Group of Professor Luca Sorelli

Associate Member

Manager training

• PhD: Civil Engineering, Brescia University, 2003
• Post doctorate :
  • Civil Engineering, IFFSTAR (Paris) 2003-2005
  • Civil Engineering, MIT (Cambridge USA) 2005-2007
  • Civil Engineering, IFFSTAR (Paris) 2007-2008
• Other experiences :
  • R&D Lafarge Research Center (Lyon France) 2008-2009

Laboratory name

Nano- and micro-mechanics laboratory (L(CM)2M)

Affiliation Department

Department of Civil Engineering and Water Engineering

Other affiliations

• Center for Research on Renewable Materials, CRMR (associate member)
• Concrete Infrastructure Research Center, CRIB (associate member)

Granting organization(s)

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada
• Quebec Research Fund — Nature and technologies

What does the laboratory do

Characterization of the micro and nano mechanical phase properties of composite materials in terms of rigidity, hardness and creep

Expertise

• Multi-scale characterization and modeling
• Ultra high performance cementitious composite
• Recycling of industrial by-products
• Multi-criteria design.

Service(s) offered in research and development (R&D)

• Microstructure characterization of composite materials
• Development of ultra-high performance ecological composite concrete
• Optimization of composite structures

Industrial research collaborations

• Nordic (via CIRCERB), Plancher et ponts bois-béton
• FPinnocations (via CIRCERB), Plancher bois-béton
• HydroQuebec, Analyse non distructive de structures
• Polycor, Réparation de structures
• Béton Multisurfaces, bétons chauffants
• Lafarge, Development of UHPFRC concrete