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Centre de recherche sur les matériaux renouvelables

Latest News from CRMR for the Year 2024!

10 January 2025

CRMR nouvelles

Events, successes, and publications: the news marked the CRMR in November and December 2024. Happy reading and happy holidays!

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

  • December 19, 2024- 10 a.m. Vololoniaina Rasoarimanana’s thesis defense.Vololoniaina Rasoarimanana’s thesis defense. Read more!
  • January 20, 2024 – 11 a.m. Monica Gagnier’s conference, « From internship to research: A Canadian passion »! Read more!
  • Launch of the CRMR’s scientific vulgarization scholarship for the winter 2025 session! Read more!

Important dates – Financing, Awards and Congresses

Achievements and successes

  • Pierre Blanchet, a researcher at Laval University, receives a $2.4 million grant from NSERC for an ambitious project to reduce GHG emissions in the building sector! Read more!
  • Evelyne Thiffault and Alexandre Morin-Bernard participate in the international webinar « Forests, Timber, Markets & Societies (2RI FORWARD) »! Read more!
  • Amirouche Sadaoui recipient of the « Fire 2024 Travel Award »! Read more!
  • Claudie-Maude Canuel honoured: article recognized as Editor’s Choice in Forestry! Read more!
  • Outstanding participation by the CRMR and Laval University in the GDR Bois! Read more !
  • Evelyne Thiffault participated in the Bioenergy Innovation Day! Read more!
  • Charles was nominated as Assistant Professor of Infrastructure Life Cycle Assessment in the Department of Civil and Water Engineering at Laval University! Read more!
  • An unforgettable evening at the CRMR Christmas Party!
  • Improvement of adhesives for structural wood products with bio-based industrial by-products! Read more!
  • Maxime Parot- A wood-based gel: an innovative solution to slow the spread of forest fires! Read more!
  • Congratulations to Amirouche Sadaoui on his successful PhD defence! Read more!
  • Congratulations to Baptiste Giorgio on his successful PhD defense! Read more!
  • FFGG symposium: the CRMR at the heart of research and exchanges! Read more!
  • Assira Keralta receives CERMA’s Collaborative 2024 grant worth $5,000!. Read more!
  • New research members join the CRMR! Read more!
  • Congratulations to Leonardo Delgadillo Buenrostro on his German language scholarship at the Goethe-Institut. Read more!

Learn and Build Skills!

  • Prevention Program – Employees – Information Session on OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Management System. Read more!

Articles published in peer-reviewed research journals.

  • Gaudelas, A., Blanchet, P., Gosselin, L., Cabral, M.-R., Giorgio, B. (2024). Design of a structural insulating panel based on wood-based corrugated panels as an alternative to light-frame construction. Construction and Building Materials, 457, 139346. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.139346.
  • Piggot-Navarrete, J., Blanchet, P., Cogulet, A., Cabral, M-R (2024). Hygrothermal and airtightness performance assessment of prefabricated lightweight wall systems for cold climates. Journal of Building Engineering, 98, 11500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.111500.
  • 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.
  • Jiloul, A., Blanchet, P., and Boudaud, C. (2024). Numerical Study of I-Joists with Wood-Based Corrugated Panel Web. BioResources 20(1), 737-764. https://DOI: 10.15376/biores.20.1.737-764.
  • Voyer, D., Demers, A., Gennaretti, F., Bédard, S., Havreljuk, F., Grondin, P., Achim, A. (2024). Spatial distribution of dark heartwood and wood rot in sugar maple at the northern edge of its range. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0136.
  • Giorgio, B., Blanchet, P., Barlet, A., Gaudelas, A. (2025). Using prefabricated wood light-frame in multi-storey and non-residential construction projects: Motivations and barriers of professionals in Quebec. BioResources 20(1), 625-671. https://DOI:10.15376/biores.20.1.625-671.
  • Berthold, E., Pawliw, K., Boivin, M., Thiffault, É. (2024). Socio-cultural indicators for bioenergy: a survey-based review. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2024-0134.
  • Silva, J. V. F., Blanchet, P., Cogulet, A. (2024). Bonding performance of Canadian hardwoods to produce glued laminated timber. Journal of Building Engineering, 98, 111389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2024.111389.
  • Trotto, T., Coops, N. C., Achim, A., Gergel, S. E., Roeser, D. (2024). Characterizing forest structural changes in response to non-stand replacing disturbances using bitemporal airborne laser scanning data. Science of Remote Sensing. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2024.100160.

Articles published in research journals

  • Flamand-Hubert, M., Antoine Harel, A. (2024). Arpenteurs-géomètres, ingénieurs forestiers, mesureurs de bois : professions en débat à l’Assemblée nationale du Québec (1870-2010). Revues Histoires forestières du Québec, 16(2), 13-24. https://shfq.ca/revue-shfq/.

Popular and conference articles

Popularization article

Conference paper

  • Keralta, A.,, Chaabene, S., Winninger, J., Chamberland, J., Landry, V. (2024). Enhancing Wood Performance Using Citric Acid and Whey Ultrafiltration Permeate: A Promising Approach. In : 13 èmes journées du GDR 3544 « Sciences du bois » – Nantes, 20-22 novembre 2024. https://bit.ly/41tNAXA.

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