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Quebec selects the CIRAIG to lead the product carbon footprint pilot project, first step in the government's $24M initiative

February 27, 2012

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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Sébastien Loranger receives NSERC André Hamer Postgraduate Prize

February 27, 2012

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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Étoiles académiques des Carabins 2023-2024: des honneurs pour 29 étudiantes-athlètes et étudiants-athlètes de Polytechnique Montréal

6 février 2025

Vingt-neuf membres de la communauté étudiante de Polytechnique font partie des 154 étoiles académiques qui ont fait preuve d'excellence scolaire lors de la dernière année universitaire. ...

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Professor Raman Kashyap receives a Killam Fellowship

February 22, 2012

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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Research teams led by professors Raman Kashyap and Sarah Dorner stand out in the NSERC Strategic Project Grants competition

February 20, 2012

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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Nanosurgery and the fight against cancer: major breakthrough at Polytechnique Montréal

February 16, 2012

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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TELUS supports Polytechnique Montréal's Magnifiscience initiative for elementary schools in Greater Montréal

February 15, 2012

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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Information evening for prospective students sets attendance record!

February 9, 2012

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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Technology developed at Polytechnique Montréal being commercialized by Biomomentum

February 8, 2012

In January, biotechnology company Biomomentum Inc. obtained a CE compliance marking from the European Union for the Arthro-BST, a technology developed in the mid-2000s by two doctoral students in biomedical engineering, Martin Garon and Éric Quenneville, ...

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Michel Meunier named Fellow of the Optical Society of America

February 1, 2012

Michel Meunier, a professor in Polytechnique Montréal's Department of Engineering Physics and holder of the Canada Research Chair in Micro- and Nano-Engineering of Materials Using Lasers, has been named a Fellow Member of the Optical Society of Ameri ...

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Two Polytechnique teams take top competition honours at the 2012 Institute of Industrial Engineering Canadian convention in Halifax

January 26, 2012

Beating out some 10 other Canadian institutions, including University of Toronto, École de technologie supérieure, Concordia University, Université Laval and several more, two teams of Polytechnique Montréal students scored a veritable tour de force when b ...

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CFI and Gouvernement du Québec award nearly $800,000 to finance a research infrastructure project at Polytechnique Montréal

January 25, 2012

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced, on January 24, 2012, an investment of nearly $400,000 to finance facilities for research on coatings and surface engineering. This is in addition to a subsidy for an identical amount from the Gouvernem ...

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Prestigious distinction for Professor David Haccoun

January 24, 2012

David Haccoun, a full professor in Polytechnique's Department of Electrical Engineering, has received the 2012 R. A. Fessenden Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for his contribution to the field of telecommunicat ...

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Seven students rewarded for their personal electrical engineering projects

January 19, 2012

On December 7, prizes were awarded to honour the best personal projects created by third-year students as part of the Projet personnel en génie électrique (personal electrical engineering project) course (ELE3000). ...

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Polytechnique students are big winners at the 2012 Jeux de Génie/Engineering Games

January 13, 2012

Polytechnique delegation leads 10 other university institutions to finish first overall at the 2012 Jeux de Génie/Engineering Games. ...

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Polytechnique publishes its 2010-2011 Sustainability Report

January 12, 2012

Prepared by the Comité de développement durable de Polytechnique (sustainable development committee-- CODDEP), in association with many members of the Polytechnique community, the 2010-2011 Sustainability Report, titled Engagés vers un campus durable (Com ...

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Retired professor Dominique Piron honoured

January 11, 2012

Retired professor Dominique L. Piron was named a Commander of the French Ordre des Palmes académiques by Bruno Clerc, Consul General of France in Montréal, on December 6. ...

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The work by the team of Professor Sylvain Martel, Director of Polytechnique Montréal's Nanorobotics Laboratory, is among Québec Science magazine's 10 top discoveries of 2011

January 10, 2012

Research work to advance of strategies for treating cancer, being conducted by Professor Sylvain Martel's Nanorobotics Laboratory team, has been selected by Québec Science magazine as one of its 10 "discoveries of the year" for 2011. Each ye ...

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Professor Samuel Pierre receives the Order of Canada

January 9, 2012

Some 60 Canadians, including Samuel Pierre, a Professor in Polytechnique Montréal's Department of Computer and Software Engineering, were recently appointed to the Order of Canada.. ...

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2011 Poly-Centraide campaign reaches... and exceeds...its goal!

December 22, 2011

Once again this year, the Poly-Centraide campaign provided members of the Polytechnique community with an opportunity to do their part to improve the lives of disadvantaged members of society by contributing to the work of the Centraide / United Way organi ...

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