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Two Polytechnique professors ranked among the world’s most productive software engineering researchers

August 17, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal’s Full Professors Giuliano Antoniol and Foutse Khomh from the Department of Computer and Software Engineering, are ranked among the world’s most productive researchers, as per two criteria: number of published articles and conferenc ...

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Rovers: PolyOrbite will represent Polytechnique Montréal at the Canadian International Rover Challenge competition

August 12, 2021

For the first time, the Polytechnique Technical Society will participate in a rover skills competition to be held in Drumheller, Alberta, August 13-16, 2021. ...

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Professor Michèle Prévost elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering

August 9, 2021

Full Professor Michèle Prévost from the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, received the distinction for her exceptional achievements and long service to the profession of engineering. ...

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A "made in Quebec" rocket launcher

Before conducting its first test flight, Reaction Dynamics is testing its hybrid engine for efficacy and safety at a test site in Joliette (Photo: Reaction Dynamics) Three years after leaving Polytechnique Montréal, Bachar Elzein is preparing for the da ...

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An “optical nose” to sniff out dairy farm GHG emission reductions

An “optical nose” developed by Yves Alain Peter's team was tested earlier this summer at McGill University's Macdonald Experimental Dairy Farm. (Photo: Marc-Antoine Bianki) Just like Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson, Yves-Alain Peter's labo ...

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Roaming robot swarms set to explore Lunar and Martian caves

The swarm of rovers from Polytechnique's MIST Laboratory have mapped a site reminiscent of the Moon and Mars at the Canadian Space Agency. (Photo: Marcel Kaufmann) If you visit the Polytechnique Montreal campus over the next few days, it's ver ...

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Professor Samuel Pierre receives Engineers Canada's Gold Medal

June 28, 2021

Samuel Pierre is the first Polytechnique Montréal faculty member to receive Engineers Canada's most prestigious award. ...

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Bubbles exploring the brain

Spatiotemporal Ultrasound Localization Microscopy can reveal a whole world hitherto inaccessible to medical teams. On the right, the image of a mouse brain without image processing, and on the left, after microbubbles localization (Photo: Chloé Bourquin ...

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Canada Research Chairs Program: Chair renewal for Polytechnique Montréal's Professor Julien Cohen-Adad

June 22, 2021

The Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging has been renewed for a five year period by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada- NSERC. ...

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Discovery grants: Polytechnique Montréal obtains nearly $3,9 million for research programs

June 22, 2021

Research programs led by 23 Polytechnique researchers receive support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council- NSERC. ...

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Humanities: Polytechnique Montréal researchers involved in research projects and partnerships

June 22, 2021

Ten Polytechnique researchers are participating in research initiatives supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada- SSHRC. ...

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Transport logistics: a new SCALE AI Chair at Polytechnique

June 16, 2021

The Canadian Supercluster Specializing in Artificial Intelligence (SCALE AI) today announced the creation of a Research Chair in Transport Logistics headed by Associate Professor Thibaut Vidal, from Polytechnique Montréal's Department of Mathematics ...

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NSERC CREATE program: Polytechnique Montréal involved in two training and mentoring programs

June 14, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal Professors Foutse Khomh and Abolfazl Mohebbi are co-applicants of highly qualified research personnel training programs that have received support from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). ...

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Aeronautical research and training: Polytechnique Montréal and Safran sign a new five-year agreement

June 8, 2021

Polytechnique Montréal and Safran- one of the largest equipment manufacturers in the propulsion and aeronautical, space and defense equipment industries have announced the signing of a new framework agreement that by 2025, will permit the start of several ...

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Telework and well-being- not always fast friends

Guaranteeing access to parks via active modes of transport fosters equity between citizens, regardless of age or income level, says Professor Geneviève Boisjoly. (Photo: Catherine Lacroix-Couture). Teleworking- a source of well-being? Not necessarily, a ...

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Compostable electronic devices- courtesy deep sea ink!

May 26, 2021

It will still take a few more years before biodegradable organic molecules are used in our electronic devices- however, that day is inching closer with today's announcement of new results from Professor Clara Santato's laboratory in the Departme ...

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Polytechnique Montréal launches the "Le labo 2500" blog

May 25, 2021

Polytechnique has a new voice, with the launch of a general interest science blog written by Martin Primeau, a seasoned science journalist and member of the Communications and Public Relations Service. ...

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Autopsy of a bridge

Before disappearing entirely from Montréal’s skyline, the “old” Champlain Bridge will reveal a few of its secrets. (Photo: JCCBI) In the shadow of the new Samuel-De Champlain Bridge, workers have been busy since last autumn dismantling its older sibling ...

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When the circus comes to... the lab!

Charlotte Dubost (photo : Anne-Marie Lambert-Chevrier) When Charlotte Dubost decided on a rather unconventional subject for her Master’s degree in engineering, she approached a handful of professors on both sides of the Atlantic. The result? Polytechniq ...

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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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