Françoise Bichai, Polytechnique Montréal

Research

alternative water supply climate change environmental hazards integrated urban water management Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment (QMRA)resilience risk management urban water systems

Latest funding

Défis associés à l'utilisation élargie de l'eau de pluie dans les bâtiments en climat nordique
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$46,082
Reshaping the urban water management paradigm: towards a new decision-support framework for the sustainable design of hybrid systems
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$135,000
Nanoporous sponges for atmospheric water harvesting
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$389,000

All 5 grants and awards

Défis associés à l'utilisation élargie de l'eau de pluie dans les bâtiments en climat nordique

Co-investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Bédard, Émilie EC

Keywords: eau de pluie; génie civil; perception des utilisateurs; qualité chimique de l'eau; qualité microbiologique de l'eau; surface de captage; systèmes de collecte

$46,082

Reshaping the urban water management paradigm: towards a new decision-support framework for the sustainable design of hybrid systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Bichai, Françoise F

Keywords: analyse économique; décentralisation; eaux usées; gestion intégrée des eaux urbaines; planification urbaine durable; systèmes hybrides

$135,000

Nanoporous sponges for atmospheric water harvesting

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Tavares, Jason Robert JR

Keywords: adsorbent; capillary condensation; carbon-based materials; humidity; nanomaterials; nucleation; physical chemistry; porosity; surface chemistry; water harvesting

$389,000

Resilience and risk management in urban water supply: assessing the potential contribution of alternative systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bichai, Françoise

Keywords: urban water systems; risk management; resilience; climate change; environmental hazards; alternative water supply; integrated urban water management; water quality; water shortage; quantitative microbial risk assessment (qmra)

$182,000

Resilience and risk management in urban water supply: assessing the potential contribution of alternative systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Bichai, Françoise

$12,500

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: alternative water supply Dear Professor Bichai, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on alternative water supply connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Reshaping the urban water management paradigm: towards a new decision-support framework for the sustainable design of hybrid systems" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]