Undergraduate internship

No internship offered at the moment


M.Sc. project

Aménager sa forêt : Comprendre la réponse des propriétaires forestiers aux programmes gouvernementaux de protection et de mise en valeur des forêts privées

Supervision: Maude Flamand-Hubert, Université Laval and Jean Dubé, Université Laval (ESAD)
Start Date: winter 2023
Description of the project

Caractérisation de la performance thermique du bois exposé à des scénarios de feux

Supervision: Christian Dagenais, Université Laval
Start date: depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Caractérisation des facteurs de risque d’affaires en construction en bois – de la conception à la mise en service

Supervision: Yan Cimon, Université Laval (CIRCERB)
Start date: depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Conception d’un système d’attache pour les panneaux de revêtements extérieurs

Supervision: Michel De Blois, Université Laval (CIRCERB)
Start Date: as soon as possible
Description of the project

Développement d’un cadre d’analyse des modes de défaillance des systèmes d’enveloppe dans la construction en bois

Supervision: Louis Gosselin, Université Laval (CIRCERB)
Start date: depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Development of classification criteria for CRD wood chips for the particleboard industry

Supervision: Ahmed Koubaa, UQAT and Alain Cloutier, Université Laval (co-supervision)
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Development of OSB panels more resistant to mold

Supervision: Alain Cloutier, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Diffusion et adoption innovantes en forêt privée : le cas des milieux humides

Supervision: Maude Flamand-Hubert
Start date: winter 2023
Description of the projet

Évaluation des variabilités du profil environnemental du cycle de vie d’un bâtiment en fonction de la Norme du bâtiment à carbone zéro (BCZ)

Supervision: Ben Amor, Université de Sherbrooke (CIRCERB)
Start date: depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Optimization of cutting parameters to improve the geometry of softwood and hardwood strands for OSB manufacturing

Supervision: Rémi Georges, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Optimizing the performance of orienteers to maximize the mechanical properties of OSB panels

Supervision: Alain Cloutier, Université Laval and Ahmed Koubaa, UQAT (co-supervision)
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Performance au feu des assemblages modernes dans la construction massive en bois

Supervision: Christian Dagenais, Université Laval
Start date: depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Production of good quality strands from cuttings and broken stems in the wood yard

Supervision: Rémi Georges, Université Laval and Alain Cloutier, Université Laval (co-supervision)
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Répercussions de la certification WELL.v2 sur la performance environnementale du cycle de vie d’un bâtiment

Supervision: Ben Amor, Université de Sherbrooke (CIRCERB)
Start date: depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project


Ph.D. project

Development of a recycling process for wood-based panel residues

Supervision: Alain Cloutier, Université Laval and Ahmed Koubaa, UQAT (co-supervision)
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Development of antibacterial coating for melamine laminated particleboard surface

Supervision: Véronic Landry, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Development of anti-smudge coating for melamine laminated particleboard surface

Supervision: Véronic Landry, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Development of formaldehyde-free biobased adhesives based on by-product proteins

Supervision: Véronic Landry, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Development of formaldehyde-free biobased adhesives based on saccharides

Supervision: Véronic Landry, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Development of formaldehyde-free biobased adhesives based on tannins from boreal forest

Supervision: Véronic Landry, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Improving the surface density of embossed door panels to optimize the use of finishing primer

Supervision: Alain Cloutier, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Optimization of the proportion of softwood and hardwood for the manufacture of OSB panels

Supervision: Alain Cloutier, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Performance au feu des assemblages modernes dans la construction massive en bois

Supervision: Christian Dagenais, Université Laval
Start date: depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Strategy for improving heat transfer in the mat to reduce panel pressing time

Supervision: Alain Cloutier, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project

Study of the temperature rise of biomass stacks: Effect on panel properties and modeling

Supervision: Alain Cloutier, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project


Postdoctoral fellowship

Development of low-formaldehyde emission biobased adhesives based on lignin

Supervision: Véronic Landry, Université Laval
Start date: September 2023 or depending on the candidate’s availability
Description of the project


Research assistant

No research assistant job offered at the moment


Note, it is always possible to go and see the recruitment offers posted on the CIRCERB website, directed by Pierre Blanchet, or the CRIF website, directed by Véronic Landry.