Julien
Lépine
Associate Professor
Department of Operations and Decision Systems
FSA ULaval
Pavillon Palasis-Prince
Local 2439
Fields of Interest and Research
- Transportation demand modelling
- Pavement materials and structure
- Dynamics, vibration and vibration control
- Automotive engineering, n.e.c.
- Packaging, storage and transportation (except food and agricultural products)
- Intelligent transport systems
Education
- Philosophiae Doctor, Engineering (Ph. D.), Victoria University
- Master of Science, Sciences (M. Sc.), Université de Sherbrooke
- Bachelor, Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke
Publications
Articles
- Khorand, H., Dechamplain, A., & Lépine, J. (2026). Numerical investigation on energy fraction effect of ammonia/hydrogen/diesel mixture on combustion characteristics. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 205, 153147. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.153147
- Géhin, A., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2025). Method for measuring friction performance for tertiary packaging under dynamic loading representative of transport conditions. Packaging Technology and Science, 38(12), 979-985. DOI : 10.1002/pts.70012
- Shafie, P., Mottoul, M., Dechamplain, A., & Lépine, J. (2025). Experimental study on hydrogen-rich fuel generation via ammonia decomposition using a structured catalytic reactor. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 9(14), 3820-3830. DOI : 10.1039/d5se00626k
- Samson, N., Larrivée-Hardy, W., Dubois, W., Roy-Brouard, É., Brotherton, E., Baril, D., Lépine, J., & Pomerleau, F. (2025). DRIVE through the unpredictability: From a protocol investigating slip to a metric estimating command uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics, 2, 380-399. DOI : 10.1109/TFR.2025.3580397
- Shafie, P., Dechamplain, A., & Lépine, J. (2025). Technical, environmental and economic analysis of utilizing hydrogen-rich fuel in decarbonized container ships. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 9(1), 185-197. DOI : 10.1039/D4SE01109K
- Quirion Cantin, N., Lépine, J., & Bégin-Drolet, A. (2024). Effect of load and pulling speed on the static coefficient of friction of cross-country skis on snow. Sports Engineering, 27(2), 37. DOI : 10.1007/s12283-024-00479-z
- Kiemde, M. A., Lamond, B., & Lépine, J. (2024). Using multicriteria decision analysis to assess stakeholders motivation toward sustainable packaging in the fruit and vegetable value chains of rural Uganda. Journal of Comparative International Management, 27(2), 168-186. DOI : 10.55482/jcim.2024.34371
- Levesque, W., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2024). Rolling resistance evaluation of pavements using embedded transducers on a semi-trailer suspension. Sensors, 24(23), 7556. DOI : 10.3390/s24237556
- Correia Sinézio Martins, E., Lépine, J., & Corbett, J. (2024). Assessing the effectiveness of financial incentives on electric vehicle adoption in Europe: Multi-period difference-in-difference approach. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 189, 104217. DOI : 10.1016/j.tra.2024.104217
- Shafie, P., Dechamplain, A., & Lépine, J. (2024). Thermal ammonia decomposition for hydrogen-rich fuel production and the role of waste heat recovery. International journal of energy research, 2024, 9534752. DOI : 10.1155/2024/9534752
- Shafie, P., Dechamplain, A., & Lépine, J. (2024). Theoretical investigation of hydrogen-rich fuel production through ammonia decomposition. Open Chemistry, 22(1), 20240020. DOI : 10.1515/chem-2024-0020
- Levesque, W., Samson, N., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2023). Pavement-effects on heavy-vehicle fuel consumption in cold climate using a statistical approach. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 120, 103792. DOI : 10.1016/j.trd.2023.103792
- Levesque, W., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2023). Effects of Pavement Characteristics on Rolling Resistance of Heavy Vehicles: A Literature Review. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2677(6), 296-309. DOI : 10.1177/03611981221145125
- Lépine, J., & Bégin-Drolet, A. (2022). On friction measurements and certification of slip-preventing materials for road freight usages. Packaging Technology and Science, 35(9), 679-687. DOI : 10.1002/pts.2655
- Tapsoba, L. D. S., Kiemde, S. M. A., Lamond, B., & Lépine, J. (2022). On the potential of packaging for reducing fruit and vegetable losses in Sub-Saharan Africa. Foods, 11(7), 952. DOI : 10.3390/foods11070952
- Rouillard, V., Lamb, M. J., Lépine, J., Long, M., & Ainalis, D. (2021). The case for reviewing laboratory-based road transport simulations for packaging optimisation. Packaging Technology and Science, 34(6), 339-351. DOI : 10.1002/pts.2563
- Lépine, J., Na, X., & Cebon, D. (2021). An empirical tire-wear model for heavy-goods vehicles. Tire Science and Technology, 50(3), 211-229. DOI : 10.2346/tire.21.20003
- Wu, C., Wang, Z., Hu, S., Lépine, J., Na, X., Ainalis, D., & Stettler, M. (2020). An Automated Machine-Learning Approach for Road Pothole Detection Using Smartphone Sensor Data. Sensors, 20(19), 5564. DOI : 10.3390/s20195564
- Lépine, J., Rouillard, V., & Sek, M. (2019). Evaluation of machine learning algorithms for detection of road induced shocks buried in vehicle vibration signals. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D : Journal of Automobile Engineering, 233(4), 935-947. DOI : 10.1177/0954407018756201
- Garofolini, A., Taylor, S., & Lépine, J. (2019). Evaluating dynamic error of a treadmill and the effect on measured kinetic gait parameters : Implications and possible solutions. Journal of Biomechanics, 82, 156-163. DOI : 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2018.10.025
- Lépine, J., & Rouillard, V. (2018). Evaluation of Shock Detection Algorithm for Road Vehicle Vibration Analysis. Vibration, 1(2), 220-238. DOI : 10.3390/vibration1020016
- Lépine, J., Rouillard, V., & Sek, M. (2017). On the use of machine learning to detect shocks in road vehicle vibration signals. Packaging Technology and Science, 30(8), 387-398. DOI : 10.1002/pts.2202
- Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., & Drouet, J.-M. (2016). A laboratory excitation technique to test road bike vibration transmission. Experimental Techniques, 40(1), 227-234. DOI : 10.1007/s40799-016-0026-8
- Lépine, J., Rouillard, V., & Sek, M. (2015). Review paper on road vehicle vibration simulation for packaging testing purposes. Packaging Technology and Science, 28(8), 672-682. DOI : 10.1002/pts.2129
- Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., & Drouet, J.-M. (2015). The relative contribution of road bicycle components on vibration induced to the cyclist. Sports Engineering, 18(2), 79-91. DOI : 10.1007/s12283-014-0168-9
- Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., & Drouet, J.-M. (2014). Road bike comfort : on the measurement of vibrations induced to cyclist. Sports Engineering, 17(2), 113-122. DOI : 10.1007/s12283-013-0145-8
Chapters in Collective Works
- Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., & Drouet, J.-M. (2025). Technique to measure the dynamic behavior of road bike wheels. Topics in Modal Analysis II, Volume 6. Taylor & Francis Group. doi : 10.1007/978-1-4614-2419-2-47.
Communications in a Conference with Proceedings
- Lépine, J. (2025). Decarbonizing trucks, an energy problem. Zero-and Lower-Emission Trucking Symposium, Winnipeg, Canada.
- Lépine, J. (2025). Novel insights into pavement-vehicle dynamics and rolling resistance coefficients of heavy vehicles. HVTT18, Québec, Canada.
- Lépine, J. (2024). Comparison of strategies for decarbonizing heavy vehicles in Canada. 59th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF), Kelowna, Canada.
- Baril, D., Deschênes, S.-P., Coupal, L., Goffin, C., & Lépine, J. (2024). DRIVE: Data-driven robot Input vector exploration. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan.
- Samson, N., Baril, D., Lépine, J., & Pomerleau, F. (2024). Comparing motion distortion between vehicle field deployments. ArXiv.
- Levesque, W., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2023). Introducing a novel method for measuring rolling resistance and dynamic vertical load on a semi-trailer suspension. Technology Convergence 2023: Setting the Wheels In Motion: Reimagining the future of heavy vehicles, roads and freight, Bribane, Australia.
- Kiemde, M. A., Lépine, J., & Lamond, B. (2022). Cartographie des chaines de valeur des fruits et légumes et de leurs emballages en milieu rural Ougandais. Colloque "L’Afrique émergente | Les défis de l’après-COVID-19: leçons apprises et opportunités", FSA Ulaval, Canada.
- Subel, J., Ainalis, D., Lépine, J., & Cebon, D. (2021). Maximising Coasting to Reduce Fuel Consumption of Heavy Goods Vehicles. 16th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology (HVTT16), Qingdao, China (PRC).
- Samson, N., Levesque, W., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2021). Modelling and Mapping of Heavy-Vehicle Energy Consumption. 16th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology, Quingdao, China (PRC).
- Subel, J., Ainalis, D., Lépine, J., & Cebon, D. (2021). An Optimisation Algorithm to Maximise Coasting to Reduce Fuel Consumption of Heavy Goods Vehicles. 16th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology, Quingdao, China (PRC).
- Dumas, A., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2021). Development of a ski testing machine based on the effective friction coefficient for classic cross-country skis. Submitted to ISEA2022 (International Sports Engineering Association no. 28).
- Lépine, J., Burgess, S., & Cebon, D. (2018). Empirical estimation of heavy goods vehicle tyre wear. International Forum For Road Transport Technology - 15th International Symposium on Heavy Vehicle Transport Technology, Rotterdam, Netherlands (The).
- Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., & Drouet, J.-M. (2016). Test protocol for in-situ bicycle wheel dynamic comfort comparison. Procedia engineering - 11th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association, Delft, Netherlands (The).
- Lépine, J., Sek, M., & Rouillard, V. (2015). Mixed-mode signal detection of road vehicle vibration using Hilbert-Huang Transform. ASME digital collection - ASME 2015 Noise Control and Acoustics Division Conference at InterNoise 2015, San Francisco, United States of America.
- Lépine, J., Rouillard, V., & Sek, M. (2015). Wavelet transform to index road vehicle vibration mixed mode signals. ASME digital collection - ASME 2015 Noise Control and Acoustics Division Conference at InterNoise 2015, San Francisco, United States of America.
- Richard, S., Champoux, Y., Lépine, J., & Drouet, J.-M. (2015). Using an alternative forced-choice method to study shock perception at cyclists hands : the effect of tyre pressure. Procedia Engineering - The Impact of Technology on Sport VI' 7th Asia-Pacific Congress on Sports Technology, APCST2015, Barcelona, Spain.
- Pelland-Leblanc, J.-P., Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., & Drouet, J.-M. (2014). Using power as a metric to quantify vibration transmitted to the cyclist. Procedia Engineering - 10th Sport Engineering Conference, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J., Rouillard, V., & Sek, M. (2014). Using the Hilbert-Huang transform to identity harmonics and transients within random signals. Engineers Australia - 8th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics : ACAM 8, Melbourne, Australia.
- Pelland-Leblanc, J.-P., Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., & Drouet, J.-M. (2014). Effect of structural damping on vibrations transmitted to road cyclists. Topics in Modal Analysis I, Volume 7 - IMAC XXXII, United States of America.
- Lépine, J., Champoux, Y., Gauthier, P.-A., & Drouet, J.-M. (2013). Influence of test conditions on comfort ranking of road bicycle wheels. Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6 - IMAC XXXI, Los Angeles, United States of America.
- Champoux, Y., Lépine, J., Gauthier, P.-A., & Drouet, J.-M. (2013). A Laboratory Technique to Compare Road Bike Dynamic Comfort. Special Topics in Structural Dynamics, Volume 6 - IMAC XXXI, Los Angeles, United States of America.
Communications in a Conference Without Proceedings
- Lépine, J. (2025). Comparaison des stratégies de décarbonation des camions. AQTR 59, Québec, Canada.
- Dumond Tadja, H., Bégin-Drolet, A., & Lépine, J. (2023). The effect of truck loading factor on a major trucking route in Québec and on GHG emissions. TAC, Ottawa, Canada.
- Lamond, B., Lépine, J., Tapsoba, L. D. S., & Kiemde, M. A. (2022). Food Sustainability II - On Reducing Food Waste During Transport in Developing Countries. GPSS 2022 (Global Product Systems Sustainability Workshop), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, United States of America.
- Lépine, J. (2022). Le MapEUR - outil de visualisation de la consommation d'énergie des camions sur les routes. Journée CIRRELT, Canada.
- Lépine, J. (2020). Solutions vertes pour décarboniser le transport routier. Déjeuner FORAC.
- Lépine, J. (2019). Bio-packaging - less waste, less transport. Frontiers of Engineering for Development symposium, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J. (2019). Road-Freight Decarbonizing Solutions. Transport research group seminar at UIUC.
- Lépine, J. (2019). Making bio-packing from agricultural by-product to reduce food waste in Africa. Evening with the Supervisors, St Catharine's College, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J. (2019). Addressing Food Waste with Bio-Packaging. Cambridge Global Food Security Symposium 2019 : Generating Practical Solutions for India and Africa, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J. (2019). Le transport routier durable ; faire plus avec moins. Séminaire du centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport (CIRRELT) et le centre d'innovation en logistique et chaîne d'approvisionnement durable (CILCAD), Québec, Canada.
- Lépine, J. (2019). Tyre Wear and Active Steering Projects. Cambridge Vehicle Dynamics Consortium annual meeting, Nuneaton, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J. (2018). Vers un transport routier durable. Séminaire du centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur les réseaux d'entreprise, la logistique et le transport (CIRRELT) et le centre d'innovation en logistique et chaîne d'approvisionnement durable (CILCAD), Québec, Canada.
- Lépine, J. (2018). Longer Semi-Trailer Project. Cambridge Vehicles Dynamics Consortium (CVDC) annual meeting, Eindhoven, Netherlands (The).
- Lépine, J. (2018). Heavy Good Vehicule Tyre Wear : Measurement and Improvement. Tea Time Talk, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J. (2017). Dynamic Comfort of Road Cyclists. Tea Time Talk, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J. (2017). On the Use of Machine Learning to Detect Shocks in Road Vehicle Vibration Signals. Tea Time Talk, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Lépine, J. (2016). On the Use of Machine Learning to Detect Shocks in Road Vehicle Vibration Signals. Séminaire de génie mécanique, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada.
- Lépine, J. (2015). Revue des méthodes de simulation des vibrations induites par la route. Séminaire de l'École supérieure d'ingénieurs de Reims, Reims, France.
- Lépine, J. (2015). Understanding the Road to Improved Packaging. Three minutes Thesis Competition, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia.
Research Reports
- Levesque, W., Lépine, J., & Bégin-Drolet, A. (2024). Analyse de l’effet du type de revêtement de chaussée sur la résistance au roulement des véhicules au Québec – Article de vulgarisation scientifique d’un projet de recherche, ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec, projet R854.1.
- Levesque, W., Lépine, J., & Bégin-Drolet, A. (2024). Analyse de l’effet du type de revêtement de chaussée sur la résistance au roulement des véhicules au Québec – Rapport final, ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec, projet R854.1.
- Lépine, J., & Bégin-Drolet, A. (2021). Friction-coefficient measurements of new anti-slip sheets following VDI 2700-14:2011 standard guidelines.
- Lépine, J., & Bégin-Drolet, A. (2021). Friction-coefficient measurements of existing anti-slip sheets following VDI 2700-14:2011 standard guidelines.
- Levesque, W., Lépine, J., & Bégin-Drolet, A. (2021). Analyse de l'effet du type de revêtement de chaussée sur la résistance au roulement des véhicules au Québec. Ministère des Transports du Québec.