Media representatives are invited to attend the official opening of the Laboratoire d'assemblage et d'encapsulation de microsystèmes électroniques (Electronic Microsystems Assembly and Encapsulation Laboratory -- LASEM). Located at Polytechnique, the laboratory -- the only one of its kind in Canada -- gives university researchers and industry members access to highly specialized equipment used to implement microsystems for such diverse applications as electronic medical devices, microelectromechanics and telecommunications.

This state-of-the-art facility represents enormous possibility: from respiratory stimulators to computer memory chips, Polytechnique now has the know-how and tools to design it!

Guests will include:  Manon Harvey, Vice-President of Corporate Services, Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI); Guy Demers, Director-General, Teaching and University Research, Ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport; Pierre-Olivier Roy, Director of R&D programs, Victhom Human Bionics; Dr. Mohamad Sawan, Full Professor with Polytechnique's Department of Electrical Engineering and Director, LASEM; and Robert L. Papineau, Director General, École Polytechnique.

DATEBOOK

WHAT: Official opening of the Laboratoire d'assemblage et d'encapsulation de microsystèmes électroniques (Electronic Microsystems Assembly and Encapsulation Laboratory -- LASEM)
 
WHEN:  Monday, November 28, 2005
11 a.m. - Inauguration speeches and question period
Noon -    Technical demonstrations
Cocktail reception
  
WHERE:  École Polytechnique de Montréal - Room B-203
Main Building
Université de Montréal campus
2,500 Chemin de Polytechnique

INFORMATION:  
Chantal Cantin
École Polytechnique de Montréal
Tel.: (514) 340-4711, ext. 4970
Cell: (514) 916-2399
chantal.cantin@polymtl.ca