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To promote the development of new products that help the construction and building management industry stay competitive and conquer new markets, Contech has awarded an innovation prize annually for the last 18 years. École Polytechnique has won the 2005 Tr ...
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On Monday, November 7, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced new funding aimed at attracting and retaining high-calibre researchers. ...
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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 National Research Council of Canada's Industrial Materials Institute (IMI-NRC) in Boucherville, Québec. The research conducted in the laboratory -- the first of its kind in the world -- will focus on optimizing the manufacturing of magnesium parts for use in high-performance applications in the automobile and electronics industries.
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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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PolySphère and COGEP, Polytechnique's environmental committees, have teamed up to offer a new ride-sharing service at Polytechnique. ...
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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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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, 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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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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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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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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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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Robert L. Papineau, Director General of Polytechnique, has had his mandate extended to May 2007. ...
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École Polytechnique will join the delegation accompanying Québec Premier Jean Charest to China September 21-29, 2005. ...
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