{"id":554,"date":"2021-11-01T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T20:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portfolio-pre.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/?page_id=554"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T22:08:08","slug":"professional-services","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/alisaeidi-en\/professional-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional services"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>Professional Services<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>Event Administration<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Co-chair of the Technical Committee of the RockEng 2025 Conference<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> the 23rd Canadian Symposium on Rock Mechanics by the Canadian Association of Rock Mechanics (CARMA).<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Chair during a technical session technique of the ACEX2024 Conference<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> the 18th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Chair of the symposium UQAC-MTQ-SCG-Est 2021<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> by the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi, the Government of Quebec, and the Eastern Quebec (Quebec) Section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Co-chair of a technical session of the ISRM Conference<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>, Montreal 2015.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Member of the Scientific Committee and Co-chair<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of a session at the Qu\u00e9bec Mine 2013 Conference.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em>Member of the Scientific Committee of the symposium<\/em><\/strong> \u00ab Exploitations mini\u00e8res pass\u00e9es et pr\u00e9sentes : impacts environnementaux et soci\u00e9taux \u00bb as part of the Jacques Cartier Talks, November 26-27, 2013 in Chamb\u00e9ry, France.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em>Member of the Scientific Committee <\/em><\/strong>ACFAS 2018 at the UQAC<strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>Editorial Activities<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;Bulletin of Engineering Geology&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;Canadian Geotechnical Journal&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reveiwer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;Geotechnical and Geological Engineering&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;CIM Journal&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Reviewer<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the article &#8220;Landscape and Urban Planning&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Invited Editor<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> of the special issue &#8220;Prediction and Prevention of Risks Related to Hydro &#8211; Geotechnical Hazards&#8221; of the article &#8220;Water&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>Committee Participation<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Member of the Executive Committee of the DSA <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi since <strong>2017<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Responsible<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> for the Geotechnical Engineering admission exam of the Quebec Order of Engineers since March <strong>2014<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Member of the evaluation committee for doctoral and master&#8217;s theses <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>to several universities, such as the University of Ottawa, Polytechnique Montr\u00e9al, Universit\u00e9 Laval, UQAC, McGill University and the University of British Columbia, etc., from 2017 to the present.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Member of the committee of Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec &#8211; Nature et technologies (FRQNT)<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> \u00ab Grants for early-career researchers from <strong>2023 &#8211; 2024<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Member of the selection committee for the nomination of candidates for the Tier II Canada Research Chair<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> &#8220;Grants for early-career researchers&#8221; in <strong>2023<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Member of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) committee responsible <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>for the &#8220;allocation of John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) grants&#8221; from <strong>2022 &#8211; 2023<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Member of several committees of the Canadian Geotechnical Society<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> &#8220;Rock Mechanics and Geohazards Committees&#8221; in <strong>2018<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>International Collaboration Activities<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Academic collaborator and advisor<\/strong><\/em><\/strong> for KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Lule\u00e5 University, Sweden, from <strong>2022 &#8211; 2025<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Collaboration with hydroelectric power \u2013 UNIPER <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>for the research project focused on assessing the risks of erosion at dam spillways.<\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><em><strong>Co-supervision of a doctoral thesis in collaboration with Professor Alba Yerro Colom of Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA <\/strong><\/em><\/strong>on the development of the Material Point Method (MPM) for the prediction of sensitive clayey landslides.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>Invited Presentations<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Presentation at the <strong>\u00c9cole des Mines de Nancy-INERIS<\/strong>, Nancy, France titled &#8220;Development of probabilistic Approaches for the forecasting and prevention of risks related to hydrogeotechnical hazards&#8221; in <strong>2024<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Presentation to <strong>Geotechnical Engineers at WSP Canada<\/strong> entitled &#8220;Forecasting and prevention of risks related to hydro-geotechnical hazards&#8221; in <strong>2023<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Presentation at the <strong>Canadian Institute of Mining, Saguenay<\/strong> titled &#8220;Backfilling in mining stops: an approach for continuing operations at the Niobec mine&#8221; in <strong>2023<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Presentation at the <strong>8th Iranian Conference on Rock Mechanics<\/strong>, Shahrood, Iran titled &#8220;A damage simulator for the probabilistic assessment of building vulnerability in mining subsidence areas&#8221; in <strong>2022<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Presentation to the <strong>Canadian Geotechnical Society &#8211; Eastern Section Quebec City, Quebec, Canada<\/strong> titled &#8220;Development of a damage simulator to study the vulnerability of an area subjected to subsidence hazards&#8221; in <strong>2021<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>Broadcast Interviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Rock Mass Erosion<\/strong><\/em> at the OIQ meeting on June 3, 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oiq.qc.ca\/activite\/evacuateur-crues-solution-erosion-installation-hydroelectrique\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.oiq.qc.ca\/activite\/evacuateur-cruessolution-erosion-installation-hydroelectrique\/<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Landslides in Quebec<\/strong> at the Weather Network on June 15, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meteomedia.com\/fr\/nouvelles\/meteo\/meteo-extreme\/le-quebec-un-endroit-propice-aux-glissements-de-terrain\">https:\/\/www.meteomedia.com\/fr\/nouvelles\/meteo\/meteo-extreme\/le-quebec-un-endroit-propice-aux-glissements-de-terrain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Risk of landslides<\/strong> at Radio-Canada on June 15, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1891389\/securite-civile-talus-terre-maison\">https:\/\/www.meteomedia.com\/fr\/nouvelles\/meteo\/meteo-extreme\/le-quebec-un-endroit-propice-aux-glissements-de-terrain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Erosion of a Rock Mass in Dam Spillways<\/strong>\u00a0at Radio-Canada on May 30, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1887232\/pfr-riotinto-centrale-eau\">https:\/\/www.meteomedia.com\/fr\/nouvelles\/meteo\/meteo-extreme\/le-quebec-un-endroit-propice-aux-glissements-de-terrain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Saint-Jean-Vianney: Scientific Advances<\/strong> on Radio-Canada on May 4, 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/ohdio\/premiere\/emissions\/cest-jamais-pareil\/segments\/entrevue\/353885\/catastrophesanalyse-nature-terrain-glissement-terrain\">https:\/\/www.meteomedia.com\/fr\/nouvelles\/meteo\/meteo-extreme\/le-quebec-un-endroit-propice-aux-glissements-de-terrain<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"color: #59740e;font-family: verdana\"><strong>Text Interviews<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Risk of Landslides<\/strong> as of June 21, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/018d7e39-4b8c-4c31-8c46-5fe85400559f%7C_0.html\">https:\/\/plus.lapresse.ca\/screens\/018d7e39-4b8c-4c31-8c46-5fe85400559f%7C_0.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Landslide<\/strong> in La Baie on June 21, 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequotidien.com\/2022\/06\/20\/un-expert-estime-que-lesrisques-dun-autre-glissement-sont-grands-8a60f2873d2f1297c05f73c36c6fdb6b\/\">https:\/\/www.lequotidien.com\/2022\/06\/20\/un-expert-estime-que-lesrisques-dun-autre-glissement-sont-grands-8a60f2873d2f1297c05f73c36c6fdb6b\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Services Event Administration Co-chair of the Technical Committee of the RockEng 2025 Conference the 23rd Canadian Symposium on Rock Mechanics by the Canadian Association of Rock Mechanics (CARMA). 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