Hélène Proulx
Professeure, Faculté de génie
FGEN Département de génie civil et de génie du bâtiment
Présentation
Sujets, disciplines ou intérêts de recherche
ventilation, indoor air quality, natural ventilation, HVAC systems, Thermal comfort indoor and outdoor, Environmental indoor quality, Environmental outdoor quality, Buildings, Existing buildings, Computational fluids dynamics (CFD), Airflow, Energy expenditure of buildings, Thermal exchanges in the built environment
Diplômes
- (2023-2025). Postdoctoral Fellowship. Génie civil et génie du bâtiment / Civil and Building Engineering. Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
- (2020-2023). Ph.D. Génie mécanique / Mechanical Engineering. École de Technologie Supérieure. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
- (2018-2019). Master (uncompleted). Génie mécanique / Mechanical Engineering. École de Technologie Supérieure. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Expériences académiques
- Professeure adjointe / Associate Professor. (2025-). Université de Sherbrooke. Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.
Publications
Articles
- Proulx, H., Fellouah, H., Qi, D. (2026). Windcatcher-driven air exchange optimization in an underventilated classroom: A coupled indoor–outdoor VLES study. Energy and Buildings. DOI
- Proulx, H., Debia, M., Hallé, S. (2024). Impact of modified ventilation strategies on water evaporation rate and thermal comfort in an indoor swimming pool by numerical study. Building and Environment. DOI
- Proulx, H., Debia, M., Hallé, S. (2023). Deck level air extraction and its impact on trichloramine concentrations in an indoor swimming pool: A numerical study. Journal of Building Engineering. DOI
- Proulx, H., Hallé, S. (2022). A numerical study of the impacts of outdoor air intake and air changes per hour on the trichloramine concentrations in a swimming pool enclosure. Frontiers in Built Environment. DOI
Articles de conférence
- de Cotret, D., Proulx, H., Boucher, M.-A., Derome, D. (2025). Development of a Building Envelope Damage Assessment Tool for Flood Events based on Hygrothermal Modelling. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering. DOI