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Polytechnique Montréal hails the creation of the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC)

April 17, 2014

Polytechnique Montréal most enthusiastically welcomes the founding of the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC), and pledges its full co-operation and expertise to this endeavour. ...

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Polytechnique Montréal stands out again at Laval Virtual!

April 14, 2014

A delegation of students from Polytechnique Montréal's Department of Computer and Software Engineering took part in two student competitions at the 2014 edition of Laval Virtual: the 16th International Meeting and Conferences on Virtual Reality and C ...

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Polytechnique Montréal wins a Solidaires award for its Centraide campaign

April 10, 2014

Polytechnique Montréal awarded the Solidaires in the Public Sector category. ...

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More than $600,000 in grants and awards to Polytechnique Montréal students

April 9, 2014

On April 3, more than 400 people attended the 2013-2014 Soutien à l'excellence ceremony at the Bell Amphitheatre. In all, donors provided a total of 284 grants and three awards, representing an overall amount of $640,000. ...

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Catherine Morency wins the Prix du président from the Association québécoise des transports (AQTr)

April 8, 2014

The award was presented at the 49th annual convention, which took place March 31 to April 2, 2014, at the Québec City Convention Centre. ...

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CS Games 2014: two Polytechnique teams finish 1st and 5th

April 3, 2014

The 11th edition of the inter-university competition was held from March 21 to 23, at École de technologie supérieure. ...

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Research work by student Atefeh Ghorbaniaghdam named best publication of the year for 2013 by Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering journal

March 20, 2014

The research work of Atefeh Ghorbaniaghdam, a chemical engineering PhD student at Polytechnique, was supervised by professors Mario Jolicoeur and Olivier Henry. ...

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Professor Michel Meunier invited to describe his work to SPIE Photonics West international conference

March 19, 2014

This conference is the biggest in the photonics field, welcoming over 20,000 participants. ...

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Polytechnique wins the 2014 Championnat national de débat oratoire francophone

March 18, 2014

On March 14 and 15, Polytechnique hosted 64 student debaters for the 2014 Championnat national de débat oratoire francophone (francophone national debating championship). The tournament was a Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate/Société ...

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First annual Trottier symposium on engineering, energy and sustainable design Engineering our prosperity: sustainable cities and industries in the 21st century

March 17, 2014

The first annual Trottier symposium on engineering, energy and sustainable design took place March 17-18, 2014, at Centre Mont-Royal. The bilingual symposium was the result of a partnership between McGill University's Trottier Institute for Sustainab ...

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PhD student Jaber Moghaddasi wins one of the European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2013 Student Challenges

March 6, 2014

The PhD student from Polytechnique Montréal was on the team that most distinguished itself at the Student Challenge, a competition that has become a tradition with students from around the world involved in the field of microwaves and wireless communicati ...

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A study carried out at Polytechnique Montréal reveals that some metallic toys and low-cost jewelry sold in North America present health risks for young children

March 5, 2014

We know that babies and young children often put non-food items in their mouths, a behaviour that occasionally leads to swallowing of foreign objects. Metallic toys and low-cost jewelry often contain toxic substances such as lead and cadmium. Do these obj ...

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Frédéric Sirois and Christian Lacroix's research work makes the front page of the journal Superconductor Science and Technology

March 3, 2014

Their article, “Concept of a current flow diverter for accelerating the normal zone propagation velocity in 2G HTS coated conductors,” was published in the March issue of the top international scientific journal in the field of applied superconductivity. ...

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The Centre d'entrepreneuriat Poly-UdeM sets up shop in the J.-Armand-Bombardier Incubator

February 28, 2014

After last December's announcements, and in the spirit of continuity, the Centre d'entrepreneurship HEC-Poly-UdeM now wishes to inform the campus community, as well as the university's partners and collaborators, that first-line entrepreneu ...

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Education partnerships are main focus as Algeria-Canada Colloquium gets underway

February 26, 2014

Representatives from 13 Canadian postsecondary institutions are in Algeria today participating in the first colloquium of its kind between Canada and Algeria. ...

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More than 350 teenage girls learn about science and technology at Polytechnique Montréal during the 15th edition of the "Les filles et les sciences, un duo électrisant!" event

February 18, 2014

The 15th edition of “Les filles et les sciences, un duo électrisant!” (“Girls and science: an electrifying duo!”) took place February 15, 2014, at Polytechnique Montréal with Michèle Thibodeau-DeGuire, Chair of Polytechnique's Board of Directors, ser ...

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Québec Engineering Competition (QEC) 2014: Polytechnique delegation impresses!

February 13, 2014

The 30th edition of the Québec Engineering Competition (QEC) was held at the Sacacomie Hotel in the Mauricie region from January 30 to February 2, 2014. ...

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Marianne-Mareschal Chair: 15 years of influential projects!

February 12, 2014

The 15th anniversary of the Marianne-Mareschal Chair was marked on February 10 with the opening of an exhibition titled “15 ans de projets rayonnants” (15 years of influential projects). The event was a unique opportunity to thank the various Chair partne ...

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Professor Raman Kashyap appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

February 10, 2014

Raman Kashyap, a professor in the Department of Engineering Physics and the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique, and holder of the Canada Research Chair on Future Photonics Systems, was recently appointed Fellow of the Royal Society of C ...

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Some 100 CÉGEP students rise to the challenge for the 2nd edition of the "Déplace de l'air à Poly" contest

February 6, 2014

After the success of last year's contest, Polytechnique Montréal's Department of Electrical Engineering chose to run the contest again this year. The challenge: design an alternator for a mini wind turbine. ...

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