Gabriel Fabien-Ouellet
Associate Professor
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering
Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering
Areas of expertise
Applied geophysics Environmental geophysics Wave propagation Mathematical modelling
Applied geophysics Environmental geophysics Wave propagation Mathematical modelling
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
- Seismic inversion
- Machine learning for geophysical data processing
- Hydrogeophysics
- Elastic properties of soil and rocks
- High performance computing
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 4304 Applied geophysics
- 4307 Environmental geophysics
- 2953 Wave propagation
- 2960 Mathematical modelling
Publications
Recent publications
Journal article
Journal article
Conference paper
Conference paper
Szabo Som, C., Fabien-Ouellet, G., Pasquier, P., & Dimech, A. (2026). Electrical thermal response test. Geothermics, 138, 103638 (17 pages).
Bustamante Restrepo, J., Fabien-Ouellet, G., & Duchesne, M. J. (2026). Mapping Subsea Permafrost Distribution in the Canadian Beaufort Sea With Marine Seismic and Deep Learning. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 131(5), 28 pages.
Marguin, V., Fabien-Ouellet, G., & Duchesne, M. J. (2026, May). Pore size heterogeneity and groundwater flow as key factors contributing to subsea permafrost change in the Beaufort Sea [Abstract]. EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria. 
Mardan, A., White, D., Fabien-Ouellet, G., & Movahedzadeh, Z. (2025, June). Estimating Injection-Induced Vp Changes using Cross-Well Seismic Full-Waveform Inversion at the Aquistore CO2 Storage Site, Canada [Paper]. 86th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, Toulouse, France.
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Teaching
Cours enseignés
- GLQ3205 : Géophysique appliquée II
Education
- Stage post-doctoral en Géophysique - Université de Stanford
- Doctorat en sciences de la Terre - INRS
- Maîtrise en sciences de la Terre - Université Laval
- Baccalauréat en physique - Université Laval
- Baccalauréat en génie physique - Université Laval
Supervision at Polytechnique
COMPLETED
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Ph.D. Thesis (1)
- Bustamante Restrepo, J. (2023). Advanced Seismic Processing Supported by Deep Learning for Subsea Permafrost Characterization [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Bustamante Restrepo, J. (2023). Advanced Seismic Processing Supported by Deep Learning for Subsea Permafrost Characterization [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
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Master's Thesis (3)
- Szabo Som, C. (2026). Suivi électrique en forage d'un essai de réponse thermique [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Gendreau, J. (2024). Caractérisation hydrogéophysique multiméthode appliquée pour l'alimentation en eau souterraine [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Isabelle, A. (2022). Assimilation de données hydrogéophysiques par filtre de Kalman d'ensemble pour l'estimation de la teneur en eau en restauration minière [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Szabo Som, C. (2026). Suivi électrique en forage d'un essai de réponse thermique [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].