: « The Quebec Wood-Based Composite Panel Industry: Overview and Outlook ». Read more!

Important dates – Financing, Awards and Congresses

• November 18, 2024. Application deadline for « Scientific Residency: A Robust and Adapted Climate Plan for the Beauce »
• November 21-22, 2024 – Faculty of Forestry, Geography, and Geomatics Symposium. Read more!
• Participate in the Cecobois Challenge! Register by November 24!
• May 1-2, 2025 – Quebec Forum on Advanced Materials (FQMA). Read more!
• June 18, 2025 – Deadline to apply for the FRQ call « Funding for the Creation of Two New French-Language Journals in Health and STEM Fields ».

Achievements and successes

• Great success for the CRMR annual symposium! Read more!
• Appointment of Evelyne Thiffault as Co-Director of the CRMR! Details here!
• Vahideh Akbari receives the CRMR Fall 2024 support scholarship, worth $5,000! Learn more!
• Challenges and perspectives of Quebec’s forestry sector: Insights from Nancy Gélinas and Michel Vincent! Read more! 
• Professors Roger Hernández and Denis Rodrigue are among the world’s top 2% of researchers! Read more!
• Ilias El Ouahabi’s participation in the conference « Advances in Sustainable Development: Science and Engineering for Ecological and Energy Transition »! Read more!
• CIRCERB research shines internationally at ISCHP 2024! Read more!
• Adrien Gaudelas and Manon Beaufils-Marquet Shine at the Conference « National Challenges, Natural Solutions, and Building a Brighter Future »! Read more!
• Memorable Moments at the CRMR Welcome Coffee –Autumn 2024! Read more!

Learn and Build Skills!

• Introduction to Life Cycle Assessment
• Practical internship program for students!
• Explore grant programs for hiring students on campus!

 Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals

• Chen, Z., Dagenais, C., Tung, D., Wu, T., Gaglione, M. (2024). Fire Testing and Modeling of a Novel Hybrid Timber Floor System. Journal of Structural Engineering 151(1): 04024186. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-13554.
• Chen, Z., Frech-Baronet, J., Tran, H., Sorelli, L. (2024). The impact of relative humidity on the nanoindentation relaxation in calcium silicate hydrates. Cement, Volume 18, 100120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cement.2024.100120.
• Pepin, S., Lawrence, M., Blanchet, P. (2024). Preparation and Properties of a Rigid Hemp Shiv Insulation Particle Board Using Citric Acid-Glycerol Mixture as an Eco-Friendly Binder. BioResources 19(4), 9310-9333. DOI: 10.15376/biores. 19.4.9310-9333. https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BioRes_19_4_9310_Pepin_LB_Preparat_Hemp_Shiv_Particleboard_CA_Glycerol_Binder_23782.pdf.
• Abid, L., Landy, V., Stevanovic, T. (2024). Characterization of sugar maple and red oak bark: Efficient lignin extraction via the Organosolv and acidic dioxane process. Journal of Wood Chemistry and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/02773813.2024.241665.
• Brial, V., Tran, T., Sorelli, Luca., Conciatori, D., Birry, L., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. Valorization of Treated Aluminum SPL as Cementitious Materials. Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2023. volume 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61511-5_17
• Chagnon, C., Moreau, G., Soro, A., Bombardier-Cauffopé, C., Baby-Bouchard, E., Chamberland, V., Barrette, J., Gélinas, N., Duchesne, I., Lenz, P., Bousquet, J., Achim, A. (2024). A comprehensive framework to evaluate the financial impacts of genetic improvement on wood products from planted forests. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0057
• Théberge, D., Flamand-Hubert, M., Nadeau, S., Girard, J., Bradette, I., Asselin, H. (2024). Forest-Based Health Practices: Social Representations of Nature and Favorable Environmental Characteristics. Forests. 2024; 15(11):1886. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15111886.
• Li, D., Lenfant, T., Landry, V., Rodrigue, D., Kaboorani, A., Wang, X. (Alice). (2024). Development and investigation of biobased binary eutectic phase change materials for low-temperature building applications: 1-Hexadecanol/1-Dodecanol and 1-Octadecanol/1-Dodecanol. Journal of Energy Storage, 103, 114345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2024.114345.

 Conference Papers and Others

• Popular article : Sadaoui Amirouche. L’évolution de la classification de la réaction au feu des matériaux : Cas d’étude du Canada.
• Brial, V., Tran, T., Sorelli, Luca., Conciatori, D., Birry, L., Ouellet-Plamondon, C. Valorization of Treated Aluminum SPL as Cementitious Materials. Proceedings of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering 2023. volume 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61511-5_17.

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