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NewsThe 5th CREPEC Colloquium was a great success!
174 participants, professors, researchers and students gathered at McGill University for the fifth Colloquium of CREPEC. 76 high quality posters were registered for the contest. The winners are:
Congratulations to the laureates.
A scientific breakthrough from Prof. Daniel Therriault is recognized as discovery of the year by Quebec Science
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CREPEC Co-director, Prof. Suong V. Hoa wins ADRIQ Partenariat Technologique Prize.
Brahim Benmokrane reveives price P.L. Pratley of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
In May 2009, Professor Brahim Benmokrane, NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Innovative Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composite Materials for Infrastructure and Dr. Ahmed K. El-Sayed, who accomplished his research under professor Benmokrane’s supervision as a Ph.D. and post-doctoral fellow were awarded the 2008 P.L. Pratley prize. This award is granted annually for the best paper in the field of bridge engineering. The laureates received their award during the last Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering which took place in St. John’s, Newfoundland from May 28th to May 30th, 2009. You can read the acclaimed article titled: "Evaluation of the new Canadian highway bridge design code shear provisions for concrete beams with fiber-reinforced polymer reinforcement" in the Canadian Journal Civil Engineering: Can. J. Civ. Eng. 35, 609-623 (2008).
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In collaboration with Professor El Khakani, of INRS, Professor Therriault's team has developed a UV-assisted Direct write fabrication process. The system involves the robotized extrusion of nanocomposites that rapidly polymerize under UV light to create 2D or 3D micro/macrostructures . This innovative and unique technique allowed the fabrication of micro-springs, organic conductive micro-coils and complex microscopic scaffolds.
