Michael Lacasse
Senior Research Officer, Façades Systems and Products, National Research Council Canada | Construction Research Centre
Bio
Dr. Lacasse is a SRO and previous Team leader of the BEM/FSP Group. He undertakes both strategic and collaborative research related to building facades and fenestration, is responsible for both maintaining & advancing the team’s research capabilities, developing business opportunities and training and mentoring HQP. He is a widely recognized expert in the durability of building materials & building elements and the moisture management of building enclosures having authored over 173 peer-reviewed articles & 125 technical reports, over the course of his more than 30-year career at the NRC. He has fostered research collaboration with local academia as well as internationally. He has played an important role in industry having influenced code and standard development in respect to resistance to deterioration of building assemblies, where his work has helped develop both CSA and ISO standards on durability. Under his guidance, the FSP Team has, over the past 6 years, published in excess of 164 peer-reviewed journal or conference papers. He has trained/mentored over 20 HQPs.
