{"id":1860,"date":"2026-02-24T07:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T07:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.geekworkers.dev\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:49:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:49:47","slug":"seminar-prof-dr-sebastien-houde-universite-laval-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/seminaire-prof-dr-sebastien-houde-universite-laval-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"17.03.26 - Seminar - Prof. Dr. S\u00e9bastien Houde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydro Alps Lab is pleased to announce the visit of Prof. Dr. S\u00e9bastien Houde, from the HEKI Laboratory - Hydraulic Machinery Laboratory at Laval University (Canada).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcc5 <strong>Date :<\/strong> 17 March<br>\ud83d\udd5b <strong>Timetable :<\/strong> 12.00 - 12.30 pm<br>\ud83d\udccd HES-SO Valais 21.N307<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udd0e Seminar title<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Model-scale studies of off-peak regimes and transients in the hydraulic machinery laboratory at Universit\u00e9 Laval<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83c\udf93 About Prof. Houde<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Houde has more than twenty years' experience in research into <strong>hydrodynamics applied to hydraulic turbines<\/strong>, both at <strong>Hydro-Qu\u00e9bec<\/strong> than the\u2019<strong>Laval University<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Photo_Sebastien_Houde.avif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1861\" style=\"width:296px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Photo_Sebastien_Houde.avif 519w, https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Photo_Sebastien_Houde-300x260.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He is director of the HEKI laboratory: <a href=\"https:\/\/heki.fsg.ulaval.ca\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/heki.fsg.ulaval.ca\/en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its areas of expertise cover :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Numerical and experimental hydrodynamics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dynamics of eddy flows<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fluid-structure interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Analysis of non-optimal efficiency point regimes and transient phenomena<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>His work is contributing to a better understanding of the behaviour of turbines in flexible operation - a key issue in the current context of energy transition and increased integration of renewable energies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>This seminar will provide an opportunity to discuss the research being carried out in Canada on unsteady regimes and the challenges associated with the flexible operation of hydraulic turbines. It will be followed by an aperitif at the Hydro Alps Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>Admission is free - all interested parties are welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le Hydro Alps Lab a le plaisir d\u2019annoncer la venue du Prof. Dr. S\u00e9bastien Houde, du laboratoire HEKI \u2013 Laboratoire de machines hydrauliques de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Laval (Canada). \ud83d\udcc5 Date : 17 mars\ud83d\udd5b Horaire : 12h00 \u2013 12h30\ud83d\udccd HES-SO Valais 21.N307 \ud83d\udd0e Titre du s\u00e9minaire \u00c9tudes des r\u00e9gimes hors-sommet et des transitoires \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9chelle mod\u00e8le au [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evenement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1867,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/1867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hydroalpslab.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}