Normand Brais Ing.,Ph.D.

Ingénieur mécanique, il détient également une Maîtrise en Aérothermique et un Doctorat en Génie Nucléaire. Durant sa carrière professionnelle, il a d’abord été professeur à l’École Polytechnique pour ensuite devenir entrepreneur technologique. Il a créé au fil des ans six entreprises dans des domaines aussi variés que la combustion, la pollution atmosphérique, la photonique, la bio-stérilisation de l’air et le traitement de l’eau. Il s’implique aussi comme bénévole à la Fondation et Alumni de Polytechnique. Normand Brais holds a mechanical engineering degree and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from Polytechnique of Montreal. He was appointed as a professor at the Energy Engineering Institute of Polytechnique after he graduated. He has founded several technological companies in fields as various as atmospheric pollution from combustion equipment, biomass combustion, water treatment, photonics, and air/surface UV disinfection. He is the founder of Natcom, an ultra low NOx burner manufacturer and of BMA, a consulting firm specializing in industrial combustion. In 1995 he founded Sanuvox Technologies, which is now a worldwide leader in air and surface disinfection for hospitals and buildings using ultraviolet germicidal irradiation.