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nanotechnologies for wood products
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Pierre Blanchet, F. Eng., Ph.D.,
Project Leader
Pierre Blanchet is project leader and researcher at the Eastern Laboratory at FPInnovations – Wood Products Division. As head of the Wood Products Nanotechnology research group, he defines its strategic orientations. The group is affiliated with the Value-Added Products and Composite Products departments. Mr. Blanchet earned a Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees on wood composites at Laval University and a Ph.D. from the same university on the characteristics and behaviour of engineered flooring strips using the finite element method. He broadened his knowledge of the finite element method at Washington State University during his doctoral studies. He is an associate professor at Laval University and a member of GIREF (the interdisciplinary research group on finite elements) and the Wood Research Council. He is also a member of the Forest Products Society, the Society of Wood Science and Technology and the Ordre des ingénieurs forestiers du Québec. He receives funding in a professorial capacity at the NSERC (Individual Discovery Grant) and from NanoQuébec. His work is focused on appearance wood products including furniture, kitchen cabinets, floor strips, doors and windows.
Vincent BLANCHARD, Ph.D., P.D.
Scientist - Chemist
Vincent Blanchard is a researcher at the Eastern Laboratory at FPInnovations - Wood Products Division. He works in the Wood Products Nanotech Group, where he heads projects focused mainly on color stability, developing new protective systems for windows and evaluating plasma technology for the forest industry. He manages the website and the laboratory for the group. He has an advanced studies diploma in Chemistry and the Physical Chemistry of Polymers from the ESPCI (Paris, France) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Université de Bordeaux (Bordeaux, France). In recent years, he worked on polymers in various establishments: BASF AG in Germany, Goodyear Chemicals and the Institut français du Pétrole in France. He is an associate professor at Laval University and a member of the university’s Wood Research Council and the Regroupement Plasma-Québec. In 2007, he obtained a post-doctoral bursary in Industrial R&D in Wood Sciences from the NSERC.
Véronic LANDRY, Ph.D.
Scientist – Chemist
Véronic earned her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at Laval University in 2002 and a Master’s in the same field with her thesis “Étude de la métallisation du poly(méthacrylate) de méthyle par microscopie à force atomique, spectroscopie photoélectronique des rayons X et angles de contact statiques et dynamiques” under the supervision of Robert Prud’homme and Bernard Riedl (2005). In 2004, she began doing research work at FPInnovations, in collaboration with Laval University’s Wood Research Center, on UV-cured high-solid-content acrylate nanocomposites for wood floor finishes. This work will become a doctoral thesis under the direction of Bernard Riedl and Pierre Blanchet. For the term of her thesis, Véronic will intern at the University of Southern Mississippi under the direction of Professor Charles E. Hoyle. Véronic is a recipient of the NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship and the Gérard D. Lévesque Memorial Fellowship. In addition to her doctorate, Véronic has been working since 2004 on various projects (wood finishing, impregnation, etc.) for the Value-Added Department at FPInnovations – Forintek Division. She is a member of the Wood Research Center at Laval University (CRB), the Centre de recherche en science et ingénierie des macromolécules (CERSIM) and the Materials Research Society (MRS).
Xaoline CAI, PhD
Scientist
Xaoline CAI is a researcher at the Eastern Laboratory at FPInnovations - Wood Products Division. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of North China on polymer processes and materials. She earned her Master’s degree on Wood Composites – Polymers and her Ph.D. on Nanotechnology-based Wood Modification for Value Added from Laval University. She is a member of the Forest Products Society and the Society of Wood Science and Technology. Her work is oriented toward the modification of wood, wood – polymer interactions, wood composites, and wood adhesives and finishing systems.
Graduate Students:
Caroline Sow – Doctoral Student
Mirela Vlad - Doctoral Student
Costin Anghel - Doctoral Student
Nicolas Auclair – Master’s Student
Bruno Racine – Master’s Student
Julien Prégent, Master’s Student
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