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