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Bruno Blais
Ph.D. (Polytechnique Montréal), Master (ENSTA ParisTech), D. Ing. (ENSTA ParisTech), B. Ing. (Polytechnique Montréal)
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Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Phone: (514) 340-4711 Ext. 4533 Fax: (514) 340-4159 Room: A-684.2.3
Areas of expertise
Transport processes Thermodynamics Heat transfer Hydraulics Modelling, simulation and finite element methods Mathematical modelling Fluid mechanics Modelling, simulation Multi-phase systems Turbulence
Primary sphere of excellence in research
Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
Secondary sphere(s) of excellence in research
Energy, Water and, Resources
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Research interests and affiliations

Research interests
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD);
  • Fundamental and applied fluid mechanics;
  • Process Intensification;
  • Multiphysics modeling;
  • Granular flows;
  • Multiphase flows;
  • Finite Element Method (FEM);
  • Discrete Element Method (DEM);
  • Additive manufacturing;
  • Topology optimization;
  • High Performance Computing;
  • Open source software development
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
  • 1800 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
  • 1805 Transport processes
  • 2100 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
  • 2105 Hydraulics
  • 2107 Modelling, simulation and finite element methods
  • 1804 Heat transfer

Publications

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Biography

Pr Blais expertise lies in the development, verification, and validation of high performance digital models for fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and complex multi-physical and multi-scale phenomena. His research interests are in computational fluid mechanics (CFD), reacting flows, granular and solid-fluid flows, topology optimization as well as high-performance computing on distributed high-performance architecture. He is the core developer of Lethe, an open source high-performance and high-order implicit CFD solver (https://github.com/lethe-cfd/lethe) based on the open source DEALII platform (www.dealii.org). He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed journal articles or conference abstract.

Pr Blais is a Professor at École Polytechnique since 2018. Before this, he was a Research Officer with the Automotive and Surface Transportation Portfolio of the National Research Council of Canada (NRC AST) where he has carried out extensive work on multiphysics modelling using the finite element method. He has earned a B. Eng. in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnique Montréal, a Grande École Engineering Diploma from ENSTA Paristech, a master in Fundamental Fluid Mechanics from ENSTA and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Polytechnique Montreal. Pr Blais is a Vanier Graduate Scholar (2012-2016) and has received the Govenor’s General gold academic medal for his thesis work on numerical modelling of multiphase flows. 

Teaching

GCH2545 : Modélisation numérique en ingénierie

GCH8108 : Méthodes numériques spécialisées en phénomènes d’échange

Education

  • B. Eng. - Chemical Engineering (Polytechnique Montreal)
  • Diplôme d'ingénieur - spécialisation systèmes mécanique (ENSTA ParisTech)
  • Master - Mécanique des fluides fondamentale et appliquée (ENSTA ParisTech)
  • Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering (Polytechnique Montreal)

Supervision at Polytechnique

IN PROGRESS

  • Post-doctoral fellowship (1)

    • Oliveira Ferreira, Victor.

  • Ph.D. (7)

    • Prieto Saavedra, Laura.
    • Patience, Paul.
    • Gaboriault, Olivier.
    • Papillon-Laroche, Hélène.
    • Berthet, Lucas.
    • Marquis, Oreste.
    • Guévremont, Olivier.

  • Master (thesis) (5)

    • Alphonius, Amishga.
    • Vaillant, Mikael.
    • Mainville, Wiebke.
    • Lamouche, Justin.
    • Bouguezzoul, Mohamed Amine.

COMPLETED

News about Bruno Blais

NEWS | October 2, 2020
Polytechnique Montréal Professor Bruno Blais named to the New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization - NDRIO Researcher Council | Read
NEWS | September 23, 2020
Plastic recycling goes electric: new technology gets a boost | Read

Press review about Bruno Blais

March 3, 2024, La Presse, La glace ou l’eau pour le pain? Bruno Blais, professeur au Département de génie chimique, explique l'usage de glaçons dans la fabrication de pain et la thermodynamique.
February 13, 2022, ICI Radio Canada - Les années lumière , Un superordinateur pour faire avancer la science Bruno Blais, professeur adjoint au Département de génie chimique, discute à propos de l’utilisation de superordinateurs à des fins de simulation numérique (à 6:15).