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Annual Symposium- St. Lawrence Chapter Priscilla Pouschat wins award for best student presentation

June 16, 2005

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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Polytechnique's fourth Journée de la recherche: a day for thought and interdisciplinarity

June 15, 2005

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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Professor Lionel Bertrand receives a Minister's Award

June 14, 2005

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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Nobel Laureate in Economics John F. Nash visits GERAD

May 31, 2005

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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Grand Prix of Canada Polytechnique's Formula SAE will be there!

May 31, 2005

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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2005 OCTAS competition Polytechnique's SOCLe team brings home the Relève universitaire award

May 30, 2005

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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Esteban: one step closer to the NASC 2005

May 24, 2005

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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SPIE awards scholarship to Yannick Keith Lize

May 13, 2005

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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Strong Polytechnique representation at 7th Forces AVENIR provincial competition

May 12, 2005

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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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. ...

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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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