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Hakim Bendada


Personal
Information
Hakim Bendada, Full Professor
Professional Address:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Laval University
Québec, Québec
G1V 0A6
Canada
Office: PLT-1114-M
Telephone: (418) 656-2131, # 3552
Fax: (418) 656-3594
Email: bendada@gel.ulaval.ca
WWW Site of the Computer Vision and Systems Laboratory:
http://vision.gel.ulaval.ca
Education
- 1991-1995: Ph.D., Institut National Polytechnique
de Lorraine; topic: Stimulated Infrared Tomography: Estimation of
Interface Resistances with Complex Shapes.
- 1990-1991: M.Sc.A.,
Institut National Polytechnique
de Lorraine; topic: Contribution to the Mathematical Modeling of a Tube
Bundle Chemical Reactor.
Career
- 2014-: Full Professor,
Laval University.
- 2010-2014: Associate Professor,
Laval University.
- 2005-2010: Assistant
Professor, Laval University.
- 2003-: Adjunct Professor, Université du
Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue (UQAT).
- 2008 (June and July): Invited
Professor, Ecole Nationale
Supérieure d’Arts et
Métiers of Bordeaux (France).
- 2006-2008: Head of the Aerospace Group - GAUL, Laval University.
- 1997-2005: Research Officer,
National Research Council of Canada.
- 1995-1997: Post-doctoral Fellow, Laboratoire d’Énergétique et de Mécanique
Théorique et Appliquée (France).
- 1994-1995: Temporary Teaching and Research Associate, École Nationale
Supérieure d’Électricité et de Mécanique (France).
Research
Interests
- Infrared vision and sensors in
science and technology
- Nondestructive testing using
infrared thermography
- High-resolution temperature
mapping
- Medical imaging and sensing
- Image processing and inverse
problems
- Optical design of thermometry
systems
- Opto-thermal
inspection of industrial processes
- Photothermal diagnostic
- Thermophysics
Individual
Research Grants
- Laser Doppler vibrometer
and UTvis software package for ultrasound
excited thermography, Research Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada, Equipment Grant - category 1, from 2006-03-31 to
2007-03-31.
- Substantial advances in
quantitative infrared vision, Research Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council of Canada, Discovery Grant, from 2006-04-01 to 2011-03-31.
- Leading-edge developments of infrared vision for
demanding scientific applications,
Research
Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,
Discovery Grant, from 2011-04-01 to 2016-03-31.
- Infrared
imaging methods for the thermal characterization of materials, Research
Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada,
Discovery Grant, from 2017-04-01 to 2022-03-31.
Group
Research Grants
- Phase contrast in pulsed phase
thermography: Analytical analysis, Research Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research
Council Canada – NSERC. Program: CIAM – Inter-American Collaboration in
Materials Research, from 2009-04-01 to 2012-04-01.
- Regroupement stratégique pour l'Étude des Environnements PARTagés Intelligents répartis – REPARTI, Research Grant, Fonds québécois de la recherche
sur la nature et les technologies, Regroupements stratégiques, from 2006-04-01 to 2012-03-31.
- Outil d'acquisition d'images dans le proche infrarouge, Research
Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada – NSERC,
Program: Research Tools and Instruments - category 1, from 2008-03-31 to
2009-03-31.
- Station d'acquisition d'images infrarouges et de données autres à distance – SAIIDAD, Research
Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada – NSERC,
Program: Research Tools and Instruments - category 1, from 2010-03-31 to
2011-03-31.
- Inspection de canalisations par référencement de senseurs volumétriques – ICARV, Research
Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Canada – NSERC, Collaborative Research and Development (CRD)
Grants, from 2011-10-31 to 2016-10-31.
- CREATE NSERC Innovative Program on NDT (NonDestructive
Testing): oN DuTy!, Research Grant, Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council Canada – NSERC, from 2017-04-01 to 2023-03-31.
Teaching
at Laval University (since 2005)
- Sensors
and imaging systems, undergraduate and graduate, (present).
- Linear
algebra with applications, undergraduate course, (present).
- Design
I, undergraduate
course, (present).
- Design
IV, undergraduate course,
(present).
- Design
III, undergraduate course, (past).
- Electric circuits,
undergraduate course, (past).
- Systems and measurements,
undergraduate course, (past).
Teaching
Experience (before 2005)
- Heat Exchangers (1993-1994), École Européenne d’Ingénieurs en Génie des Procédés
(France).
- Heat Transfer (1994-1995),
École Nationale Supérieure d’Électricité et Mécanique (France).
- Numerical Methods (1995-1996), École des Mines (France).
- Thermophysics (1995-1996), École Nationale Supérieure
d’Électricité et Mécanique (France).
- Continuum Mechanics (1996-1997), École des Mines (France).
- Fluid Mechanics (1996-1997), École Européenne
d’Ingénieurs en Génie des Procédés (France).
Activities
and Professional Associations
Conference Organizing Committees
- Member of the Organizing Committee of
the 6th International Workshop: Advances in Signal
Processing for Non Destructive Evaluation of Materials, 25-27 August
2009, London, Canada.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the 10th International Conference on
Quantitative InfraRed Thermography, 27-30 July 2010, Quebec City,
Canada.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the 16th International Symposium on
Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, 31 July – 2 August 2013, Quebec City, Canada.
- Member of the Organizing Committee of
AITA 2017 / Advanced Infrared Technology and Applications, 27-29 September 2017, Quebec City,
Canada.
Honors
and Awards
- Andronicos Kantsios Award, best scientific article in Thermosense XXIX conference (Orlando, FL): «
Nondestructive Inspection of Open Micro-Cracks in Thermally Sprayed
Coating Using Ultrasound Excited Vibrothermography
», by J.A. Piau, A. Bendada, X. Maldague & J.G. Legoux,
2007.
- Professeur étoile (Star Professor Award), presented
by Laval University for excellence in teaching in 2007, 2009 and 2013.
- Ordre du Mérite of the Industrial Materials Institute - NRC, Group
award of the National Research Council of Canada for the outstanding
achievements during the laser ultrasounds project with The Timken Company
(USA), 2001.
- Très honorable avec
les félicitations des membres
du jury, distinction of the Institut
National Polytechnique de Lorraine (INPL) in
France for the outstanding achievements during the project with Dassault Aviation within the framework of the Ph.D thesis, 1995.
- Eiffel scholarship
for graduate
studies; from the French department for foreign and
European affairs, 1991-1995.
Invited Talks
- Extraction of the hand vein signature using MWIR and NIR
imaging, First canadian conference and
workshop on photoacoustics and photothermics of biosystems,
18 May 2012, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada, 2012.
- Infrared vision: state of the art in industrial applications
and technology transfer, 80th ACFAS conference, Montreal, Canada, 7-11 May, 2012.
- Infrared vision with applications relevant for aerospace, Department
of Space Engineering, York University, Toronto, Canada, 9 April, 2012.
- Infrared
imaging: a tool for process control, Annual Blow Molding Conference,
Montreal, Canada, September 22-23, 2004.
- Infrared and
Thermography Diagnostics in Thermoforming, 16th
SIGFORM Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April 8, 2004.
- Radiation Thermometry
and Infrared Thermography Diagnostics in Injection Strech
Blow Molding, 32nd SIGBLOW Meeting, Montreal, Canada, April 6, 2004.
- On-line
temperature monitoring of polymer streams during injection molding, Society of
Plastics Engineers, Minitec-Injection Workshop,
Montreal, Canada, March 10, 2004.
- Thermal wave interferometry characterization of thermal
barrier coatings, 17th Surftec Aerospace Meeting,
Montreal, Canada, November 24, 2003.
Websites
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