Contributions to the Advancement of the Profession and Society

2009 – Founder, Research Group on Renewable Energy and Northern Climate Impact (GREEN), UQAC.

2008 – Co-founder, Research Laboratory on Ethical and Social Issues of Nanotechnologies, UQAC.

2003 – Founder, International Research Centre on Atmospheric Icing and Power Network Engineering (CENGIVRE), later renamed the International Centre for Nordic Engineering (ICNE), bringing together professors, researchers, students, technicians, and industrial collaborators.

2000 – Initiator of the Icing Research Pavilion at UQAC, a major research infrastructure comprising six specialized laboratories:
– Icing Precipitation Simulation Laboratory
– Discharge Physics Laboratory
– High-Voltage Laboratory
– Computer Modelling and Simulation Laboratory
– Nanomaterials and Surface Engineering Laboratory
– Very Low Temperature Materials Characterization Laboratory

This facility has been recognized as one of the largest research infrastructures of its kind internationally.

1998–2012 – Initiator of annual colloquia on atmospheric icing of power network equipment, held in Québec and bringing together researchers and industry engineers.

1997–2016 – Initiator of multiple academic and research collaboration agreements between UQAC and national and international universities.

1996 – Contributed to the establishment of the Doctor of Engineering program at UQAC.

1990–2016 – Lead organizer or organizing committee member for more than fifty international conferences and technical meetings (IEEE, CIGRÉ) in the fields of atmospheric icing, outdoor insulation, and high-voltage engineering.

1990 – Project leader for the implementation of the Master of Engineering program at UQAC.