Actual staff

Professor Côté obtained his diploma in Civil Engineering from University Laval in 1995, his Master's degree on the hydric properties of road foundation materials in 1997 also at Université Laval, in collaboration with Transports Québec's Laboratoire des Chaussées; he obtained his PhD from Université Laval with a thesis on the risk of ice formation on thermal insulated pavements in 2000.

Professor Côté has first worked as a research engineer at Transports Québec's Laboratoire des Chaussées where he participated in C-Sharp LTPP research program. After obtaining his PhD, Jean Côté worked as a researcher in the Industrial Research Chair in exploitation of infrastructures subject to freezing at Université Laval where he developed tools for the analysis and design of the geotechnical structures in Northern environments. He also worked on the development of experimental procedures and analytical characterization of hydric and thermal properties of geomaterials.

Since 2009, Jean Côté is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Water Engineering at the Université Laval where he is associate chairholder of  the new NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair for Life Cycle Optimization of Embankment Dams.

Professor Konrad graduated in engineering from the École Supérieure des Arts et Industries of Strasbourg (France) in 1975. He obtained his Master's degree in geotechnical engineering in 1977 from Université Laval (Québec) and his PhD on the frost of soils in 1980 from the University of Alberta (Canada).

After having worked in a private firm for two years as engineer in charge of construction control of the LG3 James Bay project, Jean-Marie Konrad worked as researcher for National Research Council Canada where he contributed to the development of in situ geotechnical tests and the study of the cyclic and dynamic behaviour of saturated granular materials while continuing to develop its knowledge on the physics of frost in soils. In 1986, he pursued his research interests in these fields at the University of Waterloo (Ontario), and then at the Université Laval beginning in June 1991.

Professor Konrad has been awarded a NSERC Industrial Research Chair on the Operation of infrastructures subject to freezing (CREIG phase I and phase II) 1998-2008. He is currently principal chairholder of new NSERC/Hydro-Québec Industrial Research Chair in Life Cycle Optimization for Embankment Dams.

Luc Boisvert obtained his Bachelor degree in civil engineering from University de Sherbrooke in 1986 and an Advance studies diploma (DEA) from the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan in France in 1993. The DEA was entitled Advanced Materials and Engineering Structures and Envelopes (MAISE).

After having worked for various research groups at Université Laval, Luc Boisvert joined the team of Professor Konrad at the beginning of the second phase of the CREIG. He is associate to laboratory and field work and he is also in charge of communications for the Chair. His tasks are to communicate with partners, organize training sessions and prepare documentations.