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Graduate student in Industrial Engineering to study ergonomics of construction trades

May 12, 2005

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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NEWS Launch of a NSERC/GM Canada Industrial Research Chair An investment of more than $3 million Polytechnique and General Motors team up to design the vehicle of the future

April 27, 2005

Funding from General Motors of Canada, the Science and Engineering Research Canada (NSERC), the Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and École Polytechnique will provide Professor François Trochu and his team with more than $3 million over the next five years as they work to develop and help to commercializea new technologyies for moulding light-weight composite materials in high volumes and cost competitive for the automotive industry.

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Some Polytechnique researchers to stand before parliamentary energy committee

March 18, 2005

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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Polytechnique student honoured by the Office of Energy Efficiency

March 17, 2005

Jonathan Vianou, a mechanical engineering student at École Polytechnique, has been named "Energy Ambassador" by the federal Office of Energy Efficiency. ...

https://www.polymtl.ca/carrefour-actualite/en/news/polytechnique-student-honoured-office-energy-efficiency

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NEWS RoboCup 2005: Canada participates for the first time in the most demanding league of all

March 14, 2005

Polytechnique to represent Québec at the next Robot World Cup Soccer Games!

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Five École Polytechnique research projects receive funding from the CFI

March 11, 2005

The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) has awarded $2,758,240 in grants to support five École Polytechnique research projects. The investment was announced by the CFI on March 11, 2005, in a ceremony attended by the federal Industry Minister David Emer ...

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International kick-off for Robofoot

March 10, 2005

It's an exciting time for Robofoot! École Polytechnique's team of robot soccer players has qualified for some major international competitions. ...

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École Polytechnique's SAE Robotics team presents its projects

March 7, 2005

Following the Robofolies event at the Science Centre in the Old Port of Montréal, École Polytechnique's SAE Robotics has been invited to present its projects at the regional finals of the Expo-Sciences Bell Science Fairs from March 10 to 31. ...

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New chair at Polytechnique: the NSERC/GM Canada Industrial Research Chair

March 3, 2005

April 1 marks the official début of work by the NSERC/GM Canada Industrial Research Chair on optimizing the manufacturing of low-cost composite materials for the automotive industry. The work will be directed by Professor François Trochu. ...

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Christian Bernier, volleyball player of the year

February 17, 2005

Université de Montréal Carabins star attacker Christian Bernier has been announced as the unanimous selection as Québec's university Volleyball Player of the Year. This is the second year in a row he has won the title. ...

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NEWS A North American first in university research: École Polytechnique de Montréal inaugurates its worl-class research unit in the field of polymers, the Polynov laboratory

February 8, 2005

Robert L. Papineau, École Polytechnique de Montréal's Director General, together with Professor Pierre J. Carreau, Director of the school's Centre de recherche en plasturgie et composites (Research Centre on Polymers and Polymer Matrix Composites -- CREPEC), have officially opened the Polynov Laboratory, located in Anjou Industrial Park. Guests attending the ceremony included Pierre Reid, Québec Minister of Education; Carmen Charette, Senior Vice-President, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Jean-Luc Lavergne, President, Lavergne Group; and Rick Keller, Sales/Marketing Director, Davis-Standard.

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John B. Stirling medal awarded to Michel Aubertin

January 19, 2005

Michel Aubertin, a tenured professor in École Polytechnique's Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering, has been honoured by the Engineering Institute of Canada with the John B. Stirling Medal. ...

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Award of excellence for two Polytechnique professors at the 2004 International Symposium on RTM Composites

January 18, 2005

Two professors in École Polytechnique's Department of Mechanical Engineering department- François Trochu, a tenured professor and member of the Centre de rercherche en plasturgie et composites (CREPEC), and Raymond Gauvin, emeritus professor- were hon ...

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Professors Arthur Pelton and Christopher Bale honoured by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society

January 17, 2005

Arthur Pelton and Christopher Bale, both professors in École Polytechnique's Department of Chemical Engineering, have been presented with the 2005 Extraction & Processing Distinguished Lecture Award by the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. ...

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Polytechnique alumnus Marie-Ève Denoncourt becomes OIQ's 50,000th member

January 6, 2005

Marie-Ève Denoncourt, 24, a 2004 mechanical engineering graduate of École Polytechnique, made history recently when she became the 50,000th member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ). The young professional currently works as a production engineer ...

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Engineers Without Borders, Polytechnique Chapter, takes third prize in Canadian Appropriate Mine Action Technologies Competition (CATIMAC)

December 30, 2004

A vehicle dubbed Razmoket ("Rugrat"), designed by Mechanical Engineering students Hamady Cissé and Eric Gilles Zagre and which provides a solution to clearance of vegetation and trip wires, has earned the Polytechnique chapter of Engineers Withou ...

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Noteworthy publishing successes for Presses internationales Polytechnique

December 30, 2004

Professor Claude Marche of the Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering has received a special citation from the 2004 Prix Roberval competition, in the "Higher Education" category, for his work on dams and emergency preparedness, ti ...

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December 6, 2004- 15th commemoration Remembering and reflecting

December 1, 2004

The pain has made way for the continuation of life... but the memory of the 14 young women who lost their lives on December 6, 1989, as well as the many who were wounded physically and emotionally, lives on. ...

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Raman Kashyap named Fellow of the Optical Society of America

December 1, 2004

Raman Kashyap has been named a Fellow of the Optical Society of America in recognition of his major contributions to research into, and applications of, fibreoptics filtering, specifically Bragg gratings. ...

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NEWS Creation of Canada's largest university research centre on polymers and polymer matrix composites

November 29, 2004

Today marks the inauguration by Montréal's École Polytechnique of the largest university research centre in Canada on polymers and polymer matrix composites for industrial applications: the Centre de recherche en plasturgie et composites (CREPEC).

https://www.polymtl.ca/salle-de-presse/en/newsreleases/news-creation-canadas-largest-university-research-centre-polymers-and-polymer-matrix-composites

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