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Polytechnique Montréal Professor Bruno Blais named to the New Digital Research Infrastructure Organization- NDRIO Researcher Council

October 2, 2020

Assistant Professor Bruno Blais (Department of Chemical Engineering) will contribute to the assessment of researchers’ needs within the NDRIO organization, which coordinates and funds strategic Canadian activities related to top-tier digital calculations ...

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Visualizing the impact of human activities on water resources

September 25, 2020

How does one explain to various groups of people how highly complex hydrological phenomenon affect a given area? It’s a critical question, since the success of water management in any location rests on those involved in water management being informed o ...

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Plastic recycling goes electric: new technology gets a boost

September 23, 2020

Instead of relying on fossil fuels, chemical processing plants may soon be able to use electrically-generated heat units. Leading the charge is Pyrowave, a company established in 2014 by two Polytechnique Montréal graduates, who today announced a research ...

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Polytechnique Montréal’s Professor Foutse Khomh wins research excellence award

September 23, 2020

Full professor Foutse Khomh (Department of Computer and Software Engineering), has earned an award from CS-Can | Info-Can, an organization dedicated to excellence in information technology and computer science research, innovation, and teaching in Canada. ...

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PEQ: Polytechnique demands more transparency from the Québec government

September 17, 2020

The Government of Québec must demonstrate transparency and reconsider its position in regards to the Québec Experience Program (FR: Programme de l’expérience québécoise- PEQ), and needs to enhance the program and respect the commitment it’s made to intern ...

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Parity Certification: Polytechnique earns silver

September 11, 2020

Recognize, support, and develop talented women: an ambition that Polytechnique Montréal- with one of the largest engineering student bodies in the country- has embodied for some time now. For Polytechnique’s personnel, the commitment to gender parity rece ...

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Sustainable development in the mining sector: the Government of Québec helps fund six projects headed by Polytechnique professors

September 4, 2020

Five professors have earned funding totalling $2.2 million for their research projects – three of which will be undertaken as part of the RIME UQAT-Polytechnique program. ...

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Professor Gabriel Fabien-Ouellet: "seismic" new project supported by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Government of Québec

September 2, 2020

Due to his innovative ground-movement monitoring research project, Professor Fabien-Ouellet recently earned research funds from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John-R.-Evans Leaders Fund, as well as from the Government of Québec. ...

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More accurate prostate cancer diagnoses with Raman spectroscopy

August 18, 2020

Diagnosing the different subtypes and grades of prostate cancer could become more accurate with the use of Raman microspectroscopy, an approach developed by a team from Polytechnique Montréal and the Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Universi ...

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Examining aerosol movement in order to better protect health care personnel

August 5, 2020

Over the past few weeks, Québec’s dentists, ophtalmologists, and oto-rhino-laryngologists have reopened their clinic doors. Yet how much risk are they subject to, given the realities of COVID-19? A Polytechnique professor is delving into the question and ...

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