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École Polytechnique chapter of Engineers Without Borders honoured in PLAN, an OIQ publication

January 6, 2006

For the first time since Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada was created, an article written in collaboration with Les Édtions de Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec highlights the non-governmental organization's development work in Canada and abroad. ...

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Five firms launched by Polytechnique students and graduates honoured for innovation by the Centre d'entrepreneurship

January 6, 2006

On November 24, 2005, the Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-Poly-UdeM announced names of the winners of the 8th annual Innovation & Entrepreneurship contest. École Polytechnique did itself proud, coming first in four out of the five categories. A tota ...

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Énergia 2005: Jonathan Vianou, winner

January 6, 2006

The Association québécoise pour la maîtrise de l'énergie (AQME) has awarded the Energia (student category) prize to Polytechnique's Jonathan Vianou for his project "Choice of humidification technology in an energy efficiency context." T ...

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Professor Michel Perrier appointed Vice-Chair of the International Federation of Automatic Control committee

December 22, 2005

Michel Perrier, full professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, has just been appointed Vice-Chair of the International Federation of Automatic Control's (IFAC) Technical Committee on Biosystems and Bioprocesses. IFAC includes some 40 nation ...

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Polytechnique alumnus Khalil E. Barsoum donates more than $500,000 to his alma mater

December 13, 2005

École Polytechnique de Montréal has just received a personal donation of more than $500,000 from one of its most distinguished electrical engineering graduates, Khalil E. Barsoum (Class of '66). ...

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Professor Carl-Éric Aubin appointed President of the Société de la scoliose du Québec

December 9, 2005

Carl-Éric Aubin, Full Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering and holder of the Canada Research Chair in CAD/CAM Innovation in Orthopedic Engineering, has been appointed President of the Société de la scoliose du Québec/Québec Scoliosis Soc ...

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Professor Jean Rousselle publishes a work on hydrology with Presses internationales Polytechnique

December 9, 2005

Jean Rousselle, Full Professor with the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, has had his book Hydrologie; cheminements de l'eau published by Presses internationales Polytechnique. The book was written in conjunction with François An ...

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Professor El-Kébir Boukas publishes work on controlling complex systems

December 9, 2005

El-Kébir Boukas, Full Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has just published Stochastic Switching Systems: Analysis and Design with Birkhäuser publishers. ...

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December 6, 2005- 16th commemoration Remembering and reflecting

December 6, 2005

The pain has made way for the continuation of life... but the memory of the 14 young women who lost their lives on December 6, 1989, as well as the many who were wounded physically and emotionally, lives on. ...

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Professor Christophe Caloz publishes a manual on metamaterials

December 5, 2005

In November, Christophe Caloz, Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Future Intelligent Radio-frequency Metamaterials, had his book Electromagnetic Metamaterials: Transmission Line Theo ...

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A new tool to highlight the expertise of Polytechnique's professors

December 1, 2005

Visited the research portal on the Polytechnique website lately? With a new management system for profiles and areas of expertise, professors are busy highlighting their teaching and research activities. ...

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GOLD for École Polytechnique de Montréal's new "green" buildings A tangible response to the challenge of climate change

November 30, 2005

It's official: École Polytechnique de Montréal's new "green" buildings, the Claudette-MacKay-Lassonde and Pierre-Lassonde buildings, have received Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This makes École Polytec ...

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From respiratory stimulators to your computer's memory card! École Polytechnique officially opens its Laboratoire d'assemblage et d'encapsulation de microsystèmes électroniques- LASEM

November 28, 2005

Flanked by government representatives and industrial partners, Robert L. Papineau, Director General of École Polytechnique de Montréal, and Professor Mohamad Sawan, Director of the Microsystems strategic alliance of Québec (Regroupement stratégique en micr ...

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Contech award: another accolade for the Lassonde buildings

November 7, 2005

To promote the development of new products that help the construction and building management industry stay competitive and conquer new markets, Contech has awarded an innovation prize annually for the last 18 years. École Polytechnique has won the 2005 Tr ...

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Canada Foundation for Innovation: Three Polytechnique professors obtain New Opportunities grant

November 7, 2005

On Monday, November 7, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced new funding aimed at attracting and retaining high-calibre researchers. ...

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ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL INAUGURATES ITS THIXOMOLDING LABORATORY: A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE MANUFACTURING

November 4, 2005

Today, in the presence of industrial partners and numerous guests, Robert L. Papineau, Director General of École Polytechnique de Montréal, and Professor Frank Ajersch officially opened the Thixomolding Laboratory, a new research facility located at the Na ...

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New awards aims to encourage women in engineering

November 1, 2005

To encourage women-- who currently only account for 10% of Canada's 160,000 licensed engineers-- to opt for careers in engineering, the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) has announced the creation of four new graduate scholarships in hon ...

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Football: Ten Carabins make provincial all-star team

November 1, 2005

Ten players from the Carabins football team were named to the Québec University Football League (QUFL) all-star team, representing the highest number of players from one team. One of the players is Maxime Gagnier, industrial engineering student at École Po ...

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Awards for the best theses and dissertations

October 31, 2005

This year, three prizes were awarded for the best graduate student works: one at the doctoral level, and two at the master's level. ...

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Jacques-André Boulay a two-time winner at the ACFAS science outreach contest

October 31, 2005

Jacques-André Boulay, a master's student in Computer Engineering currently supervised by Professors Benoît Ozell (Computer Engineering) and Carl-Éric Aubin (Mechanical Engineering), took home two prizes at the 13th annual ACFAS (Association francophon ...

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