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Launch of a project to reduce pesticide use in fruit and vegetable production

May 5, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal researchers are tackling the development of next-generation exclusion nets for the fruit and vegetable growing industry. Researchers are attempting to ensure that the fruit and vegetable industry uses less pesticides, and also gener ...

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Polytechnique Montréal- where 30.2% of graduates are women

April 29, 2021

10 years ahead of Engineers Canada's goal of “30 in 30”, Polytechnique Montréal has just passed an important milestone- for the first time in its history, 30.2% of undergraduate engineering graduates were women in 2020. While Québec and Canadian fema ...

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Converting CO2 emissions into aviation fuel: Polytechnique Montréal leads an R&D project with Québec’s support

April 28, 2021

A Polytechnique Department of Chemical Engineering research group is contributing to a commercial solution for the production of a low-carbon aviation fuel. ...

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Prestigious award presented to Polytechnique Montreal's Professor Jamal Chaouki

April 28, 2021

Full Professor Jamal Chaouki (Department of Chemical Engineering), receives the Society of Chemical Industry's Kalev Pugi Award for his significant contribution to research and development projects in Canada's chemical industry. ...

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Montréal: the optimal host city set to welcome the world’s largest mathematical optimization conference

April 19, 2021

The auspicious honour of organizing the 25th edition of the world’s largest international mathematical optimization conference has just been granted to a committee chaired by a member of the Group for Research in Decision Analysis – GERAD, and Polytechniq ...

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A project is launched to make drones autonomous

April 8, 2021

Student teams affiliated with Professor Giovanni Beltrame (Department of Computer and Software Engineering) are increasingly busy these days! Part of Professor Beltrame’s team is completing preparations to participate in the IGLUNA project this July, whil ...

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Public research gets a higher profile: François Bertrand appointed to Axelys’ Board of Directors

April 7, 2021

Professor François Bertrand (who is also Senior Vice President and Vice President Academic and Research at Polytechnique), will join the Board of Directors at the new organization, set to promote public research in Québec. ...

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Polytechnique Montréal’s Professor Oussama Moutanabbir will receive $8.3 million for a project also supported by the CFI and the Government of Quebec

March 9, 2021

Full Professor Oussama Moutanabbir (Department of Engineering Physics) will receive funding for a multi-institution atomic tomography research infrastructure project, via the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) Innovation Fund. ...

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NSERC Alliance Grants: Polytechnique Montréal ranks first, winning 24% of all funds awarded to Québec universities

February 25, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal researchers have once again demonstrated their ability to kick start large-scale projects that have a concrete impact on the country’s citizens. The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) recently announ ...

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50 Polytechnique Montréal researchers among the top 2% most cited in their respective fields

February 24, 2021

Some 50 of Polytechnique Montréal’s current and former researchers appear on a prestigious list of the world's most productive and cited researchers in their respective fields, according to a Stanford University study. ...

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Software Engineering: Professors Antoniol and Khomh Receive Award for Most Influential Article of the Decade

February 18, 2021

Full Professors Foutse Khomh and Giuliano Antoniol (Department of Computer and Software Engineering) are just two of the article’s authors who will be celebrated for their achievement during the Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER) virt ...

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A Polytechnique Montreal Department of Electrical Engineering professor and a doctoral student both win Awards

February 15, 2021

Professor Ke Wu will receive the Julian C. Smith Medal, awarded by the Canadian Institute of Engineers, while doctoral student Intikhab Hussain will receive a graduate scholarship from the Microwave Theory and Techniques Society (MTT-S). ...

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Cybersecurity: Polytechnique Montréal’s community and the general public are invited to the first edition of the 24h@CTF event

February 10, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal, in partnership with the PolyHx student group, Cybereco, Desjardins, Yogosha and Maltem Canada, have set up 24h@CTF – an exciting cyber-based “capture the flag” event of interest to interest cybersecurity aficionados and rookies ali ...

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Technology start-up companies at Polytechnique Montréal get $600,000 funding boost

February 5, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal is firmly establishing itself in Québec’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, positioning itself as a pillar for technology start-ups. To this end, the university has just obtained $600,000 of funding from the Government of Quebec and the Ci ...

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A maritime cybersecurity research center is set to take form

January 28, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal's cybersecurity team is joining forces with two companies in the maritime sector to establish a maritime cybersecurity research and development center. Their goal? To secure the computer and electronic systems responsible for s ...

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A liquid pixel projector to treat surfaces with increased accuracy

January 14, 2021

It’s an innovation that could accelerate the completion of biochemical and biological tests- in addition offering entirely new vistas to researchers. A Polytechnique Montréal team recently unveiled its "pixelated chemical display", a kind of min ...

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New ENAP- Polytechnique Montréal DESS in the Management of Systems and Complex Projects for Public Interest

January 13, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal and the École nationale d’administration publique (ENAP) have announced the creation of a new joint graduate diploma (DESS) in the Management Of Complex Systems And Projects For Public Interest. ...

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The CAN-SBX 2020-2021 Challenge: PolyOrbite’s experiments will take to the skies in a stratospheric balloon

January 6, 2021

Two experiments developed by PolyOrbite, a technical group at Polytechnique Montréal, will be performed this summer using a Canadian Space Agency balloon that can reach 30 kilometres altitude. ...

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Three Polytechnique professors awarded Canada Research Chairs, in addition to federal and provincial government funding

December 16, 2020

Professors Myriam Brochu, Dominique Claveau-Mallet, and Clara Santato are leading innovative research work with support from the Canada Research Chairs Program, the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (via the Canada Foundation for Innovation- CFI), and the Govern ...

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Brielle Chanae Thorsen, sixth recipient of the Order of the White Rose

December 2, 2020

With immense pride, Polytechnique Montréal’s administration today awarded the sixth annual Order of the White Rose scholarship to Brielle Chanae Thorsen, a graduate of Queen’s University’s (Kingston, Ontario) Bachelor’s of Mechanical Engineering and Appli ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/brielle-chanae-thorsen-sixth-recipient-order-white-rose

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