Institut du transport avancé du Québec – ITAQ

CCTT contact information

475, rue Fournier, local J204, Saint-Jérôme (QC) J7Z 4V2
Tel: 450 436-1580
Fax: 450 436-3822

www.itaq.qc.ca

Contact

HUGO MARSOLAIS
Director of operations
Email: hmarsola@cstj.qc.ca
Extension: 2155

CEGEP Affiliated

Cégep de Saint-Jérôme

Fields of activity
  • Electric and hybrid traction
  • Biofuels and alternative fuels
  • Energy efficiency technologies
  • Light materials
  • Track testing and laboratory testing programs
  • Mechanical, electrical and mechatronical automotive system design and optimization
  • Development of energy management and industrial process control computers
  • Simulations/calculations/generic modelling (e.g. using Matlab Simulink Stateflow software)
  • Track testing and laboratory testing of subsystems and entire vehicles
  • Intelligent driving assistance and smart transit management
  • Unique advanced transportation infrastructures
Examples of projects
  • Development and prototyping of various vehicles
  • Support for the development of a computer-controlled continuously variable transmission system
  • Designing and completing testing programs for new-generation locomotive components
  • Environmental impact assessment: the effects of suspended particulates on a catalytic converter prototype using nanocrystalline perovskites
  • Dynamometer testing for fuel economy and air emissions
  • Studies on the new advanced transportation technologies
Technological innovations
  • ZENN urban electric vehicle – awarded the “Génie Innovateur 2007” prize from the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and 1st Prize of the Paris Challenge Bibendum 2006 in the urban vehicle category
  • Generic test vehicles featuring adjustable physical characteristics (“Caméléon” project)
  • Heat management of biodiesel under winter conditions