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Between teaching in the Department of Electrical Engineering and conducting research into telecommunications, Professor Christian Cardinal still finds time to make music - jazz, to be specific. In fact, Mr. Cardinal has just launched his first album, Djang ...
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Archimède returns from the 8th International Submarine Races with a respectable third place in the two-person, propeller-driven category. ...
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Philippe A. Tanguy, professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, was recently appointed to the founding commission of the Hassan II Academy of Science and Technology. The commission is responsible for creating the Académie des sciences du Maroc, co ...
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Portrait de femme I, a painting by Nicole Roy, Assistant to the President at École Polytechnique, was honoured at the 13th Salon des arts visuals in Brossard in May 2005. The work was featured on the cover of the Brossard Éclair on May 5. Well known at Pol ...
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Founded in 1886, Sigma Xi is an honour society that brings together scientists and engineers from around the world to promote original scientific research. The Montréal chapter, established at McGill University and composed of academic, government and indu ...
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Imagine a day when the paralysed will be able to control robotic arms through thought alone, when tiny electrodes lodged in the brain will provoke electric sparks for the blind to see again, or when amputees will walk with artificial legs controlled by the ...
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On June 22, 2005, Québec Premier Jean Charest awarded medals of the Ordre national du Québec to 44 people who, through their unwavering commitments, have made outstanding contributions to the prestige and reputation of the Province of Québec. Among those h ...
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École Polytechnique held its 2005 convocation ceremony before more than 2,000 people at the Basilica of Saint Joseph's Oratory on Saturday, June 18. ...
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In senior management, the terms of Christophe Guy, Executive Director, Research and Innovation, and Louise Jolicoeur, Executive Director of Institutional Affairs and General Secretary, have been renewed until May 31, 2009. With respect to the departments, ...
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Priscilla Pouschat, a master's student in mining engineering under the guidance of Gérald J. Zagury, a professor in the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, won the first ex-aequo award for the best student presentation at the 9th A ...
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With the fourth annual Journée de la recherche (Research Day) held on June 2, 2005, Polytechnique has once again succeeded in addressing scientific issues from a social perspective, while encouraging exchanges between professors, students, contributors and ...
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Lionel Bertrand, a full professor in the Department of Engineering Physics, has received a Prix du Ministre de l'Éducation from the Québec Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports for his Lasers course material, which Mr. Bertrand designed for und ...
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John F. Nash, winner of the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences, gave a plenary talk as part of the 2005 Optimization Days, organized this year by the Groupe d'études et de recherche en analyse des décisions (Research Group in Decision Analysis-- GERAD) ...
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Students in the Formule SAE-Poly technical society will unveil their 2005 prototype at the "Grande Fête de la course" at Place Jacques Cartier and Place Vauquelin in Old Montréal, from June 10 to 12, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. ...
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The Fédération de l'informatique du Québec (FiQ) announced the winners of the 19th annual Concours des OCTAS competition at the gala evening held on May 28 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The SOCLe tool, developed entirely by Polytechnique stud ...
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École Polytechnique de Montréal's solar vehicle Esteban III came through with flying colours at the preliminary qualifying session of the North American Solar Challenge 2005 (NASC 2005), held in Topeka, Kansas, from May 16 to 20. ...
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The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) has awarded a $2,000 scholarship to Yannick Keith Lize, a Polytechnique graduate student who is working toward his PhD in photonics. ...
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A record number of entries were submitted by Polytechnique teams for the seventh edition of the province-wide Forces AVENIR competition, "Des modèles à suivre" ("Role Models to Look Up To"). And it would certainly appear that Polytechni ...
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Marie-Ève Chiasson, a PhD student in Industrial Engineering, has received a $36,000 bursary from the l'Institut de recherche Robert-Sauvé en santé et en sécurité du travail (Robert-Sauvé Institute for Research into Workplace Health and Safety-- IRSST) ...
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As part of its research into the context, stakes and issues of the Québec energy sector, the provincial legislature committee on energy recently heard two professors from École Polytechnique's Department of Electrical Engineering. ...
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