We are hiring!
The Center of Excellence for Low-Carbon Concrete is looking for motivated candidates for
undergraduate research internships, master's projects, doctorates, and postdoctoral fellowships.
Choosing to join the Center's team means participating in world-renowned research. It also means becoming part of an active student life through professional associations (e.g., the ACI student association) and enjoying the exceptional living environment offered by the Université de Sherbrooke.
The projects open for recruitment are described below. Please don't hesitate to contact us!
Calls for applications
The project: Enforced carbonation is a promising avenue for supplementary cementitious materials activation, hardening or recycling of concrete. However, the transfer to practical use case is still a case-by-case lengthy process as the carbonation reaction will follow wildly different paths under varying conditions. In hydration studies, calorimetry enabled a more systematic study of the hydration kinetics across materials and conditions. This project aims to further develop a custom calorimeter for carbonation reactions to enable systematic investigations of carbonation reactions.
Tasks list:
• Develop innovative experimental workflows
• Couple experimental data with thermodynamic models
• Improve experimental setup (embedded hardware and software development)
• Disseminate and communicate results
• Participation in teaching and lab activities (up to 20%)
Candidate profile:
• Interdisciplinary with a focus on cementitious materials
• Master in Civil, Chemical, Environmental or Electrical engineering, Material Science, Geology, or equivalent
• Autonomous work in the lab
• Motivation to disseminate and communicate the knowledge generated
• Curiosity and involvement
Work environment: The Ph.D. will be hosted in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering, at the Université de Sherbrooke (Main Campus). The Ph.D. candidate will be supervised by Prof. Georget and will benefit from the mentoring of international academic and industrial partners. They will be integrated in the active cement and concrete research group (30 Ph.D. students) and have access to fully equipped facilities for the characterization of materials, and testing of cement and mortars, as well as state-of-the-art modelling and numerical tools.
Recruitment process: Selected candidates will be contacted within two weeks after the deadline to set up a first interview. In this interview, the students will be asked to briefly present themselves, their academic background, and their interest for the project. A second interview will be organized to detail the project.
How to apply : Send the application to: apply.netzeroconcrete@usherbrooke.ca by May 15th 2026. The application must contain 1) motivation letter, 2) CV (2 pages max) 3) grades from bachelor and master, and 4) 2 contacts for reference (Name, Affiliation, Email)
Incomplete applications will be rejected.
The project: Activated clays are one of the supplementary cementitious materials with the highest potential to produce a generic low-carbon cement with good performance. However, their variability due to the geographical availability makes it a difficult material to characterize and to optimize for. In addition, the necessary processing limits the CO2 emissions reduction at low substitution factors. To reach the 2050 net-zero deadline, it is necessary to move towards ultra-low or even clinker-free systems. This objective requires controlled reactivity materials that we aim to develop in this project.
Work environment: The Ph.D. will be hosted in the Department of Civil and Building Engineering, at the Université de Sherbrooke (Main Campus). The Ph.D. candidate will be supervised by Prof. Georget and will benefit from the mentoring of international academic and industrial partners. They will be integrated in the active cement and concrete research group (30 Ph.D. students) and have access to fully equipped facilities for the characterization of materials, and testing of cement and mortars, as well as state-of-the-art modelling and numerical tools.
Task list:
• Develop co-activation protocols for clays and inorganic compounds
• Investigate early and late-age reactivity of the products
• Develop and validate ultra-low cement formulations
• Disseminate and communicate results
• Participation in teaching and lab activities (up to 20%)
Candidate profile:
• Interdisciplinary with a focus on cementitious materials
• Master in Civil, Chemical or Environmental Engineering, Material Science, Geology, or equivalent
• Autonomous work in the lab
• Motivation to disseminate and communicate the knowledge generated
• Curiosity and involvement
Recruitment process:
Selected candidates will be contacted within two weeks after the deadline to set up a first interview. In this interview, the students will be asked to briefly present themselves, their academic background, and their interest for the project. A second interview will be organized to detail the project.
How to apply: Send the application to: apply.netzeroconcrete@usherbrooke.ca by May 15th 2026. The application must contain 1) motivation letter, 2) CV (2 pages max) 3) grades from bachelor and master, and 4) 2 contacts for reference (Name, Affiliation, Email)
Incomplete applications will be rejected.
Canada Postdoctoral Fellowships (CPF) aim to support research for early-career researchers.
If you would like the Cluster to host your innovative research project contact us.
Please feel free to contact us to submit your postdoctoral/PhD application even if there are no positions available. Please attach your CV, a cover letter (1 page), and a project proposal (1 page) that interests you.