Brahim Chebbi

Before joining Laurentian University, he taught at different post secondary institutions including the L'Université de Moncton (CUSLM), the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College where he was the founding Coordinator of the Bachelor of Applied Technology in Photonics. He also worked at Mitel Networks and at The National Research Council of Canada.

• Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (1994)
• M.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1989)
• B.A.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (1986)

Multidisciplinary research in Optical instrumentation, Laser Bessel beams, Fluid Mechanics and Mechatronics. Current research projects include: Development of Optical devices and systems for imaging and metrology applications, development of Hapto-Visual Virtual reality systems for Biomedical Applications.  

Publications in refereed journals

• TREMBLAY, L., CHEBBI, B. & BOUCHARD, S., (2022). The predictive role of body image and anti-fat attitudes on attentional bias toward body area in haptic virtual reality environment. Virtual Reality, 26(1) pp.1-10.
• MORAES, A. B., CHEBBI, B., TREMBLAY, L., THORPE, M., & THERIAULT, F. (2021). Description of the algorithms to test the horizontal jump in a computerized testing system of gross motor skills. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, pp. 1-9.
• SAKAH, M. & CHEBBI, B. (2020) "Interference of two intersecting Bessel beams and application to laser Doppler velocimetry." Applied Optics 59.27: 8235-8241.
• HAOUAS, M., CHEBBI, B., & GOLUB, I. (2019). Extension of the span and optimization of the optical “magic carpet”: generation of a wide quasi-nondiffracting light sheet. JOSA A, 36(1), 124-131.
• THORPE, M., TREMBLAY, L., CHEBBI, B., & LARIVIÈRE, C. (2018). The Relationship Between Motor Skills, Psychosocial Adjustment and Peer Victimization in School-Aged Children. Diversity of Research in Health Journal, 2, 66-87.
• SAKAH, M. and CHEBBI, B., (2016) Measuring solid surface velocity and detection of particle movement by Laser Bessel beams. Optical Engineering, 55(9), 091411(1)- 091411(10).
• TREMBLAY, L., THORPE, M., DAOUST, M., LARIVIÈRE, C., CHEBBI, B. and THÉRIAULT, V., (2016) Description and Features of a New Computerized Gross Motor Skills Measurement Tool. Journal of Technologies and Human Usability, 12(3), 31-49.
• ZRYMIAK, W., SIMINOWSKI, M. and CHEBBI, B. (2016). Experimental Investigation of the Vibration of a Simply Supported Rod Immersed in an Axial Flow with a Nozzle Midway. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, 40(1), 79-87.
• TREMBLAY, L., ROY-VAILLANCOURT, M., CHEBBI, B., BOUCHARD, S., DAOUST, M., DÉNOMMÉE, J. and THORPE, M. (2016). Body Image and Anti-Fat Attitudes: An Experimental Study Using a Haptic Virtual Reality Environment to Replicate Human Touch. Cyberpsychology, Behaviors, and Social Networking, 19(2), 100-106.
• GOLUB, I., CHEBBI, B. and GOLUB, J. (2015). Toward the optical “magic carpet”: reducing the divergence of a light sheet below diffraction limit. Optics Letters. 40(21), 5121-5124.
• SAKAH, M., CHEBBI, B. and GOLUB, I. (2015). Measuring velocity with Bessel beam fringes. Optical Engineering, 54(8), 084106(1)-084106(4).
• CHEBBI, B., and GOLUB, I. (2014). Development of spot size and lateral intensity distribution generated by exponential, logarithmic, and linear axicons. Journal of The Optical Society of America A, 31(11), 2447-2452.
• TREMBLAY, L., CHEBBI, B., BOUCHARD, S., CIMON-LAMBERT, K., and CARMICHAEL, J. (2014). Learning disabilities and visual-motor skills; comparing assessment from a hapto-virtual reality tool and Bender-Gestalt test. Virtual Reality, 18(1), 49-60.
• CHEBBI, B., GOLUB, I., and BREYGIN, P. (2013). Characterization of a refractive linear axicon with distant depth of field and no central blocking. Applied Optics, 52(35), 8572-8575.
• SAIKALEY, A., CHEBBI, B., and GOLUB, I. (2013). Imaging properties of three refractive axicons.  Applied Optics, 52(28), 6910-6918.
• CHEBBI, B., GOLUB, I. and GOURLEY, K. (2012) Homogenization of on-axis intensity distribution produced by a Fresnel refractive axicon, Optics Communications, 285(7), 1636–1641.
• GOURLEY, K., GOLUB, I. and CHEBBI, B. (2011) Demonstration of a Fresnel axicon, Applied Optics, 50(3), 303-306.
• CHEBBI, B., MINKO, S., AL-AKWAA, N., GOLUB, I., (2010) Remote control of extended depth of field focusing, Optics Communications, 283(9), 1678-1683.
• GOLUB, I., CHEBBI, B., SHAW, D. and NOWACKI, D., (2010) Characterization of a refractive logarithmic axicon, Optics Letters, 35, 2828-2830.
• CHEBBI, B., LAZAROFF, D. and LIU, P. X., (2007), A collaborative virtual haptic environment for surgical training and tele-mentoring. International Journal of Robotics and Automation 22(1), 69-78.
• LIU, P.X., ZHENG, W. and CHEBBI, B., (2007), Surgical simulation with high-fidelity haptic feedback. International Journal of Robotics and Automation 22(1), 59-68.
• NANTEL, M., BEDA, J., GREVATT, T., CHEBBI, B., JESSOP, P., and SONG, S., (2004) Three new undergraduate degrees in photonics in Ontario, Phys. Can. 60, 319.
• CHEBBI, B., TAVOULARIS, S. and HOLLOWAY, A.G.L., (1998), The response of sheared turbulence to changes in curvature. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 358, 223 244.           
• CHEBBI, B. and TAVOULARIS, S., (1995), Interaction of a ribbon's wake with a rectilinear shear flow. AIAA Journal 33(6), 1156-1159.
• CHEBBI, B. and TAVOULARIS, S., (1991). Pitot-static tube response at very low Reynolds numbers. Phys. Fluids A, 3, 481-483.             
• CHEBBI, B.  and TAVOULARIS, S., (1990). Low Reynolds number flow in and above asymmetric, triangular cavities. Phys. Fluids A, 2, 1044-1046.

Publications in conference proceedings, (papers, summaries, abstracts)

• HAOUAS, M. and CHEBBI, Design of a tunable range zero-order Bessel beam system. Proc. 8th International Conference on Optics, Photonics and Lasers OPAL' 2025 (pp. 96-99), May 14-16, 2025, Rhodes, Greece.
• HAOUAS, M., GOLUB, I., & CHEBBI, B. (2023, October). Double-sided illumination of the optical “magic carpet”. In Frontiers in Optics (pp. JM7A-41). Optica Publishing Group.
• SAKAH, M. and CHEBBI, B. (2023, October). Generation of limited depth of field and transverse extent nearly Bessel beams using finite width Durnin’s circular slits. In Laser Science (pp. JM7A-42). Optica Publishing Group.
• SAKAH, M. and CHEBBI, B. Laser Bessel Velocimetry. In Photonics North, 2015 (pp. 1-1). IEEE. Ottawa, On, Canada.  June 9 to June 11, 2015.
• GOLUB, J., CHEBBI, B., and GOLUB, J. Reducing the divergence of a light sheet below diffraction limit. In Photonics North, 2015 (pp. 1-1). IEEE.  Ottawa, On, Canada.  June 9 to June 11, 2015.
• ZRYMIAK, W., SIMINOWSKI, M. and CHEBBI, B. “Experimental Investigation of Annular Flow Induced Vibrations of Rods”, Proceedings of The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress 2014, CSME International Congress 2014, June 1-4, 2014, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• OMRI, K. and CHEBBI, B. Design and Construction of a Perfused Liver Phantom for Biomechanical  Testing Proc. of CANCAM 2013, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June (2013).
• OMRI, K., McBAIN, J., PERSI, M., TIMUSK, M. and CHEBBI, B. Robot Laser Positioning System for Autonomous Navigation. Proc. of CANCAM2013, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, June (2013).
• TREMBLAY, L., BOUCHARD, S., CHEBBI, B., WEI, L., MONTHUY-BLANC, J., and BOULANGER, D. (2013). The Development of a Haptic Virtual Reality Environment to Study Body Image and Affect, Proc. of 18th Annual Cyber Psychology and Cyber Therapy Conference. Annual Review of Cyber Therapy and Telemedicine 2013, 80-84. Brussels, Belgium, September (2013).
• TREMBLAY, L., CHEBBI, B., BOUCHARD, S., CIMON-LAMBERT, K., and CARMICAEL, J., (2012). A Pilot Study Comparing Visual Motor Skills of adults with and without Learning Disabilities Using A Hapto-Visual Virtual Reality Tool. Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation, 5(2), 128.
• BAZINET, P., CHEBBI, B., TREMBLAY, L., EMPTAGE, E., and BOUCHARD, S. (2011) A Hapto-Visual Virtual Reality Tool for Visual-Motor Skills Testing of People with Learning Disabilities. Journal of Cyber Therapy and Rehabilitation, 4(2), 264-265.
• SAIKALEY, A., MATOUG, S., CHEBBI, B. and GOLUB, I., Imaging properties of different refractive axicons, Proc. SPIE 8007, 80070Y 1-6 (2011).
• SAIKALEY, A., PAK, A., GOLUB, I. and CHEBBI, B., Imaging with fiber optic bundle/axicon telescope system. Proc. Photonics North Conference. Niagara Falls, Canada. SPIE, Volume 7750, 775010-1-775010-7, 2010.
• GOURLEY, K., GOLUB, I. and CHEBBI, B., First experimental demonstration of a Fresnel axicon. Proc. Photonics North Conference. Montreal, Canada. SPIE, Volume 7099, 70990D-70990D-7, 2008.
• LIU, P.X., ZHENG, W. and CHEBBI, B. (2007), A Haptics-based surgical simulator. Journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. 2, No. 2, 144.
• CHEBBI, B., LAZAROFF, D., BOGSANY, F., LIU, P., NI, L. and ROSSI, M., Design and implementation of a collaborative virtual haptic surgical training system. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, (ICMA2005), Niagara Falls, Canada, 315-320, 2005.
• WANG, X., LIU, P.X., CHEBBI, B., WANG, D. and MENG, M., Design of bilateral teleoperators for soft environments with adaptive environmental impedance estimation. Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA’05), Barcelona, Spain, 1139-1144, 2005.
• QIAN, R., LIU, P. and CHEBBI, B., Presentation consistency in collaborative teleoperation systems, Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS’05), Edmonton, Canada, 2501-2505, 2005.
• CHEBBI, B., GREVATT, T., WEEKS, R., MOSTEFA, M., CASEY, P., ALMUHATADI, W. and AL-AZZAWI, A., From diploma to degree in photonics. Proc. SPIE Photonics North Conference, Ottawa, Canada, Vol. 5578, 730-738, 2004.
• YATULIS, J., GREVATT, T., MCGLASHAN, A., TIBERI, L., CHEBBI, B., CASEY, P., FINNAGAN, S., NANTEL, M. and BEDA, J., Technician and Technologist Photonics Teaching: an Ontario Success Story. Proc. SPIE Photonics North Conference, Ottawa, Canada, Vol. 5578, 721-729, 2004.
• SAVOIE, R., GAGNON, Y., GAGNE, J.M., MERCADIER, Y., CYR, G., MARTIN, M. and CHEBBI, B., Numerical simulation of the flow over a model of the scales on the upper surface of a butterfly wing. Proc. 3rd Annual Conference of the CFD Society of Canada, Banff, Canada, 155-161, 1995.
• CHEBBI, B. and TAVOULARIS, S., The development of the wake of a thin ribbon in straight and curved uniformly sheared flows. Proc. 2nd Intern. Sympos. On Engineering Turbulence Modelling and Measurement, Florence, Italy, 653-662, 1993.
• CHEBBI, B. and TAVOULARIS, S., Turbulent flows with coexisting eddy structures. Proc. 14th Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Kingston, Canada, 387-388, 1993.
• CHEBBI, B., TAVOULARIS, S. and HOLLOWAY, A.G.L, (1990), Measurement of the structure of uniformly sheared turbulence in a duct with reversing curvature. Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 35, 2306.

Book Chapters:

• TREMBLAY, L. EMPTAGE, E., WHISSEL, C., CHEBBI, B. and BOUCHARD, S. Visual Motor Assessment Tests and Assistive Technologies; Description and Application in Post- Secondary Educational Achievement of Adults with Learning Disabilities, In “Achievement Tests: Types, Interpretations and Uses.”, pp.1-56. Lucas E. Madsen, Ed. Nova Science Publishers Inc. ISBN 978-1-61122-056-8, 2011.