Member Establishments

Cégep de Trois-Rivières

Cégep de Trois-Rivières is one of the founding members of REGAL. With over 4,250 students enrolled in 40 programs and three college technology transfer centres (CCTT), Cégep de Trois-Rivières has earned its place as one of the most innovative colleges in Quebec. More specifically, within the framework of REGAL, professors from the Department of Metallurgical Engineering Technology and research engineers from the Centre de métallurgie du Québec (CMQ) have been conducting research on aluminium transformation for over thirty years. The institution’s key areas of expertise are foundry, alloy development, additive manufacturing, welding, non-destructive testing and heat treatment.

Contact Information

Gheorghe Marin, Director General, REGAL Institution Coordinator
Centre de métallurgie du Québec
Parc industriel des Hautes-Forges
3095, rue Westinghouse
Trois-Rivières (Quebec)
G9A 5E1

819 376-8707 poste 5024
gheorghe.marin@cegeptr.qc.ca

Regular Members

Marin, Gheorghe Coordonnateur d’établissement CTR

Bois-Brochu, Alexandre

Chiesa, Franco

Levasseur, David

Lévesque, Julie Responsable Axe 2: Métallurgie et procédés de transformation

Rouget, Geoffroy

École de Technologie Supérieure

The research projects carried out by REGAL-ÉTS members cover the transformation of aluminium alloys and aluminium-based composites and include the design, modeling, manufacturing, assembly and characterization of materials and products. Several forming processes are studied (simulation, testing and optimization): high temperature forming (forging, rolling and extrusion); friction stir welding (FSW); linear friction welding (LFW); fast and environmentally friendly machining; surface treatments (induction, brazing, shot peening).

Coordonnées

Victor Songmene, Full professor, REGAL establishment coordinator
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bureau A-1810 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest
Montreal (Quebec)
H3C 1K3

514 396-8869
victor.songmene@etsmtl.ca

Regular Members

Songmene, Victor Coordonnateur d’établissement ÉTS

Bocher, Philippe

Demers, Vincent

Jahazi, Mohammad

Moosavi-Khoonsari, Elmira Co-responsable Axe 5: Aluminium responsable

Pham, Tan

Polytechnique Montréal

Overall, Polytechnique Montréal welcomes the largest number of engineering students in Quebec. Its mechanical engineering department has 8 professors who are regular members of REGAL.

The multi-scale mechanics laboratory (LM2) is the main research infrastructure used by researchers and student members of REGAL. This infrastructure has more than 7 mechanical stress systems with different capacities to perform a multitude of tests in a variety of environments. The aluminium research projects led by Polytechnique Montréal professors are mainly funded by cooperative research and development grants offered by NSERC and sponsored by the Consortium de Recherche et d’Innovation en Aérospatial du Québec (CRIAQ). The main industrial partners of these projects are evidently companies working in aeronautics.

Contact Information

Myriam Brochu, Full Professor, REGAL Establishment Coordinator
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Montreal Campus
Local A-453 2500, chemin de la Polytechnique
Montreal (Quebec)
H3C 3A7

514 340-4711 poste 4614
myriam.brochu@polymtl.ca

Regular Members

Jomaa, Walid Coordonnateur d’établissement POLY

Brochu, Myriam

Chartrand, Patrice

Harvey, Jean-Philippe

Khameneifar, Farbod

Martin, Étienne

Tuysuz, Oguzhan Co-responsable Axe 4: Aluminium 4.0

Concordia University

Contact Information

Mamoun Medraj, professor, REGAL establishment coordinator
Department of Mech. and Ind. Engineering
Concordia University
1455, de Maisonneuve Blvd West, office EV012,185
Montreal (Quebec), H3G 1M8

514 848 2424 (3146)
mmedraj@encs.concordia.ca

Regular members

Medraj, Mamoun Coordonnateur d’établissement Concordia

Moreau, Christian

Gheribi, Aimen

UQAC

At the time of REGAL’s creation in 2003, the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi had brought together its researchers working in the field of aluminium within the Centre universitaire de recherche sur l’aluminium (CURAL). It alone concentrates more than 35 years of expertise ranging from research on raw materials to aluminium transformation processes, including the one dedicated to the production of this gray metal. It promotes a multidisciplinary approach for the resolution, in an applied framework, of problems with industrial impact that most often serve as motivation for fundamental or practical developments.

In 2005, the construction of the Rio Tinto Alcan Pavilion – CURAL Laboratory allowed the establishment of a large fleet of state-of-the-art equipment dedicated to aluminium research. It includes a pilot plant for the development of new technologies for the treatment of red mud, a multi-functional foundry, a high-performance computing unit, six laboratories specifically dedicated to the characterization of the thermophysical, thermochemical and thermomechanical properties of materials at very high temperatures, the study of microstructures by scanning and transmission electron microscopy, the development of coatings, the manufacture and baking of carbon anodes, the study of the friction stir welding process, as well as numerous test benches for the study of different aspects of the Hall-Héroult process. Combined with expertise that is now recognized internationally, UQAC constitutes a unique place in North America for research in the field of aluminium production and transformation.

More informations about CURAL

Contact information

Lukas Dion, Professor, REGAL Establishment Coordinator
Département des sciences appliquées
Pavillon Principal
555, boulevard de l’Université
Chicoutimi (Quebec), G7H 2B1

Lukas1_Dion@uqac.ca

Regular Members

Dion, Lukas Coordonnateur d’établissement UQAC

Ba, Kadiata

Bouazara, Mohamed

Bouchard, Kévin

Chen, X-Grant

Faubert, Patrick Responsable Axe 5: Aluminium responsable

Fiset, Mathieu

Jafari Aminabadi, Reza

Javidani, Mousa Co-responsable Axe 2: Métallurgie et procédés de transformation

Kiss, Laszlo

Kocaefe, Duygu Responsable Axe 1: Production d’aluminium primaire

Kocaefe, Yasar

Maitre, Julien

Marceau, Daniel Directeur adjoint

Morin-Chassé, Rémi

Otis, Martin Responsable Axe 4: Aluminium 4.0

Sarkar, Dilip

St-Georges, Lyne

Université de Sherbrooke

Contact information

Ahmed Maslouhi, Full Professor, REGAL Establishment Coordinator
Département de génie mécanique
Pavillon J.-A.-Bombardier
2500, boulevard de l’Université
Sherbrooke (Québec), J1K 2R1

819-821-8000 poste 61241
ahmed.maslouhi@usherbrooke.ca

Regular Members

Maslouhi, Ahmed Coordonnateur d’établissement UdeS

Désilets, Martin

Desrochers, Alain

Lamarche, Charles-Philippe

Langlois, Sébastien

Li, Liya Co-responsable Axe 3: L’aluminium et ses applications

Soucy, Gervais

McGill University

Present since the early days of REGAL, as the result of an initiative of the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi to support their research activities on aluminium in 2003, McGill University and more specifically its Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, became one of the founding members of REGAL. From day one, Dr. Florence Paray has represented the members of this institution.

Contact Information

Florence Paray, Faculty Officer, REGAL Establishment Coordinator
Materials Engineering
Université McGill, Pavillon Wong, bureau 2M070
3610, rue Université
Montreal (Quebec), H3A 0C5

514 398-3590
florence.paray@mcgill.ca

Regular Members

Paray, Florence Coordonnatrice d’établissement McGill

Brochu, Mathieu Responsable Axe 3: L’aluminium et ses applications

Gauvin, Raynald

Université Laval

Since the production and transformation of aluminium is very complex, the Centre favors a multidisciplinary approach to research. Accordingly, its researchers come from different departments and a reason for REGAL-Laval’s motivation to bring together researchers and modeling experts. This approach promotes the advancement of knowledge, ensures quality supervision of students and contributes to the Centre’s mission, which is energy and environmental efficiency, both in the production and transformation of metals.

Contact Information

Carl Duchesne, Full professor, REGAL establishment coordinator
Department of Chemical Engineering
Pavillon Adrien-Pouliot, bureau 3574
1065, avenue de la Médecine
Quebec City (Quebec), G1V 0A6

418 656-5184
carl.duchesne@gch.ulaval.ca

Regular Members