Research areas description
The goal of Professor Therriault’s Safran/Polytechnique chair, in collaboration with Professors Martin Lévesque and Annie Ross, is to develop the new generation of advanced manufacturing approaches and mathematical models for the creation of high performance composite structures for the aerospace industry. This research involves advanced additive manufacturing) technologies and advanced research on Resin Transfer Molding process and will have significant impacts on the aerospace and transportation industries in numerous ways. (1) The utilization of geometrically-optimized polymer composites leads to a huge mass savings in aerospace which yield substantial economic and environmental benefits. (2) The additive manufacturing method is a source of innovations that enables us to apply the outcomes of the chair for other realizations. (3) This research extensively uses thermoplastic composites as green materials. (4) The acoustic structures designed during this Chair will help further reduce the engine noise for a more comfortable flight and quite environment for the citizens. The chair will provide the partner Safran with a strong foundation for their development in the field of Advanced Manufacturing and Materials.
Research interests
- 1702 Advanced manufacturing
- 2108 Aerospace, aeronautical and automotive engineering
Research staff
- Daniel Therriault | Director
- Martin Lévesque | Co-Principal Investigator
- Annie Ross | Co-principal investigator
Specialized equipment
- 6-axis robot with mounted printing heads for additive manufacturing
- 5 commercial FDM 3D printers (4 Raise3D + 1 AON 3D M2 printer)
- 2 commercial SLA 3D printers (Formlab 2)
- 2 optical microscopes (1 stereo + 1 optical with lenses)
- 2 vacuum ovens (Cole Parmer and Fisher Scientific)
- Glove box
- Micro-extruder (XPlore) for materials mixing
- 2 filament makers and spoolers (Noztek and Filabot)
- 3 4-axis robots (Fisnar) for direct deposition of abradable materials
- Heavy duty blender/chopper for pelletizing composite materials
- 2 digital scales
- Precision saw
- Centrifugal machine
- Polishing machine
External sources of funding
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - CRD Program
- Safran S.A.
- Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)
- Gouvernement du Québec
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