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(Available only in French)

Can our critical infrastructure withstand the effects of climate change?

Pooneh Maghoul and her research team are working to make our bridges, roads and other critical infrastructures more resistant to climate change and extreme environments on Earth and in space.

She founded the Sustainable Infrastructure and Geoengineering Lab at Polytechnique Montréal. In this podcast, she explains the complexities of permafrost engineering and shares the most important lesson life has taught her.

Some of the additional content for this podcast is only available in French.

Read Pooneh Maghoul's biography on the Polytechnique Montréal website;

Read the La Presse article: Du permélisol... jusqu'à la Lune!

Read the blog post from the school of engineering at Polytechnique Montréal: An earthworm robot ... for the Moon!;

Awards and honours:

Winner of the prestigious ISSMGE (International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering) award;

Recognized by the

Canadian Geotechnical Society

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52 episodes