Patrice Guay
Academical background
I obtained a degree in physics engineering at École Polytechnique de Montreal in May 2001. I immediately started my master’s degree at INRS Energy and Materials. My research subject was the numerical simulation of hydrogen adsorption in carbon nanostructures. I finished my research on this subject in March 2003. After completing my studies, I chose to reorient my career toward IT systems engineering. Computing has been a passion for me since the age of 13. My interest for this field grew when I discovered the Linux operating system ten years ago. Rather than being forced to spend money for testing new network configurations and server software, I was free to do it with Linux, a minimal hardware setup and a lot of hours reading available documentation. I definitely appreciate the community spirit of the OpenSource movement. Sharing experience and knowledge has lead to great innovations for the whole IT industry.
Interests
I specialize in computer administration under the Linux operating system. I am the administrator of the nanotechnologies.qc.ca website since 9 years. I earned some valuable knowledge about server management from this experience.
My personal contribution to the Linux movement is through the CentOS LiveCD project. The LiveCD is a portable and customizable instance of a Linux server.
For additional information about me, I invite you to visit my personal website:
http://www.patriceguay.com
Rémi Longtin
Dr. Rémi Longtin is working as a project leader at the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology-Empa in Zurich Switzerland since 2010. His research focus is on interfacial phenomena in bulk nanostructured materials and in advanced multi-layered systems. His other research interests include nanostructured carbon and molecular self-assembly.
Academic Background
2004−2007
Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D.
Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2003−2004
Master of Applied Science, M.Sc.A.
Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal, Canada
Department of Mechanical Engineering
2002−2003
Master’s Research Internship
Ångstrom laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Department of Materials Chemistry
1999−2002
Bachelor of Science, B.Sc.
Concordia University, Canada
Physics department, specialisation in Physics
Christian Fauteux
Summary
I am a research scientist specializing in materials science and nanotechnology with a background in applied physics and chemistry. My main expertise lies in laser processing, gas and liquid-phase synthesis of nanostructured materials, zinc oxide and carbon-based materials. I also have extensive experience in materials characterization and project management.
Education
Ph. D. in Mechanical engineering – January 2004 to March 2008 École Polytechnique de Montréal, supervised by Daniel Therriault and Joseph Pegna
Topics involved: laser processing, sol-gel processes, gas-phase deposition processes, optics, solution chemistry, materials characterization, zinc oxide, carbon nanofibers
M. Sc. A. in Mechanical Engineering – May 2002 to December 2003 École Polytechnique de Montréal and Uppsala University (Department of Materials Chemistry, Sweden), supervised by Joseph Pegna and Mats Boman
Topics involved: laser processing, gas-phase deposition processes, optics, chemical reaction kinetics, materials characterization, graphite, amorphous carbon
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics – September 1997 to April 2002 École Polytechnique de Montréal
Focus: materials science
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Frédéric Larouche
Academic formation
I obtained my bachelor degree in physical engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal during the automn 2001. After doing my final study projects and two training courses with professor B.L. Stansfield. I then begun PhD studies in winter 2002 on the carbon nanotubes production at INRS-EMT (Energy, Materials and Telecommunication), still under the direction of the professor Barry L. Stansfield. The subject of my research project is the study of the recuperation of the Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube (C-SWNT) synthetised with the process developed at INRS-EMT, based on plasma torch. I had also worked on the development of a new growth mechanism for C-SWNT: the BMI model.
Fields of interest
Scientifically, I am well interested in carbon nanotube synthesis and growth mechanism, surface physic and also in self-organization phenomena that take place in physical system far from equilibrium. I am really curious to see the evolution of applications using the outstanding properties of carbon nanotubes. At last, I have a passion for Man, world history and contemporary music.
Contact
You can contact me by email:
frederic.larouche@nanotechnologies.qc.ca