08:00

Canada/Eastern

08:00 - 08:45 EDT
A-1600 (Salle des pas perdus) & E-2011 (Atrium)

Breakfast

08:45

Canada/Eastern

08:45 - 09:30 EDT
A-1600 (Auditorium) & E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Plenary 5) Intelligent adaptive control: From autonomous systems to human-robot interaction

Ya-Jun Pan, Dalhousie University, CSME 2025 Mechatronics Medal

09:30

Canada/Eastern

09:30 - 09:45 EDT
A-1600 (Auditorium) & E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Industrial Spotlight 6) Enabling faster innovation: Critical rheology data for industrial FEM simulations

Nicolas Poulain, Chief Executive Officer, Transvalor Americas

09:45

Canada/Eastern

09:45 - 10:00 EDT
A-1600 (Auditorium) & E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Industrial Spotlight 7) From design to operation: Redefine the future of engineering with AI and digital twin solutions

Nima Bohlooli Arkhazloo, Senior Account Manager, Ansys

10:00

Canada/Eastern

10:00 - 10:30 EDT
E-2011 (Atrium)

Coffee Break

10:30

Canada/Eastern

15 parallel sessions
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
D-3017

Advanced Energy Systems 5

Session Chair: Leyla Amiri, Université de Sherbrooke & Minghan Xu, University of Toronto

    CSME
    Advanced Energy Systems
    Keynote
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-2021

Advanced Manufacturing 6

Session Chair: Farbod Khameneifar, Polytechnique Montréal

    CSME
    Advanced Manufacturing
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
D-3010

Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics 4

Session Chair: Marlène Sanjosé, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CFDSC
    Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-4026

Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering 4

Session Chair: Éric Wagnac, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
D-3009

Canonical Flows, Flow Physics & Turbulence 2

Session Chair: Giuseppe Di Labbio, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CFDSC
    Canonical Flows, Flow Physics & Turbulence
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
D-3012

Computational Methods & Model Development 4

Session Chair: François Morency, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CFDSC
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
D-3007

Fluid Mechanics 6

Session Chair: Bianca Viggiano, Polytechnique Montréal

    CSME
    Fluid Mechanics
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
D-3018

Hydraulic Turbines 4

Session Chair: Jonathan Nicolle, Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Québec (IREQ)

    CSME
    CFDSC
    Hydraulic Turbines
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-2023

Materials Technology 4

Session Chair: Kosar Samadi Aghdam, University of Alberta

    CSME
    Materials Technology
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-4024

Mechatronics, Robotics & Controls 3

Session Chair: Zhaoheng Liu, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Mechatronics, Robotics & Controls
    Keynote
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-4025

Microtechnology & Nanotechnology 3

Session Chair: Xian Wang, Queen's University

    CSME
    Microtechnology & Nanotechnology
10:30 - 11:30 EDT
E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Panel) The value of graduate studies in academia and beyond

Nicole R. Demarquette (Moderator), Nima Bohlooli Arkhazloo, Rafael Kurusu, Elmira Moosavi-Khoonsari

    Panels
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-2024

Solid Mechanics 6

Session Chair: Hamid Akbarzadeh, McGill University

    CSME
    Solid Mechanics
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-2025

Sustainable Practices in Engineering 3

Session Chair: Emna Helal, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Sustainable Practices in Engineering
    Keynote
10:30 - 12:30 EDT
D-3008

Thermal Science & Engineering 3

Session Chair: Sébastien Poncet, Université de Sherbrooke

    CSME
    Thermal Science & Engineering
    Keynote

11:30

Canada/Eastern

11:30 - 12:30 EDT
E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Panel) Mitacs & NSERC industrial collaboration programs and opportunities

Mohammad Jahazi (Moderator), Inga Ebert, Hélène Fortier

    Panels

12:30

Canada/Eastern

12:30 - 14:00 EDT
E-2011 (Atrium)

Lunch

12:45

Canada/Eastern

12:45 - 13:45 EDT
E-2024

CFDSC Annual General Meeting

Lunch included

13:00

Canada/Eastern

13:00 - 13:45 EDT
E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

Business Pitches

Transvalor, Ansys, High Speed Imaging Inc. & Telops

14:00

Canada/Eastern

14:00 - 14:45 EDT
A-1600 (Auditorium) & E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Plenary 6) Solid-liquid phase change heat transfer: From fundamental to application designs

Dominic Groulx, Dalhousie University, CSME 2025 Jules Stachiewicz Heat Transfer Medal

14:45

Canada/Eastern

14:45 - 15:00 EDT
A-1600 (Auditorium) & E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Industrial Spotlight 8) Structural and sealing fluid trends in manufacturing

James Blight, E-Mobility Business Development Manager North America, ViscoTec America

15:00

Canada/Eastern

15:00 - 15:15 EDT
A-1600 (Auditorium) & E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

(Industrial Spotlight 9) Pushing the boundaries of high speed imaging

Kishan Prithipaul, Technical Sales Representative & Consultant, High Speed Imaging Inc.

15:15

Canada/Eastern

15:15 - 15:45 EDT
E-2011 (Atrium)

Coffee Break

15:45

Canada/Eastern

14 parallel sessions
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
D-3017

Advanced Energy Systems 6

Session Chair: Leyla Amiri, Université de Sherbrooke & Minghan Xu, University of Toronto

    CSME
    Advanced Energy Systems
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
D-3012

Advanced Energy Systems 7

Session Chair: Louis Lamarche, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Advanced Energy Systems
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
E-2021

Advanced Manufacturing 7

Session Chair: Yaoyao Fiona Zhao, McGill University

    CSME
    Advanced Manufacturing
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
E-2022

Advanced Manufacturing 8

Session Chair: Mohammad Jahazi, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Advanced Manufacturing
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
D-3009

Applied Rheology 3

Session Chair: Emna Helal, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSR
    Applied Rheology
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
E-4026

Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering 5

Session Chair: Yvan Petit, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Biomechanics & Biomedical Engineering
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
D-3019

Computational Mechanics 4

Session Chair: Cuiying Jian, York University

    CSME
    Computational Mechanics
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
D-3007

Fluid Mechanics 7

Session Chair: Giuseppe Di Labbio, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Fluid Mechanics
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
D-3008

Fluid Mechanics 8

Session Chair: Ebenezer Ekow Essel, Concordia University

    CSME
    Fluid Mechanics
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
D-3018

Hydraulic Turbines 5

Session Chair: Yvan Maciel, Université Laval

    CSME
    CFDSC
    Hydraulic Turbines
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
E-4024

Smart Production Systems 3

Session Chair: Vladimir Polotski, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Smart Production Systems
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
E-2024

Solid Mechanics 7

Session Chair: Giovanni Ferrari, École de technologie supérieure

    CSME
    Solid Mechanics
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
E-2025

Solid Mechanics 8

Session Chair: Liying Jiang, Western University

    CSME
    Solid Mechanics
15:45 - 17:15 EDT
E-4025

Sustainable Practices in Engineering 4

Session Chair: Didier Haillot, École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS)

    CSME
    Sustainable Practices in Engineering

17:15

Canada/Eastern

17:15 - 17:30 EDT

Break

17:30

Canada/Eastern

17:30 - 18:00 EDT
E-2033 (Salon des diplomé.es)

Conference Closing Remarks