The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded $32.4 million over three years to 70 applicants in the 2011 Strategic Project Grant competition. The research teams led by Raman Kashyap, professor in the Department of Engineering Physics and Department of Electrical Engineering, and by Sarah Dorner, professor in the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, are among the recipients.

Research teams at Polytechnique Montréal

The team led by Professor Dorner is working on the dynamics of microbial contaminants in water sources. The project aims to develop better tools for identifying and prioritizing sources of microbiological contamination infiltrating sources of potable water. Grant amount: $501,349

 The grant awarded to Professor Kashyap's research team will serve to finance the project NORTH-Détection hétérodyne pour le transport des signaux radio sur fibre. This project will deal with the manufacturing and conditioning of ultra-fine ray lasers. It will also make it possible to combine photonics and microwaves in order to provide a simple fibre-optics radio communication system. The laser has numerous applications in spatial detection and metrology. Grant amount: $178,000 

About the NSERC Strategic Project Grants

The NSERC Strategic Project Grants help Canada reach its priority goals in the realm of science and technology.  The grants principally aim to increase research and training in targeted areas that could strongly influence Canada's economy, society or environment within the next 10 years. They also aim to encourage collaboration between university researchers and industry and government partners.

Our sincerest congratulations to professors Dorner and Kashyap!

To read about Professor Dorner's expertise, click here.

To read about Professor Kashyap's expertise fact sheet, click here.

To see the list of the 70 projects accepted, click here.

To visit the NSERC website, click here.