Alexis Lussier Desbiens, Université de Sherbrooke

Research

équipement sportif aerial manipulation aerial systems contact dynamics crop scouting design field robotics plant tissue sampling

Latest papers

Insightful skiing: developing explainable models of on-snow performance through physical attribute selection of alpine skis.
Sports engineering · 2025 · senior author
Collecting critically endangered cliff plants using a drone-based sampling manipulator.
Scientific reports · 2022 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Accelerating Hockey Stick Innovation through Advanced Measurement, Simulation, and Smart Technologies
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$959,432
Mesure des déformations 3D des bottes de skis en utilisation
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$24,975
Identification automatique de plantes arctiques alpines à l'aide de photos prises par drone
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$23,000

All 24 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Insightful skiing: developing explainable models of on-snow performance through physical attribute selection of alpine skis.

Audet J, Benghanem A, Lussier-Desbiens A

Sports engineering2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12283-025-00511-w PMID: 40772252

02

Collecting critically endangered cliff plants using a drone-based sampling manipulator.

La Vigne H, Charron G, Rachiele-Tremblay J, Rancourt D, Nyberg B, Lussier Desbiens A

Scientific reports2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-17679-x PMID: 36100682

Accelerating Hockey Stick Innovation through Advanced Measurement, Simulation, and Smart Technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis

Keywords: Other manufactured products and processes

$959,432

Mesure des déformations 3D des bottes de skis en utilisation

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis A

Keywords: botte; équipement sportif; mesures; performance; rigidité; ski alpin

$24,975

Identification automatique de plantes arctiques alpines à l'aide de photos prises par drone

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis A

Keywords: artificial intelligence; cliff mapping; deep learning; endangered plant species; object detection; plant identification; plant monitoring; unmanned aerial system

$23,000

Aerial robotics sampling for agricultural scouting

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis

Keywords: aerial systems; field robotics; design; contact dynamics; sampling; crop scouting; soil sampling; plant tissue sampling; aerial manipulation; precision agriculture

$128,000

Conception de skis à empreinte environnementale réduite grâce à des laminés basés sur l'aluminium

Principal investigatorNSERC2021Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis A

Keywords: aluminium; conception de produits; empreinte environnementale; équipement sportif; skis

$201,600

Développement de capteurs embarqués pour la mesure du glissement des chaussures en situations réelles

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis A

$89,940

Wearable Technology for Early Detection of Breast Cancer

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: Spark Grants in Novel Technologies in Cancer Prevention & Early Detection

Principal investigators: Van Houten, Elijah E

Keywords: Novel Imaging/Mammography Technology

$150,000

High performance and autonomous UAV for interactions with energized high voltage transmission lines

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis A

$678,000

Uninhabited aircraft systems Training, Innovation and Leadership Initiative (UTILI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Laliberté, Jeremy JJF

Keywords: geographic information systems (gis); mission design; pilot training; uas data management; uas privacy; uas regualtions; uninhabited aircraft systems (uas)

$1,650,000

Développement et essais sur neige d'un dispositif améliorant la réponse vibratoire des skis

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Idea to Innovation

Principal investigators: Lussier Desbiens, Alexis A

$184,731

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

David Rancourt

Département de génie mécanique

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: équipement sportif Dear Professor Lussier Desbiens, 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]. I read your paper "Insightful skiing: developing explainable models of on-snow performance through physical attribute selection of alpine skis." (2025), and it 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 "Accelerating Hockey Stick Innovation through Advanced Measurement, Simulation, and Smart Technologies" (2025), 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]