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Marie-Claude Hamel, Director of Polytechnique's science camp Folie Technique, wins the jury prize at the Prix Relève d'Excellence gala for HEC Montréal alumni

May 21, 2014

The winners of the 29th edition of the Prix Relève d'Excellence (next-generation excellence awards) were announced May 15 during a gala organized by Réseau HEC Montréal, the HEC Montréal alumni association. With Charles Guay, President and CEO of Sta ...

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Samuel Pierre receives an honorary doctorate from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR)

May 20, 2014

Samuel Pierre, a professor in Polytechnique Montréal's Department of Computer Engineering, accepted his honorary doctorate at the official awards presentation on May 15 during a ceremony celebrated at the CEU atrium in UQTR's Ringuet building. ...

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Concordia and Polytechnique Montréal join forces to simulate an earthquake

May 15, 2014

Full-scale, real-time testing of the Pall Friction Damper seismic control system is producing useful data for Canada's building code ...

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Professor Julien Cohen-Adad edits a book on quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal cord (Publisher: Elsevier)

May 14, 2014

Quantitative MRI of the Spinal Cord is the first book to focus on quantitative MRI techniques with specific application to the human spinal cord. The book covers techniques such as diffusion-weighted imaging, functional MRI, magnetization transfer imaging ...

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Students recognized as part of the Individual Project in Biomedical Engineering course (GBM 3100)

May 13, 2014

On April 16, prizes were awarded for the best projects carried out as part of the Projet individuel en génie biomédical (individual project in biomedical engineering) course, GBM 3100, in winter 2014. The students showed great rigour in their work and pre ...

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Professor Christophe Caloz is nominated Distinguished Lecturer by the Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics en Engineers (IEEE)

May 12, 2014

Starting this summer, and until 2016, Prof. Caloz travel around the world to present his latest research in the chapters of the AP Society. ...

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Students rewarded as part of the personal electrical engineering project course (ELE3000)

May 5, 2014

On April 16, awards were presented for the best projects completed as part of the Project personnel en génie électrique (personal electrical engineering project) course for the 2014 winter semester. Once again, the students demonstrated great meticulousne ...

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TD Bank Group donates $1 million to Campus Montréal campaign to help fund education and research on sustainable development

April 25, 2014

TD Bank Group has donated $1 million to Campus Montréal, the joint fundraising campaign by HEC Montréal, Polytechnique Montréal and Université de Montréal. The funds will help the three institutions further develop their education and research programs in ...

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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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