David Rancourt

Prix et distinctions

• Best Paper Award. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
• (2021) Projet de magnétomètre quantique à diamant pour nanosatellite. Agence spatiale canadienne.
• (2012) Découverte de l'année. Québec Science (Canada).

Financement

• Subvention. Durable Magnetorheological Actuators for Aircraft Primary Flight Systems. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 124 080 $. (2023-2024).
  Numéro de subvention : 567155-2021. Voir plus
• Subvention. Design, analysis, and optimization of track traction systems for agricultural equipment. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 81 264 $. (2023-2024).
  Numéro de subvention : 581136-2022. Voir plus
• Subvention. Modeling and exploration of alternative propulsion technologies for business jets. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 159 994 $. (2023-2024).
  Numéro de subvention : 572805-2022. Voir plus
• Subvention. Clean-fuel Efficient Rim-rotor Architecture MICroturbogenerator (CERAMIC). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 300 000 $. (2023-2024).
  Numéro de subvention : 572241-2022. Voir plus
• Subvention. Testing Facilities for Propellers and Unconventional Aircraft Concepts. Canada Foundation for Innovation (Ottawa, Canada). 115 065 $. (2022).
  Numéro de subvention : 43189. Voir plus
• Subvention. High performance and autonomous UAV for interactions with energized high voltage transmission lines. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 226 000 $. (2022-2023).
  Numéro de subvention : 556180-2020. Voir plus
• Subvention. Battery Management System and Active Thermal Control of Aircraft Batteries for Aerospace Applications in Cold Temperature. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 137 000 $. (2022-2023).
  Numéro de subvention : 560762-2020. Voir plus
• Subvention. Outils de décontamination du plastique - Développement des connaissances d'une nouvelle technologie de décontamination d'écosystème du plastique et du potentiel d'impact de son implantation dans les communautés touchées. Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé (Montreal, Canada). 37 000 $. (2022-2023).
  Numéro de subvention : 326252. Voir plus
• Subvention. Assessment of Ultra-High-Speed motors potential for electric propulsion. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 141 850 $. (2020-2021).
  Numéro de subvention : 556316-2020. Voir plus
• Subvention. Parallel-hybrid electric propulsion optimization for regional turboprop aircraft. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 56 800 $. (2020-2021).
  Numéro de subvention : 535999-2018. Voir plus
• Subvention. Développement d'un système de transport de charge à haute efficacité basé sur l'utilisation d'un aéronef unique à voilure fixe autopiloté. Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (Montreal, Canada). 60 000 $. (2020-2022).
  Numéro de subvention : 286045. Voir plus
• Subvention. No title. Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (Montreal, Canada). 8 500 $. (2020-2021).
  Numéro de subvention : 309111. Voir plus
• Subvention. Collaborative Payload Lifting using Tethered Unmanned Fixed-Wing Aircraft. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 12 500 $. (2019-2020).
  Numéro de subvention : DGECR-2019-00382. Voir plus
• Subvention. Uninhabited aircraft systems Training, Innovation and Leadership Initiative (UTILI). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 181 250 $. (2019-2020).
  Numéro de subvention : 528123-2019. Voir plus
• Subvention. Collaborative Payload Lifting using Tethered Unmanned Fixed-Wing Aircraft. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 27 000 $. (2019-2020).
  Numéro de subvention : RGPIN-2019-06655. Voir plus
• Subvention. Optimization of a wastewater treatment system for the mining industry. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 160 000 $. (2019-2020).
  Numéro de subvention : 535812-2018. Voir plus
• Subvention. Mission-Influenced Optimized Hybrid Propulsion Architectures for Aircraft. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 25 000 $. (2018-2019).
  Numéro de subvention : 528352-2018. Voir plus
• Subvention. Tethered payload motion control using magnetorheological actuators for aerial vehicles. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 40 000 $. (2018-2019).
  Numéro de subvention : 517948-2017. Voir plus
• Subvention. Étude de la mécanique de rupture d'un cerceau unidirectionnel de carbone-carbone pour une application structurelle dans les turbines à gaz. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 21 000 $. (2013-2014).
  Numéro de subvention : 408238-2011. Voir plus
• Subvention. Étude de la mécanique de rupture d'un cerceau unidirectionnel de carbone-carbone pour une application structurelle dans les turbines à gaz. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 31 500 $. (2012-2013).
  Numéro de subvention : grant.2865929. Voir plus
• Subvention. Étude de la mécanique de rupture d'un cerceau unidirectionnel de carbone-carbone pour une application structurelle dans les turbines à gaz. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 10 500 $. (2011-2012).
  Numéro de subvention : grant.2850544. Voir plus
• Subvention. Analyse structurelle et validation expérimentale d'un Rim-Rotor Rotary Ramjet Engine (R4E). Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Nature et Technologies (Montreal, Canada). 33 333 $. (2009-2011).
  Numéro de subvention : 134430. Voir plus
• Subvention. Analyse structurelle et validation expérimentale d'un rim-rotor rotary ramjet engine (R4E). Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 17 500 $. (2009-2010).
  Numéro de subvention : grant.2802744. Voir plus
• Subvention. Développement d'une micro éolienne pour la production d'énergie distribuée. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Ottawa, Canada). 4 500 $. (2006-2007).
  Numéro de subvention : grant.2818076. Voir plus
• Subvention. Analyse d’une nouvelle configuration d’éolienne à axe vertical adaptée pour opération à basse vitesse de vent. Mitacs (Vancouver, Canada).
  Numéro de subvention : grant.13958168. Voir plus
• Subvention. Automatisation du système de récolte DeLeaves. Mitacs (Vancouver, Canada).
  Numéro de subvention : grant.13958571. Voir plus
• Subvention. Development of Solar Micro-Reactors for Steam Methane Reforming. Mitacs (Vancouver, Canada).
  Numéro de subvention : grant.13958597. Voir plus

Publications

Articles

• Ghaffari Sarvarmaleki, S., Poncet, S., Rancourt, D. (2025). A Comprehensive Review of Magnetorheological Fluid Clutches: Design, Fluid Properties, and Analysis Approaches. International Journal of Thermophysics. DOI
• Faivre, A., Rancourt, D., Plante, J.-S. (2025). Design Space Exploration of a Continuous Rubber Track System via Surrogate Modeling. SAE International Journal of Commercial Vehicles. DOI
• Verrette, J., Rancourt, D. (2025). Design and experimentation of a payload control system for vertical lifting operations via a tethered single-airplane. Drone Systems and Applications. DOI
• Dumais, T., Plante, J.-S., Rancourt, D. (2025). Experimental study of centrifugal pumping of magnetorheological fluid. Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. DOI
• Alzoubi, M., Monot, A., Rancourt, D., Poncet, S. (2025). Numerical simulations of solid suspensions in a gravity thickener. Water Resources and Industry. DOI
• Veilleux, É., Pasdarshahri, H., Rancourt, D., Daoudji, D.I.H. (2025). Passive Thermal Management of an Electric Trainer Aircraft Battery Pack Considering Aging. Journal of Aircraft. DOI
• Hadi Pasdarshahri, Émile Veilleux, William Mooney, Luc G. Fréchette, François Grondin, David Rancourt. (2024). Coupled Electro-Thermal-Aging Battery Pack Modeling—Part 1: Cell Level. Batteries. DOI
• Gendron, É., Leclerc, M.-A., Hovington, S., Perron, É., Rancourt, D., Lussier-Desbiens, A., Hamelin, P., Girard, A. (2024). Assessing wind impact on semi-autonomous drone landings for in-contact power-line inspection. Drone Systems and Applications. DOI
• La Vigne, H., Charron, G., Rancourt, D., Lussier Desbiens, A. (2024). The Mamba: A Suspended Manipulator to Sample Plants in Cliff Environments. Drones. DOI
• Mehanovic, D., Al-Haiek, A., Leclerc, P., Rancourt, D., Fréchette, L., Picard, M. (2023). Energetic, GHG, and economic analyses of electrified steam methane reforming using conventional reformer tubes. Energy Conversion and Management. DOI
• Quillet, D., Boulanger, V., Rancourt, D., Freer, R., Bertrand, P. (2023). Impact of OEI requirement on parallel hybrid electric turboprop regional aircraft optimization. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. DOI
• Leclerc, M.-A., Bass, J., Labbé, M., Dozois, D., Delisle, J., Rancourt, D., Desbiens, A.L. (2023). NetherDrone: a tethered and ducted propulsion multirotor drone for complex underground mining stope inspections. Drone Systems and Applications. DOI
• Quillet, D., Boulanger, V., Rancourt, D. (2023). Off-Design Performance Analysis of a Parallel Hybrid Electric Regional Turboprop Aircraft. Journal of Aircraft. DOI
• Taltaud, A., Carbonneau-Côté, J., Bouchard, M., Rancourt, D. (2023). Statistical Approach for Electric Taxiing Requirements for Regional Turboprop Aircraft. Journal of Aircraft. DOI
• Pometti, L., Provost, P.-O., Rancourt, D., Poncet, S. (2023). Struvite recovery efficiency using flocculation in batch and continuous settling systems for ammonia removal of mining wastewater. Water Environment Research. DOI
• La Vigne, H., Charron, G., Rachiele-Tremblay, J., Rancourt, D., Nyberg, B., Desbiens, A.L. (2022). Author Correction: Collecting critically endangered cliff plants using a drone-based sampling manipulator (Scientific Reports, (2022), 12, 1, (14827), 10.1038/s41598-022-17679-x). Scientific Reports. DOI
• La Vigne, H., Charron, G., Rachiele-Tremblay, J., Rancourt, D., Nyberg, B., Lussier Desbiens, A. (2022). Collecting critically endangered cliff plants using a drone-based sampling manipulator. Scientific Reports. DOI
• Pérez, R., Pelletier, A., Grenier, J.-M., Cros, J., Rancourt, D., Freer, R. (2022). Comparison between Space Mapping and Direct FEA Optimizations for the Design of Halbach Array PM Motor. Energies. DOI
• Rachiele-Tremblay, J., Vigne, H.L., Charron, G., Rancourt, D., Lussier-Desbiens, A. (2022). Experimental Performance Comparison of Bidirectional Actuator Configurations for Suspended Aerial Platforms. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. DOI
• Tetreault, E., Rancourt, D., Desbiens, A.L. (2020). Active Vertical Takeoff of an Aquatic UAV. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. DOI
• Picard, B., Picard, M., Plante, J.-S., Rancourt, D. (2020). Optimum sub-megawatt electric-hybrid power source selection. Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology. DOI
• Mehanovic, D., Rancourt, D., Desbiens, A.L. (2019). Fast and Efficient Aerial Climbing of Vertical Surfaces Using Fixed-Wing UAVs. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. DOI
• El-Yafawi, R., Rancourt, D., Hacobian, M., Atherton, D., Cohen, M.C., Wirth, J.A. (2019). Pulmonary hypertension subjects exhibit right ventricular transient exertional dilation during supine exercise stress echocardiography. Pulmonary Circulation. DOI
• Rancourt, D., Mavris, D.N. (2018). Efficient aerodynamic method for interacting lifting surfaces over long distances. Journal of Aircraft. DOI
• Kochrad, N., Courtois, N., Charette, M., Picard, B., Landry-Blais, A., Rancourt, D., Plante, J.-S., Picard, M. (2017). System-Level Performance of Microturbines with an Inside-Out Ceramic Turbine. Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power. DOI
• Vézina, G., Fortier-Topping, H., Bolduc-Teasdale, F., Rancourt, D., Picard, M., Plante, J.-S., Brouillette, M., Fréchette, L. (2016). Design and experimental validation of a supersonic concentric micro gas turbine. Journal of Turbomachinery. DOI
• Rancourt, D., Fréchette, L., Landry, C., Mavris, D.N. (2014). Design space exploration of centimeter-scale wind turbines using a physics-modified optimization formulation. Journal of Mechanics. DOI
• Picard, M., Rancourt, D., Plante, J.-S., Brouillette, M. (2014). High-g field combustor of a rim-rotor rotary ramjet engine. AIAA Journal. DOI
• Rancourt, D., Picard, M., Denninger, M., Plante, J.-S., Chen, J., Yousefpour, A. (2012). Rim-rotor rotary ramjet engine, part 1: Structural design and experimental validation. Journal of Propulsion and Power. DOI
• Picard, M., Rancourt, D., Plante, J.-S., Brouillette, M. (2012). Rim-rotor rotary ramjet engine, part 2: Quasi-one-dimensional aerothermodynamic design. Journal of Propulsion and Power. DOI

Articles de conférence

• Doguet, M., Rancourt, D. (2025). A Cessna 172 Retrofitted with a Rotax 916iS for Training Operations: a Conceptual Study. AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025. DOI
• Cadrin-Aubin, J., Bouchard, M., Rancourt, D. (2025). Business Aviation Turbofan Efficiency Improvement by Electrical Assistance during Transient Operations. AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025. DOI
• Abid, A., Barrak, A., Bakayoko, I., Jaafar, F., Rancourt, D. (2025). Dependable Software-Optimized Energy Management for IoT-Enabled Smart Buildings. Proceedings 2025 IEEE ACM 7th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Practices for the Iot Serp4iot 2025. DOI
• Arcand, X., Mooney, W., Francoeur, D., Bouchard, M., Rancourt, D., Azarkish, H. (2025). Evaluation of Thermal Runaway Venting Characteristics for High-Energy Density and High-Power Density 21700-format Li-ion NMC Cells. AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025. DOI
• Louvel, N., Bouchard, M., Rancourt, D. (2025). Impact of Hydrogen Availability at Airports on the Potential Environmental Benefits of Hydrogen-Kerosene Dual-Fuel Business Jets Using ADS-B Data. AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025. DOI
• Leclerc, M.-A., Rancourt, D., Desbiens, A.L. (2025). Multirotor UAS Wind Disturbances Rejection Using Dedicated Lateral Thrusters with Frequency-Split Control. Vertical Flight Society 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Mooney, W., Rancourt, D., Daoudji, D.I.H. (2024). Experimental Study of a Thermal Ground Plane in a Battery Thermal Management System for Electric Aircraft Applications. AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2024. DOI
• Veilleux, É., Pasdarshahri, H., Rancourt, D. (2024). Heat Pipe-Based Air-Cooled Battery Thermal Management Strategies for an Electric Trainer Aircraft. AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2024. DOI
• Doguet, M., Rancourt, D. (2024). Impact of the Wind on the Hovering Performance of Stabilized Payload Lifting with a Single Tethered Fixed-Wing Aircraft. Vertical Flight Society 80th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Bouchard, M., Louvel, N., Rancourt, D. (2023). An Assessment of the Environmental and Cost Benefits from the Electrification of Light Trainer Aircraft. AIAA Scitech Forum and Exposition 2023. DOI
• Quenneville, S., Thérien, F., Verrette, J., Rancourt, D., Walsh, A., Bigué, J.-P.L., Feyel, P. (2023). Experimental Demonstration of the Lifting Capability of a Towed Payload Using Multiple Fixed-wing UAVs. Forum 2023 Vertical Flight Society 79th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Doguet, M., Bouchard, M., Rancourt, D. (2023). Performance Exploration of Vertical Payload Lifting Using a Single Circling Tethered Fixed-Wing Aircraft. Forum 2023 Vertical Flight Society 79th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Perron, E., Rancourt, D., Sobiesiak, L.A., Ratelle, C. (2021). Blade flapping measurement system for small scale rotorcraft. 77th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display Forum 2021 the Future of Vertical Flight.
• Alexander, M., Comeau, P., Perron, E., Rancourt, D. (2021). Comparative flight test evaluation of passive and active external slung load dynamics. 77th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display Forum 2021 the Future of Vertical Flight.
• Caldwell, N., Rancourt, D., Curry, P.M., Stein, U. (2021). Digital displacement hydrostatic transmission for rotorcraft and distributed propulsion. 77th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display Forum 2021 the Future of Vertical Flight.
• Lallier-Daniels, D., Bolduc-Teasdale, F., Rancourt, D., Moreau, S. (2021). Fast multi-objective aeroacoustic optimization of propeller blades. 77th Annual Vertical Flight Society Forum and Technology Display Forum 2021 the Future of Vertical Flight.
• Quillet, D., Boulanger, V., Rancourt, D., Freer, R., Bertrand, P. (2021). Parallel Hybrid-Electric Powertrain Sizing on Regional Turboprop Aircraft with Consideration for Certification Performance Requirements. AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition AIAA Aviation Forum 2021. DOI
• Boulanger, V., Quillet, D., Rancourt, D., Pelletier, A., Cros, J., Freer, R., Bertrand, P. (2021). Parallel-Hybrid Powertrain Architectures and their Challenges for a Regional Aircraft. AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition AIAA Aviation Forum 2021. DOI
• Bouchard, M., Rancourt, D., Laflamme, D., Laflamme, E. (2020). Endurance optimization of a tandem helicopter with variable speed rotors and a spark-ignition engine. Vertical Flight Society S 76th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Alexander, M., Craig, G., Perron, E., Rancourt, D. (2020). Helicopter flight test evaluation of an actively stabilized external slung load. Vertical Flight Society S 76th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Perron, E., Rancourt, D., Alexander, M., Plante, J.S. (2020). Helicopter short line underslung payload transportation: Exploration of magneto-rheological actuators for payload motion control. Vertical Flight Society S 76th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Boulanger, V., Gaillardetz, A., Chiasson-Poirier, L., Guimond, K., Lachance, F., Raby, É., Rancourt, D. (2020). Lessons learned from the design, manufacturing, and test of an all-electric general aviation aircraft. AIAA Aviation 2020 Forum. DOI
• Marois, F., Picard, M., Rancourt, D. (2020). Numerical study of distributed variable geometry ducted fans for eVTOLs. Vertical Flight Society S 76th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Lallier-Daniels, D., Bolduc-Teasdale, F., Moreau, S., Guilleminot-Simon, P., Lévesque-Leduc, M., Rancourt, D., Sanjosé, M. (2020). Predictive acoustic modeling of open propellers using analytical tools and RANS simulations. Aeromechanics for Advanced Vertical Flight Technical Meeting 2020 Held at Transformative Vertical Flight 2020.
• Chapdelaine, B., Ledoux, G., Rancourt, D. (2019). Experimental validation of vertical lifting capabilities of circling tethered fixed wing UAVs. Vertical Flight Society Forum 75 the Future of Vertical Flight Proceedings of the 75th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Picard, B., L.-Blais, A., Picard, M., Rancourt, D. (2019). Power-density vs efficiency trade-off for a recuperated inside-out ceramic turbine (ICT). Proceedings of the ASME Turbo Expo. DOI
• Bass, J., Marois, F., Bouchard, É.D., Bellocchio, A., Murphy, A., Lacerda, M., Schrage, D., Courtois, N., Mehanović, D., Peloquin, R.-A., Rancourt, D. (2019). Preliminary design of a highly efficient VTOL system based on tethered fixed-wing aircraft. Vertical Flight Society Forum 75 the Future of Vertical Flight Proceedings of the 75th Annual Forum and Technology Display.
• Gharbi, A., Sarojini, D., Kallou, E., Harper, D.J., Petitgenet, V., Rancourt, D., Briceno, S., Mavris, D. (2017). Standd: A single digital thread approach to detailed design. AIAA Scitech Forum 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting. DOI
• Rancourt, D., Bouchard, E.D., Mavris, D.N. (2016). Optimal flight path of the tethered airplanes in the EPR2 VTOL concept during moderate flight velocity. American Helicopter Society International AHS Specialists Conference on Aeromechanics Design for Vertical Lift 2016.
• Cormier, M., Rancourt, D., Bouchard, E.D., Mavris, D. (2016). Optimization of the forward flight operation for a reconfigurable rotor concept. American Helicopter Society International AHS Specialists Conference on Aeromechanics Design for Vertical Lift 2016.
• Rancourt, D., Ghosh, S., Mavris, D.N., Coggon, S. (2015). A methodology to create approximate models of load envelopes under uncertainty. 16th AIAA Issmo Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. DOI
• Bouchard, E.D., Rancourt, D., Mavris, D.N. (2015). Design space exploration of an electric-powered reconfigurable rotor VTOL concept. Annual Forum Proceedings AHS International.
• Berguin, S.H., Rancourt, D., Mavris, D.N. (2015). Method to facilitate high-dimensional design space exploration using computationally expensive analyses. AIAA Journal. DOI
• Ghosh, S., Rancourt, D., Mavris, D.N., Coggon, S. (2015). Principal component analysis assisted surrogate modeling (PCA-SM) of correlated loads for uncertainty analysis of design load envelopes. 16th AIAA Issmo Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference. DOI
• Rancourt, D., Lavoie, M., Charron, F. (2014). "Projet Épervier": Design, build and test flight of a full-scale aerobatic aircraft at the université de sherbrooke. AIAA Aviation 2014 14th AIAA Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference.
• Berguin, S.H., Rancourt, D., Mavris, D.N. (2014). A method for high-dimensional design space exploration of expensive functions with access to gradient information. AIAA Aviation 2014 15th AIAA Issmo Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization Conference.
• Ghosh, S., Rancourt, D., Daskilewicz, M., Mavris, D.N. (2014). A visualization method for multidisciplinary system under uncertainty. AIAA Aviation 2014 14th AIAA Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference. DOI
• Rancourt, D., Teasdale, F.-., Bouchard, E.D., Anderson, M.J., Mavris, D.N. (2014). Design space exploration of gyrocopter-type airborne wind turbines. Annual Forum Proceedings AHS International.
• Rancourt, D., Ghosh, S., Weston, N.R., Mavris, D.N. (2014). Inference of aerodynamic loads under uncertainty using strain measurements and Bayesian Networks. 52nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition Scitech 2014.
• Corman, J.A., Rancourt, D., Lee, C.H., Mavris, D.N., Wilson, T. (2014). Preliminary wing weight estimation under probabilistic loads for a transport aircraft. 55th AIAA Asme ASCE AHS Sc Structures Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference. DOI
• Bolduc-Teasdale, F., Bouchard, E.D., Rancourt, D., Charron, F. (2014). Projet Pégase: Increasing interest in STEM through design and flight of a human powered aircraft. AIAA Aviation 2014 14th AIAA Aviation Technology Integration and Operations Conference.
• Badulin, E., Baig, M., Chan, E., Chen, J., Fernando, N., Lei Gao, R.G., Garcia, J., Goncalves, A., Henderson, M., Hoffman, D., Goktug, A., Karacalioglu, Karunanithi, V., Lan, K., Mandava, P., Merlin, J., Mitchell, M., Pankhania, J., Patten, N., ... Zhijun, L. (2010). ECOSpace initiatives for environmentally sustainable launch activities. 61st International Astronautical Congress 2010 Iac 2010.

Propriétés intellectuelles

Brevets

• Plante J-S, Picard M, Rancourt D. Combustion systems and combustion system components for rotary ramjet engines. US 9,702,562 B2. (2017).
• David Rancourt. Rotor assembly having a concentric arrangement of a turbine portion, a cooling channel and a reinforcement wall. US 9,670,840 B2. (2017).
• Rancourt D, Demers Bouchard E. Tethered Wing Structures Complex Flight Path.
• David Rancourt Alexis Lussier Desbiens Jean-Sébastien Plante Pascal Larose. Tethered payload motion control using magnetorheological actuators. PCT/CA2018/051044.

Autres contributions

Cours enseignés à l'UdeS

• AMC700 - Introduction à l'aéronautique. (2023-2025). (3CR).
• AMC702 - Propulsion d’aéronef. (2023-2025). (3CR).
• GMC705 - Étude spécialisée III. (2024-2025). (3CR).
• GMC806 - Projet de développement en génie mécanique II. (2023-2025). (6CR).
• GMC950 - Projet de spécialité I. (2025). (3CR).
• ING641 - Domaines d'application en génie mécanique. (2025). (3CR).
• SCA781 - Études spécialisées au doctorat. (2025). (3CR).
• AMC703 - Mécanique du vol. (2024). (3CR).
• GMC805 - Projet de développement en génie mécanique I. (2024). (3CR).
• ING640 - Domaines d'application en génie mécanique. (2023-2024). (3CR).
• GMC702 - Étude spécialisée I. (2023). (1CR).
• GMC703 - Étude spécialisée II. (2023). (2CR).

Présentations

• (2018). Aviation électrique et le projet HERA. AeroMontreal.
• (2018). Aviation électrique: nouvelles technologies, nouvelles opportunités d'affaires. Systèmes aéronautiques d'avant-garde pour l'environnement (SA2GE) - conférence.
• (2018). L'avènement de la propulsion électrique en aviation, un changement majeur de paradigme. Colloque Innovations Technologiques pour l'aérospatiale.
• (2017). Understanding Today: Electric Propulsion for the Aerospace Industry. Caric National Research Forum.
• (2016). Electric Propulsion in Future VTOL Concepts - An Enabler to Radical Performance Improvement. Military Helicopters USA 2016.
• (2015). Concept d'hélicoptère EPR2. Faucheurs de Marguerites (Airshow).
• (2015). Electric-Powered Reconfigurable Rotor (EPR2) VTOL Concept. Military Helicopters USA 2015.
• (2015). Uncertainty Management in the Selection of the Design Loads during Preliminary and Detailed Design Phase. Private presentation to Bombardier engineering team (50 engineers).
• (2013). L'innovation en aéronautique: Le début d'une nouvelle ère. Forum des étudiants en aérospatiale.

Activités professionnelles

• Université de Sherbrooke. Génie mécanique. Introduction to drone operation (Atelier). Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. (2018).
• Université de Sherbrooke. Génie mécanique. On-campus visit of a military helicopter. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. (2017).
• Université de Sherbrooke. Génie mécanique. Extraordinary presentation by an Airbus engineer to engineering students (The Business of making an Aircraft - Engineering in Practice". Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. (2017).

Divers

• Alzoubi, M., Monot, A., Rancourt, D., Poncet, S. (2024). Numerical Analysis of Flocculated Suspensions in a Gravity Thickener. Ssrn.
• Gendron, É., Leclerc, M.-A., Hovington, S., Perron, É., Rancourt, D., Lussier-Desbiens, A., Hamelin, P., Girard, A. (2023). Assessing Wind Impact on Semi-Autonomous Drone Landings for In-Contact Power Line Inspection. Arxiv.