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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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Easing of PEQ guidelines: Polytechnique remains concerned

July 15, 2020

Nadine Girault, Québec’s Minister of Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration, announced last Thursday that certain adjustments would be part of Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ) reformulation efforts. While some universities’ requests ...

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Le gouvernement du Québec investit plus de 580 000 $ pour renforcer l'expertise en matériaux à Polytechnique Montréal

19 décembre 2024

Polytechnique Montréal obtient un financement du gouvernement du Québec pour soutenir l’agrandissement de l’offre de services du Centre de caractérisation microscopique des matériaux, le (CM). Grâce à cette subvention, le Centre élargira ses équipements d ...

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Polytechnique Montréal’s Bibliothèque Louise-Lalonde-Lamarre team earns accolades from the ASEE congress

July 9, 2020

The Polytechnique Montréal library team has just earned a prestigious award from the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). The Polytechnique team’s article about the evolution of graduate student documentary training by means of a workshop, t ...

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Two of Polytechnique’s professors receive $1.65 M in funding to support innovative mentorship program

July 5, 2020

Engineering Physics Professor Clara Santato and Mechancial Engineering Professor Isabelle Villemure (right-hand side in photo) eached received a $1.65 M grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Collaborative Res ...

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Polytechnique posts an enrolment increase and is on track to pass the 30% mark for female students, 10 years ahead of the Canadian target

June 23, 2020

In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, Polytechnique Montréal is seeing impressive growth in the next generation – and semester!- of students, with enrolment surging by 8.5% for the Summer Semester. The largest increases are in Master’s and Certificate progra ...

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A banner year for Polytechnique Montréal, as three professors named fellows in the Canadian Academy of Engineering

June 16, 2020

L. to r.: François Bertrand, Carl-Éric Aubin, and Yvon Savaria The Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) is a time-honoured organization comprising many of the country’s most experienced engineers, who amply demonstrate dedication to science and engineeri ...

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Professor Michel Gendreau: part of a new Research Chair partnership examining smart supply chains

June 11, 2020

Michel Gendreau, Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, is collaborating with other eminent researchers leading NSERC’s new Research and Innovation Chair in Planning of Intelligent Logistics and Transportation Systems ...

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COVID-19: Polytechnique Montréal Cybersecurity experts sound the alarm on tracing applications

May 28, 2020

Polytechnique Montréal’s expert professors in cybersecurity are ensuring that contact-tracking applications that the Canadian and Québec governments may soon adopt are trustworthy and respect citizens’ privacy. Group members are also going even further th ...

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COVID-19: Polytechnique professors in transportation and sustainable mobility prepare for deconfinement

May 1, 2020

As the Government of Québec unveils its deconfinement plan, professors specializing in transportation and sustainable mobility in Polytechnique’s Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, all of them associated with the Mobilité Chair, are t ...

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COVID-19: water management and analysis tools to prepare for deconfinement

April 27, 2020

As talk of deconfinement begins in Québec, two professors at Polytechnique Montréal’s Centre de recherche, développement et validation des technologies et procédés de traitement des eaux (centre for research, development and validation of water-treatment ...

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COVID-19: a Polytechnique Montréal team helps Sainte-Justine UHC’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

April 23, 2020

Every day at about 4:30 p.m., Professor Philippe Doyon-Poulin invites his team of students and collaborators to a videoconference meeting to review the progress of each one’s work. All are now devoting their time to solving a single challenge: adapting th ...

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COVID-19: fast-tracking the clinical trial process

April 20, 2020

Overshadowed by the many scientific breakthroughs that are taking place during the COVID-19 crisis, there is one that could make waves in the world of clinical research once the storm is over. A professor at Polytechnique is directly involved in the proje ...

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COVID-19: in an exception this year, capstone project at Polytechnique uses simulation

April 17, 2020

In barely two weeks, many Polytechnique Montréal teachers had to adapt their courses to enable their students to continue their semester in distance-learning mode. In the coming days, we will be sharing some of their stories with you. ...

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COVID-19: Polytechnique graduate students connect online, thanks to a Discord server

April 16, 2020

Using a Discord community server, the Association des étudiants des cycles supérieurs de Polytechnique (AÉCSP) is offering its members a space to interact as a group, in order to break down the isolation. ...

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COVID-19: Polytechnique computers still hard at work

April 15, 2020

In barely two weeks, many Polytechnique Montréal teachers had to adapt their courses to enable their students to continue their semester in distance-learning mode. In the coming days, we will be sharing some of their stories with you. ...

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Polytechnique's University Executive highlights the community's dedication

April 14, 2020

Pierre Lassonde, Polytechnique Montreal's new Chair of the Board of Directors as of March 18, 2020, and university President Philippe Tanguy thanked the Polytechnique community for their patience and dedication during this challenging time. The follo ...

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