Team

Ali Saeidi

Canada Research Chair-holder in Prediction and Prevention of Risks Related to Hydro-Geotechnical Hazards.

Speciality :

Civil Engineering and Geomechanics

Formation : 

• Ph.D. National Institut Polytechnic of Lorraine, France
• M.Sc. University Polytechnic of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. University of Yazd, Yazd, Iran

Recognition : 

• President of the symposium on the “risk of landslide in sensitive clay” to mark in 2020 in Saguenay the 50th anniversary of the catastrophic landslide of Saint-Jean Vianney.
• Leader of the International Workshop on Rock Erosion at Spillways (DSIG Workshop on Rock Erosion at Spillways) October 3, 2018 at Kim Pate, Seattle City Light, USA.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the ACFAS 2018 symposium, at the University of Quebec in Chicoutimi.
• President of the 2018 ACFAS environmental conference at UQAC.
• Co-chair of a session of the 13th ISRM International Congress of Rock Mechanics, Montreal 2015, May 10-13, 2015.
• Member of the Scientific Committee and co-chair of a conference session of Quebec Mine 2013, from November 11 to 14, 2013 in Québec.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the symposium “Mining operations past and present: environmental and societal impacts”, as part of the Jacques Cartier Interviews, November 26-27, 2013 in Chambéry, France. The contestant was also a guest presenter there.
• Member of the Scientific Committee of the Institut nordique du Québec (INQ) for the development of research objectives in the “infrastructures and technologies” axis, June 16, 2016.

Dr. Mahdiyeh Seifaddini

Formation : 

• Ph.D. Engineering, University of Quebec in Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Canada
• M.Sc. University Henri Poincare Nancy 1, Nancy, France
• B.Sc. University of Hormozgan, Hormozgan, Iran

Dr. Rama Vara Prasad

Speciality :

Civil Engineering

Formation : 

• Ph.D. National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India
• M.Sc. National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, India
• B.Sc. College of Engineering Sagi Ramakrishnam Raju, Bhimavaram, India

Dr. Abbas Kamali Bandpey

Speciality :

Rock mechanic and geotechnical instrumentation

Formation :  

• Ph.D. University Polytechnic of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• M.Sc. University Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. University of Technology of Shahroud, Shahroud, Iran

Mohammad Salsabili

Speciality :

Geotechnical Engineering

Formation : 

• M.Sc. University of Tehran, Faculty of Mining Engineering, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. Universiy Polytechnic of Teheran, Tehran, Iran

Recognition : 

• Excellence scholarship, HYDRO-QUEBEC, from the Fondation de l’Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 2019-2020.

Sarah Jacob

Speciality :

Civil Engineering

Formation : 

• M.Sc. National Institut of Technology Karnataka, India
• B.Sc. University of Kerala, India

Vahid Hosseinpour

Speciality : 

Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

Formation : 

• M.Sc. Tehran Polytechnic University, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran

Recognition : 

• 2020-2021 UQAC Development Fund Scholarships – Higher Excellence Cycles (HYDRO-QUÉBEC)

Vineeth Reddyt Karnat

Speciality :

Civil Engineering

Formation : 

• M.Sc. Warangal National Institute of Technology, Telangana, India
• B.Sc. Jawaharlal Nehru Anantapur Technological University (JNTUACEA), Andhra Pradesh, India

Zinan Ara Urmi

Speciality :

Landslide modelling

Formation : 

• M.Sc. ​Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
• B.Sc. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Yassine Brahami

Speciality :

Civil Engineering

Formation : 

• M.Sc. University of Technology, Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria
• B.Sc. University of Technology, Sidi Bel Abbés, Algeria

Recognition : 

• Grants from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

Mahdi Askaripour

Speciality :

Geomechanical Engineering

Formation : 

• M.Sc. Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
• B.Sc. University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Marie-Hélène Wisse

Speciality :

Geological Engineering

Formation : 

• B.Ing. Polytechnic Montreal, Montreal, Quebec

Aboubacar Sidiki Koulibaly

Speciality :

Geology and Geological Engineering

Formation : 

• B.Sc. Université du Québec at Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Canada

Recognition : 

• Appointment to the Commission for Studies, Research and Creation – UQAC (CERC)
• BINDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE Graduate Excellence Scholarship (Development Fund – UQAC)
• ADAM NAGY Excellence Scholarship (UQAC Foundation)
• LUCIEN-BOUCHARD Excellence Scholarship (UQAC Foundation)

Behzad Dastjerdy

Speciality :

Rock Mechanics

Formation : 

• M.Sc. University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
• B.Sc. University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

Mahsa Mahdavirad

Speciality :

Geomecanics

Formation : 

• M.Sc. University of Technology of Shahroud, Shahroud, Iran
• B.Sc. University of Technology of Shahroud, Shahroud, Iran

A S M Fahad Hossain

Speciality :

Civil engineering and geotechnics

Formation : 

• M.Sc. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• B.Sc. Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Alireza Shahbazi

Speciality :

Hydro-Geomechanics

Formation : 

• M.Sc. University Tarbiat Modares, Tehran, Iran
• B.Sc. University of Technology of Sahand, Tabriz, Iran.

Recognition : 

• 2020-2021 UQAC Development Fund Scholarships – Higher Cycles of Excellence
• 2019-2020 UQAC Development Fund Scholarships – Higher Cycles of Excellence
• The Pierre-La-Rochelle Prize, April 2021

Yavar Jalili Kashtiban

Speciality :

Civil Engineering

Formation : 

• M.Sc. Tehran Polytechnic University, Tehran, Iran.
• B.Sc. Urmia University of Technology, Urmia, Iran.

Recognition : 

• 2020-2021 UQAC Development Fund Scholarships – Higher Excellence Cycles (HYDRO-QUÉBEC).