Department of Engineering Physics
Advanced manufacturing Biomedical technology Mathematical modelling Continuum mechanics Fluid mechanics Kinetic and transport theory of fluids, physical properties of gases Modelling, simulation
Human Health
Industry of the Future and Digital Society Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
Research interests and affiliations
- Transport phenomena at the microscale
- Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics
- Microfluidics and Nanofluidics: Theory and applications to lab-on-a-chip technology and bioMEMS
- Biomedical lab-on-a-chip: applications in cancer research
- Researcher - CRCHUM, Researcher
- Institut de génie biomédical, Member
- Member - Montreal Cancer Institute, Member
- 1900 BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
- 1901 Biomedical technology
- 2200 FLUID MECHANICS
- 2203 Modelling, simulation
Publications
Biography
Thomas Gervais is professor of engineering physics and biomedical engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. He is also researcher at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM) and member of the Montreal Cancer Institute (ICM). He is also associate researcher and co-founder of the microfluidics for oncology core facility at the University of Montreal’s hospital (CHUM). His research focuses on fluid mechanics and mass transfer in microstructures, with an emphasis on developing miniature systems for the interrogation of cancer tissues and the development of point-of-care portable assays. He holds a bachelor degree in engineering physics from Polytechnique Montreal and a Ph.D. in bioengineering from MIT. Beyond research and teaching, he is also a seasoned populariser of science, having written over 100 popular science articles, 35 short TV documentaries, and appeared in over 75 episodes of various French Canadian Science TV shows.
Teaching
Undergraduate level
- PHS1101 : Vector mechanics for engineers (2008-2012)
- PHS1102 : Electromagnetic fields (2009)
- PHS1902 : Intro to engineering physics and project (2009-2013)
- PHS2107 : Classical Mechanics (2010-2016)
- GBM3810 : Biomicrosystems (2009-2014)
- PHS1105 : Physical Thermodynamics
Graduate level
- GBM8871 : Biomicrosystems (2015- )
- BMED508 : Introduction to micro- and nanobiomicrofluidics (2010- , McGill, hosted by D. Juncker)
Education
- Bachelor of Engineering Physics
- Doctorate in Bioengineering
Supervision at Polytechnique
COMPLETED
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Ph.D. Thesis (5)
- Boulais, E. (2023). Understanding 2D Transport in Microfluidic Systems [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Castonguay, S. (2022). Capillary Modelling for Flow Control and Accurate Mass Transport in Microfluidics [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Dorrigiv, D. (2022). A Microfluidic Platform for Culture and Drug Screening of Ex Vivo Tumour Explants [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Goyette, P.-A. F. (2021). Highly Multiplexable Open-Space Microfluidics [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- St-Georges-Robillard, A. (2018). Wide-Field Fluorescence Hyperspectral Imaging to Quantify Cell Populations in Spheroids Formed and Cultured in Microfluidic Chips [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
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Master's Thesis (8)
- Aubé, L. (2023). Modélisation et analyse de la diffusion et du mélange de réactifs dans des circuits microfluidiques capillaires pour le criblage à haut débit [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Clapperton Richard, P. (2022). Afficheurs microfluidiques comme outil d'étude des voies de signalisation cellulaires en biologie des systèmes [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Lesec, C. (2022). Analyse automatique d'images histopathologiques de tissus tumoraux micro-disséqués [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Boyadjian, O. (2020). Conception d'un dispositif de camouflage microfluidique [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Guay-Lord, R. (2018). Conception d'un dispositif microfluidique permettant l'analyse histopathologique à haut rendement de la réponse thérapeutique des tumeurs solides [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- R. Brunet, A. (2018). Les réseaux de chambres de culture de sphéroïdes : un outil pour la recherche de traitements combinatoires en oncologie [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Rousset, N. (2016). Simulation numérique de l'opération de pièges microfluidiques à échantillons [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Astolfi, M. (2015). Tumeurs micro-disséquées sur puce microfluidique [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Aubé, L. (2023). Modélisation et analyse de la diffusion et du mélange de réactifs dans des circuits microfluidiques capillaires pour le criblage à haut débit [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
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