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On March 29, more than 350 people attended the 2012 Soutien à l'excellence ceremony at the Bell Amphitheatre. Loyal donors provided a total of 330 grants and three awards, representing an overall amount of $830,000. ...
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The celebrated Gala Méritas awards evening, which honours Polytechnique Montréal's faculty, was held on Tuesday, April 3. The Association des étudiants de Polytechnique (Polytechnique students association—AEP) and the education committees that organi ...
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Myriam Jean and David Rioux won the contest for the best scientific posters at the 2012 NanoQuébec Conference, held March 20–21. ...
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This year, three awards and three honourable mentions were given for the best graduate student projects: an award and two honourable mentions for doctoral dissertations and two awards and an honourable mention for master's theses. ...
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Swimmer Frédéric Le Blanc, a civil engineering student at Polytechnique Montréal, and soccer player Éva Thouvenot-Hébert (HEC Montréal) were the big winners at the annual Université de Montréal Carabins awards gala, held March 28. ...
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Four Polytechnique Montréal students were honoured during the very first awards ceremony of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec Foundation on March 21. The OIQ and its foundation presented these awards and scholarships in order to encourage the next gener ...
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Polytechnique students finish FIRST at the competition held March 16–18 in California. ...
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A new 3D nanocomposite strain sensor based on carbon nanotubes and made at Polytechnique Montréal made headlines in the latest issue of the journal Nanotechnology. ...
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For the second year running, Polytechnique Montréal students took second place overall at the Canadian Mining Games, whose 22nd annual edition was held February 23–26 at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. ...
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On Saturday, February 25, at the invitation of Polytechnique Montréal's Electrical Engineering Department, more than 40 students with science and technology training from colleges and CEGEPs across the province took part in the first edition of the “B ...
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The Mayan Cats of the Sun, a Polytechnique team made up of computer engineering and software engineering students, took first place overall at the 10th Computer Science Games, held February 24–26 at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. ...
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Swimmer Frédéric Le Blanc of the Université de Montréal Carabins, a civil engineering student at Polytechnique Montréal, was named male athlete of the week by the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ). Frédéric won three medals, including one gold, at ...
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On February 27, Compute Canada, the national platform of high-performance computing (HPC), announced the allocation of nearly $80 million in state-of-the-art computing, storage and support resources for a number of leading-edge projects across the country. ...
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The Interuniversity Research Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services (CIRAIG) is pleased to announce that the Ministère du Développement économique, de l'Innovation et de l'Exportation (MDEIE) has selected the CIRAIG to imp ...
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Canada's top researchers in natural sciences and engineering were honoured today at an awards ceremony hosted by His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. Sébastien Loranger, a master's student in engineering ...
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The Canada Council for the Arts has announced nearly a million dollars in grants to seven Canadian research leaders, among them Professor Raman Kashyap of Polytechnique Montréal. ...
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Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, announced that Strategic Project Grants will be awarded to support 70 research teams in universities in every region of the country. Based on partnerships with industry and government ...
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Researchers at Polytechnique Montréal have succeeded in changing the genetic material of cancer cells using a brand-new transfection method. This major breakthrough in nanosurgery opens the door to new medical applications, among others for the treatment o ...
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The Fondation de Polytechnique is thrilled to announce a $20,000 donation from TELUS's Montréal Community Investment Committee to the Chaire Marianne-Mareschal, whose mission is to promote engineering among women. The committee also gave $10,000 to th ...
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Polytechnique Montréal welcomed 369 visitors — a record — at the 2012 edition of its information evening for prospective students, held February 8. ...
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