Michèle Prévost
Michèle Prévost (born 1955)[1] is a Canadian civil and environmental engineer and an expert on the treatment, distribution, and testing of drinking water. She is a professor in the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal, where she holds an NSERC Industrial Chair in Drinking Water.[2]
Education and career
Prévost is originally from Montreal, one of four children of a surgeon. She was an undergraduate at McGill University, where she completed a degree in environmental science in 1979.[3] She received a master's degree in civil engineering at Polytechnique Montréal,[4] and completed a Ph.D. in environmental engineering there in 1991.[3][4]
Prevost began her career working as a water engineering consultant, and later as a research and development manager.[3] She became an assistant professor at Polytechnique Montréal in 1992, an associate professor in 1995, and a full professor in 1999.[4] She has held the NSERC Industrial Chair in Drinking Water since 1992.[4][5]
Recognition
Prévost has received the 2015 Hubert Demard Award of Réseau Environnement,[6] the 2016 A.P. Black Research Award of the American Water Works Association,[3] the 2017 Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant of the Association francophone pour le savoir,[7] and the King Charles III Coronation Medal of the Government of Canada (2024).[8]
She was elected to the Canadian Academy of Engineering in 2021.[4]
References
- ^ "Prévost, Michèle, 1955-", LC Name Authority File (LCNAF), Library of Congress, retrieved 2025-06-11
- ^ "Michèle Prévost", Directory of experts, Polytechnique Montréal, 10 October 2017, retrieved 2025-06-11
- ^ a b c d Mercer, Kenneth (September 2016), "Michèle Prévost Honored With 2016 A.P. Black Award", Journal AWWA, 108 (9): 44–49, Bibcode:2016JAWWA.108i..44., doi:10.5942/jawwa.2016.108.0181, JSTOR 90004666
- ^ a b c d e Professor Michèle Prévost elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Polytechnique Montréal, 9 August 2021, retrieved 2025-06-11
- ^ "Michèle Prévost", Chairholders, NSERC, retrieved 2025-06-11
- ^ Professor Michèle Prévost wins the Hubert Demard prize awarded by Réseau Environnement, Polytechnique Montréal, 19 March 2015, retrieved 2025-06-11
- ^ Prix Acfas Michel-Jurdant 2017, Association francophone pour le savoir, 2017, retrieved 2025-06-11
- ^ "Michèle Prévost - King Charles III's Coronation Medal - Government of Canada", Awards and honors, Polytechnique Montréal, 13 January 2025, retrieved 2025-06-11
External links
- Michèle Prévost publications indexed by Google Scholar