Sylvain Larose

Background

About Sylvain Larose

Has a wealth of knowledge, experience and expertise spanning fields in technology, finance, project management, start-up businesses, and teaching/training. Education • Baccalaureate, Engineering Physics, École Polytechnique de Montréal • Master’s, Metallurgical Engineering, École Polytechnique de Montréal • Doctorate, Materials Science and Engineering, Ohio State University / Argonne National Laboratory Positions • Researcher • Assistant Professor • Consultant • Manager (2 companies created and managed: consulting and R&D) Areas of Experience • Project and group (engineers, technicians, and students) management (strategic planning, financing search, and management of R&D projects) • Environment and sustainable development with focus on biofuel synthesis processes and cogeneration • Conceptualization, simulation, and modeling of processes and systems • Building energy management, including HVAC and geothermal and biomass energy; in situ projects planned for the province of Quebec, Africa, and South America • Heating systems: heat pumps, infrared electrical heating, solar air heating, and heat storage • Fuel cells (SOFC), electrolysers (SOEC and alkaline), and hydrogen storage • Fundamental and practical knowledge in advanced applied thermodynamics and transfer phenomena (fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer), including mechanical equipment • Corrosion • Lithium batteries • Chemistry • Materials and metallurgy • Thermochemical conversion processes • Separation processes design, including novel electrolytic separation processes for various gases • Welding • Microscopy • Nuclear power plant • Scientific/technical legal expertise (was expert in a lawsuit involving corrosion) • Scientific writing and translation from French to English (used SDL software) • Practical training and internship supervision • Incubator (managed a company in a technology park) • Finance (financial planning and preparation of grant requests; obtained IRAP and SR & ED funding) • Entrepreneurship and research in entrepreneurship (started two companies) • Market research • Risk management • Matlab and Chemcad engineering simulation software • Patents • Recruiting, team building, and partnerships Perfectly bilingual in French (mother tongue) and English (having lived seven years in the United States). Finally, through commitment to excellence, initiative, and team spirit, will contribute to the work to be achieved.