CRMR News -January 2025

Events, successes, publications: here are the highlights that marked the CRMR in January 2025. Happy 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

• Launch of the CRMR’s scientific vulgarization scholarship for the winter 2025 session! Read more!
• February 5, 2025 – 2:00 PM – Conference by Émilie Fortin on the « Data Management Plan (DMP) ». Read more!
• February 7, 2025 – Acfas Training Workshop – Get Ready for the MT180 Competition! Inscription!
• February 11, 2025 – 12:00 PM – Rush Hour – Scientific Entrepreneurship with the co-founder of SOKÏO Industry: Étienne Julien and Émilie Lachance. Read more!
• February 17, 2025 – 12:00 PM – Conference by Lyne Létourneau on scientific integrity: Do you have the ethos of a researcher? Read more!

Important dates – Financing, Awards and Congresses

• Available scholarship opportunities: Citizen and Leadership scholarships!
• February 20, 2025 – Deadline to submit an oral presentation for the CQMF conference at the Acfas. Read more!
• Registration for the 92nd Acfas Congress is now open! Special rate available until March 31, 2025.
• June 7, 2025 – Women in Science, showcase your research at Soapbox Science! Read more!
• 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

• Congratulations to Professor Evelyne Thiffault on her appointment to the Advisory Committee on Climate Change! Read more!
• Pierre Blanchet participates in the webinar on Innovation in Environment: Materials at the Heart of Energy Efficiency! Read more!
• A warm welcome to kick off winter 2025 at CRMR!
• Congratulations to Manon Beaufils-Marquet for her successful PhD defense! Read more!
• Congratulations to David Voyer for his successful PhD defense! Read more!
• Congratulations to Vololoniaina Rasoarimanana for his successful PhD defense! Read more!
• Congratulations to Assira Keralta, who won the mobility scholarship for CQMF training, valued at $1,500! Read more!
• Congratulations to Alex Mary, whose thesis project is nominated for the 2025 Cecobois Excellence Award! Read more!
• Congratulations to Johanna Gaitán-Álvarez, Tiam Mahmoudian, Laura Chrétien, and Seyed Saman Vakili on receiving the 2024-2025 Doctoral Exam Preparation Scholarship! Read more!

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Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals.

• Breton, C., Blanchet, P., Amor, B., Pomponi, F. (2025). A novel method to calculate SSP-consistent remaining carbon budgets for the building sector: A case study of Canada. Building and Environment 269, 112474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112474 .
• Canuel, C-M., Thiffault, E., Labelle, E. R., Thiffault, N. (2025). La biomasse forestière pour la bioénergie comme outil de lutte contre les changements climatiques : quelles implications en aménagement forestier durable dans l’est du Canada? The Forestry Chronicle, 101 (1). https://doi.org/10.5558/tfc2025-001.
• Chen, Z., Mahdiar, D., Sorelli, L. (2025). The Effect of Relative Humidity on Creep Behavior of Cement Paste Microprism. Materials, 18(2), 406; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18020406.  (pas sur le site web)
• Giorgio, B., Barlet, A., Blanchet, P., Cabral, M. R., Perez, C., and Gaudelas, A. (2025). Using mass timber in multi-storey and non-residential construction projects: Motivations and barriers for professionals in Quebec. BioResources 20(1), 1931–1970. https://doi.org/10.15376/biores.20.1.1931-1970. (pas sur le site web).
• Legrais, O. E.G., Blanchet, P., Boudaud, C., Cogulet, A., Silva, J. V. F. (2025). Assessment of Populus tremuloides (Michx) Mechanical Characteristics for Glulam Production. Materials and Structures, 58 (51). https://doi.org/10.1617/s11527-025-02585-1.

• Ménard, I., Thiffault, E., Magnan, M., Kurz, W. A., Hébert, F., Boucher, J.-F. (2025). Improving carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions avoidance through harvested wood products use. Trees, Forests and People, 19, 100757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100757.
• Riofrío, J., Coops, N.C , Ashiq, M. W., Achim, A. (2025). Mapping mortality rates in boreal mixedwood forest using airborne laser scanning and permanent plot data. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpaf002.

• Torres, V, Iñiguez-González, G., Blanchet, P., Giorgio, B. (2025). Challenges in the Design for Disassembly of Light Timber Framing Panelized Components. Buildings, 15, 321. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings15030321 .

• Tran, D. A., Heroux, S., Sorelli, L., Ben Ftima, M., Conciatori, D., Dupuis, C., & Bernier-Lavigne, S. (2025). A Case Study on the Impact of Fiber Distribution on X-Connections of Complex-Shaped UHPFRC Footbridges Cast with Recyclable Formwork. Case Studies in Construction Materials Volume 22, July 2025, e04064 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscm.2024.e04064.

Popular and conference articles

Popularization article

• Célestin DE SERRES-LAFONTAINE–Innovations in cross-laminated timber (CLT) building envelopes: A hygrothermal performance and life cycle analysis.

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