Therriault, Daniel

Daniel Therriault is a full professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Polytechnique Montreal. He formerly held the Safran-Polytechnique Industrial Chair on the additive manufacturing of reinforced polymer composites (FACMO Chair, 2018-2023) and also a Canada Research Chair on the fabrication of advanced microsystems and materials (2009-2019). He is the co-director of the Laboratory for Multiscale Mechanics (LM2) and his research interests are mainly related to additive manufacturing of advanced materials and multifunctional composites. Past contributions include the development of innovative additive manufacturing (AM) processes (e.g., six-axis non-planar AM, multi-material multi-process AM, freeform printing), and the design and fabrication of multifunctional materials (e.g., carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics, abradable thermosets, piezoelectric and electrically conductive materials) for advanced applications mainly for aerospace but also with high potentials for transportation, energy and biomedical sectors. Several scientific contributions (~125 refereed papers) and multiple innovations (10 patents) originated from the research activities of Prof. Therriault’s research team. He worked or is working on many collaborative research projects with partners such as Safran Group, Bombardier Aerospace, ArianeGroup, Bell Textron Canada, Dyze Design, NanoXplore, Solaxis Ingenious Manufacturing, Mëkanic, National Research Council Canada (NRC), and the Canadian Space Agency.