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ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL INAUGURATES ITS THIXOMOLDING LABORATORY: A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE MANUFACTURING

November 4, 2005

Today, in the presence of industrial partners and numerous guests, Robert L. Papineau, Director General of École Polytechnique de Montréal, and Professor Frank Ajersch officially opened the Thixomolding Laboratory, a new research facility located at the Na ...

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WORLD FIRST IN UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL INAUGURATES ITS THIXOMOLDING LABORATORY: A RESEARCH FACILITY FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE MANUFACTURING

November 2, 2005

Media representatives are invited to attend the official opening this Friday, November 4, of the Thixomolding Laboratory at the National Research Council of Canada's Industrial Materials Institute (IMI) in Boucherville, Québec. Research conducted in this world-class laboratory, the first of its kind, will focus on improving the manufacturing process of magnesium parts for use in high-performance applications in the automobile and electronics industries.

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New awards aims to encourage women in engineering

November 1, 2005

To encourage women-- who currently only account for 10% of Canada's 160,000 licensed engineers-- to opt for careers in engineering, the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) has announced the creation of four new graduate scholarships in hon ...

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Football: Ten Carabins make provincial all-star team

November 1, 2005

Ten players from the Carabins football team were named to the Québec University Football League (QUFL) all-star team, representing the highest number of players from one team. One of the players is Maxime Gagnier, industrial engineering student at École Po ...

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Awards for the best theses and dissertations

October 31, 2005

This year, three prizes were awarded for the best graduate student works: one at the doctoral level, and two at the master's level. ...

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Jacques-André Boulay a two-time winner at the ACFAS science outreach contest

October 31, 2005

Jacques-André Boulay, a master's student in Computer Engineering currently supervised by Professors Benoît Ozell (Computer Engineering) and Carl-Éric Aubin (Mechanical Engineering), took home two prizes at the 13th annual ACFAS (Association francophon ...

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APPOINTMENT NOTICE: Jean-Marc Robert, Director of the Maison des technologies de formation et d'apprentissage

October 28, 2005

Jean-Marc Robert, a professor with the Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering, has been appointed Director of the Maison des technologies de formation et d'apprentissage (training and learning technologies unit) for a three-year term tha ...

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New ride-sharing service at Polytechnique

October 26, 2005

PolySphère and COGEP, Polytechnique's environmental committees, have teamed up to offer a new ride-sharing service at Polytechnique. ...

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Polytechnique steps up its exchanges with China

October 19, 2005

Following in the footsteps of Christophe Guy and Mohamad Sawan, newly returned from Québec's trade mission to China in September, Professors Louise Millette, Raymond Desjardins and Shaocheng Ji of the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Enginee ...

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MEDIA RELEASE The Education and Career Training Show- October 12 to 15, 2005- Place Bonaventure

October 11, 2005

At this year's Salon éducation, formation carrière (Education and Career Training Show), which is taking place at Place Bonaventure from Wednesday, October 12, to Saturday, October 15, Polytechnique doesn't just present the institution: it also shines the spotlight on students who, thanks to their engineering know-how, breathe life into some extraordinary projects!

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Mohamad Sawan receives J.-Armand-Bombardier award from Acfas

October 7, 2005

Mohamad Sawan, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Polytechnique, has received the J.-Armand-Bombardier award on Thursday, October 6, 2005, from the Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas) during the organization's 61st S ...

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Professor Gilles Savard's team installs a system to increase efficiency in Canadian Armed Forces aircraft

October 7, 2005

A research team headed by Professor Gilles Savard of the Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering has installed a new airlift planning system for the Air Transport Group of the Canadian Armed Forces. In place since February 2005 at 1 Canadian ...

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Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering awards entrance scholarships

October 7, 2005

On October 6, the Department of Mathematical and Industrial Engineering awarded entrance scholarships to nine industrial engineering undergraduates. The scholarships are granted to students whose admission applications show a performance rating of above 3 ...

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Release École Polytechnique de Montréal inaugurates its Lassonde buildings, the first "sustainable buildings" erected by an educational institution in Québec A $104.9-million investment

October 3, 2005

Bernard Lamarre and Robert L. Papineau, respectively Chairman of the Board and Director General of École Polytechnique de Montréal, today officially opened the first "sustainable buildings" ever to be erected by an educational institution in Québec: the Claudette-MacKay-Lassonde and Pierre-Lassonde buildings. Also present at the ceremony were Honourable Jean-Marc Fournier, Québec Minister of Education, Leisure and Sport; Robert Panet-Raymond, Vice-President of the Fondation de Polytechnique; and two major donors, Pierre Lassonde and Lorne M. Trottier. From their earliest stages, the buildings set out to obtain LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

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École Polytechnique de Montréal inaugurates its Lassonde buildings, the first "sustainable buildings" erected by an educational institution in Québec- A $104.9-million investment

October 3, 2005

Bernard Lamarre and Robert L. Papineau, respectively Chairman of the Board and Director General of École Polytechnique de Montréal, today officially opened the first "sustainable buildings" ever to be erected by an educational institution in Qué ...

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Director General's mandate extended

September 23, 2005

Robert L. Papineau, Director General of Polytechnique, has had his mandate extended to May 2007. ...

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Polytechnique strengthens its ties with China

September 20, 2005

École Polytechnique will join the delegation accompanying Québec Premier Jean Charest to China September 21-29, 2005. ...

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Polytechnique professors introduce engineering to cégeps

September 7, 2005

In collaboration with the Regroupement des collèges du Montréal métropolitain (RCMM), Polytechnique will present a series of engineering conferences in cégeps beginning in the fall of 2005. ...

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Yannick Keith Lize honoured by the Canadian Association of Physicists

August 9, 2005

Yannick Keith Lize, a doctoral student in the Department of Engineering Physics, was recently honoured by the Canadian Association of Physicists with its CAP/NSERC Student Presenter Award. ...

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Canadian Foundation for Innovation: Three Polytechnique professors obtain "brain gain" funding

July 13, 2005

On June 29, the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced new investments to attract and retain high-calibre researchers. ...

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