Many of our professors are working to create longer-lasting, more resistant, and greener materials with ever more exciting properties. They are developing new polymers for solar cells, luminescent nanoparticles for medical imaging, composite structures for more durable pavement, and aluminum alloys for bridges.
Materials science
Designing materials with extraordinary properties
Improving and producing new composite materials
These monomers would use natural materials to replace three types of polymers that are currently produced on a very large scale: epoxy resins, polycarbonates, and polyurethanes.
Serge Kaliaguine, professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Researchers
Meet our dynamic research team
Research Units
Canada Research Chairs
- Canada Research Chair on Biomaterials and Bioengineering for Surgical Innovation Chairholder: Diego Mantovani, professeur titulaire, Department of Mineral, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering
- Canada Research Chair in Electroactive and Photoactive Polymers Chairholder: Mario Leclerc, professeur titulaire, Department of Chemistry
Partnership Research Chairs
- NSERC-Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair in Life Cycle Optimization for Embankment Dams Chairholders: Jean Côté, professeur titulaire, Department of Civil and Water Engineering
- NRCC - RBQ partnership research chair on the Impact of pyrrhotite on the durability of concrete structues in Canada Chairholders: Josée Duchesne, professeure titulaire, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering | Benoit Fournier, professeur titulaire, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Research centres, institutes, and groups
- Research Centre for Green Chemistry and Catalysis (C3V) Director: Peter McBreen, professeur agrégé, Department of Chemistry
- Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers (COPL) Director: Réal Vallée, professeur titulaire, Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics
- Centre for Advanced Materials Research (CERMA) Director: Jean-François Morin, professeur titulaire, Department of Chemistry
- Research Centre on Concrete Infrastructures (CRIB) Director: Benoit Fournier, professeur titulaire, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
- Aluminum Research Centre (REGAL) Director: Houshang Darvishi-Alamdari, professeur titulaire, Department of Mineral, Metallurgical, and Materials Engineering
My interest in cancer research led to a Ph.D. dissertation on brachytherapy (internal radiation therapy) using radioactive gold nanoparticles. The project combines materials engineering, nanotechnology, and medical physics.
Myriam Laprise-Pelletier, Ph.D. graduate in materials engineering and metallurgy upervised by Professor Marc-André Fortin
Graduate studies
Make the leap to graduate studies
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Resources for researchers and student researchers
The Vice Dean of Research
The mission of the faculty’s Office of the Vice Dean of Research is to familiarize faculty members with research funding program requirements. Its research development advisors can assist researchers in preparing funding applications and drafting research contracts. They can also provide information and guidance on technology transfer opportunities.
Le Lab en ligne
The Faculty of Sciences and Engineering’s LAB en ligne is a virtual space that showcases and profiles the faculty’s research equipment and facilities. The service provides graduate students, faculty members, and industry professionals with access to state-of-the-art equipment at reasonable cost along with opportunities for collaboration.