The evaluation committee consisted of Professors Luc Baron, Nicolas Godbout and Pierre Léger, as well as Professor Jean Dansereau, Associate Director, Teaching and Training, and Dean of Graduate Studies.

The evaluation criteria used were the following:

- Quality of scientific content (research excellence);
- Originality;
- Relevance of the work to applications of interest of engineering;
- Potential impact in the area of research;
- Communication of results (publications)
- Economic benefits;
- Presentation quality of the thesis or dissertation;
- Academic record (GPA, duration of studies);
- Candidate's aptitude for a career in research.

The recipients for the 2009-2010 academic year are:

Doctoral dissertations:

Mathieu Desnoyers (Computer Engineering) has received a $2,000 award for his dissertation titled "Low-Impact Operating System Tracing." Mr. Desnoyers' work was supervised by Professor Michel Dagenais of the Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering.

The jury members also saw fit to award special mention to the excellent doctoral dissertation submitted by Félix Bussières (Engineering Physics) titled "Intrication temporelle et communication quantique" ("Time-bin entanglement and quantum communication"). Mr. Bussières' work was supervised by Professors Nicolas Godbout and Suzanne Lacroix of the Department of Engineering Physics.

Master's theses:

Richard Villey (Biomedical Engineering) has received a $1,000 award for his thesis titled "Tomographie par cohérence optique Doppler pour l'imagerie en temps réel des écoulements rapides dans les anévrismes et sténoses" ("Doppler-mode optical coherence tomography for real-time imaging of rapid flows in aneurysms and stenoses"). Mr. Villey's work was supervised by Professor Caroline Boudoux of the Department of Engineering Physics and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor Romain Maciejko of the Department of Engineering Physics.
 
Élizabeth Renaud (Metallurgical Engineering) has also received a $1,000 award for her thesis titled "Modélisation des équilibres thermodynamiques impliquant le fer dans la cryolithe lors de l'électrolyse de l'aluminium à l'aide d'anodes inertes" ("Modelling of thermodynamic equilibria involving iron in the cryolite bath during inert-anode aluminum electrolysis"). Ms. Renaud's work was supervised by Professor Patrice Chartrand of the Department of Chemical Engineering.

The jury members also saw fit to award special mention to the excellent master's thesis submitted by Marc-André Daigneault (Electrical Engineering) titled "Utilisation de la reconfiguration dynamique des FPGA pour le contrôle précis et exact des délais dans les convertisseurs temps à numérique" ("Using dynamically reconfigured FPGAs for precision control of delays in time-to-digital converters"). Mr. Daigneault's work was supervised by Professor Jean-Pierre David of the Department of Electrical Engineering.

We extend warmest congratulations to this new crop of winners, whose outstanding work will be given its due at the awards and bursaries ceremony in the spring of 2011, as well as best wishes for a most successful career.

Source: Department of Teaching and Training