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Jean-philippe Charron
B.Sc.A., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Laval)

Phone: (514) 340-4711 Ext. 3433 Fax: (514) 340-3981 Room: B-336.3
Primary sphere of excellence in research
Innovative Materials
Secondary sphere(s) of excellence in research
Sustainable Transport and Infrastructures

Research interests and affiliations

Research interests
  • Conception and rehabilitation of reinforced concrete infrastructures;
  • Fiber reinforced concrete and ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete;
  • Durability of concrete (transport properties of liquids in concrete);
  • Volumetric behaviour of concrete (thermal deformation, shrinkage and creep);
  • Development of testing devices for material characterisation.
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
  • 1100 STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
  • 1103 Concrete: materials and structures
  • 2001 Materials structure, properties and testing
  • 2015 Concrete

Publications

Recent publications

Biography

  • Director, Group of Research in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada, Since 2014.
  • Professor, Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada, Since 2013.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada, 2008-2013.
  • Visiting Professor, Department of Materials, IFSTTAR (previously LCPC), Paris, France, 2010-2011.
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Geological, and Mining Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada, 2004-2008.
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, Maintenance, Construction and Security of structures, Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne, Switzerland, 2002-2004.
  • Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, October 2002.
  • M.Sc. Civil Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, April 1999.
  • B.Sc. Civil Engineering, Université Laval, Québec, April 1997.

Teaching

Semester

Course
Fall CIV1140 - Civil engineering materials
CIV6505 - Durability of concrete
CIV6904 - Solid mechanics (33%)
Winter CIV1140 - Civil engineering materials
CIV3504 - Design of reinforced concrete structures

Supervision at Polytechnique

IN PROGRESS

  • Ph.D. (2)

    • Lui, Tongxu. Beam strengthening with ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concretes (UHPC).
    • Asselin, Amandine. EValuation of durability indexes of novel concretes under multi-physic loadings.
  • Master (thesis) (3)

    • Sylvestre, Danny. Design of precast retaining walls in UHPC.
    • Abid, Sarra. Confinement of alkali-reaction with UHPC.
    • Gendron, Frédérick.
  • Professionnal master (1)

    • Gasmi, Tarek. Optimization of ultra-high performances fiber reinforced concretes.

COMPLETED

News about Jean-philippe Charron

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Press review about Jean-philippe Charron

February 2, 2021, PLAN, La révolution du béton par le BFUP Cela fait 18 ans que Jean-Philippe Charron, ingénieur civil, professeur titulaire à Polytechnique Montréal, chercheur au Centre de recherche sur les infrastructures en béton (CRIB), étudie le BFUP. Aujourd'hui, la technologie arrive à maturité et le BFUP prend sa place dans les infrastructures du Québec.
September 5, 2019, YouTube, Bonaventure | Utilisation novatrice des bétons fibrés à ultra hautes performances Présentation par des chercheurs et ingénieurs, dont Jean-philippe Charron, professeur titulaire au Département des génies civil, géologique et des mines de Polytechnique Montréal, de l’utilisation novatrice des bétons fibrés à ultra hautes performances.
October 19, 2016, Canal Savoir, Un béton révolutionnaire pour renforcer nos ponts Un béton fibré à ultra-hautes performances (BFUP) : mention de Jean-Philippe Charron, professeur titulaire au département des génies civil, géologique et des mines à l'École Polytechnique Montréal.
April 17, 2016, Radio-Canada / Découverte, La crème des bétons À Polytechnique Montréal, des chercheurs en génie civil misent sur des bétons plus résistants pour réparer nos ponts et infrastructures à long terme. Entrevue avec les professeurs Jean-Philippe Charron et Bruno Massicotte.