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Led by Professors Martin Bernier of Université Laval and Maksim Skorobogatiy of Polytechnique Montréal, the Beyond IR project is receiving $5 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the Quebec government. Profs. Bernier & Skorobogatiy are determined, through the Beyond the frontiers of infrared photonics project, to bring together teams of researchers with complementary ...

Dirigé par les professeurs Sylvain G. Cloutier de l’École de technologie supérieure (ÉTS) et  Wei Shi de l’Université Laval,  le projet d’infrastructure « Systèmes hybrides intégrés de lumière (HiLight) » reçoit 8 millions de la Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation et du gouvernement du Québec. Les professeur Shi & Cloutier derrière le projet Hybrid integrated systems ...

Dirigé par les professeurs Martin Bernier de l’Université Laval et Maksim Skorobogatiy de Polytechnique Montréal, le projet « Dépasser les frontières infrarouges de la photonique (Beyond IR) » reçoit 5 millions de la Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation et du gouvernement du Québec.  Les Profs. Bernier & Skorobogatiy sont déterminés à travers le projet Beyond the frontiers ...

On March 19, COPL, in collaboration with EXFO and INO, held an Speech contest on the theme “Showcase your research project in 5 minutes”. This friendly competition between COPL student members attracted a dozen speakers, who impressed jury members and other spectators who attended the virtual event. The two conferences that stood out in light ...

The 1st Scientific Symposium of the Institut national de recherche scientifique – Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications (INRS – EMT) was held on February 15 and 16. This first experience was as enriching for the speakers as it was for the audience, who gained a better insight into the breadth of research themes driving the INRS ...

COPL is pleased to announce that three research projects involving its members will receive funding as part of the competition to stimulate inter-cluster collaborative projects. This initiative is made possible by the collaboration of six strategic clusters with complementary expertise: COPL, CQMF, INTRIQ, RESMIQ, RQMP and STARACOM. With this financial support, they hope that multidisciplinary ...

The year 2023 ended on a positive note for the team of Marie-Pier Lord, Réal Vallée, Martin Bernier and Michel Olivier from COPL – ULaval, with a place in the Journal Le Soleil’s list of scientific breakthroughs for 2023. In fact, the development of the first fiber laser capable of producing femtosecond pulses in the ...

Each year, Forbes magazine draws up its list of the most promising entrepreneurs under 30. To compile this list, editors and publishers, with the help of renowned independent expert judges, evaluate over 11,000 candidates based on factors such as funding, revenue, social impact, inventiveness and potential. 2024 is an exciting year for LumIR co-founder Louis-Philippe ...

A number of key players in academic research and innovation were on hand to receive the Prix Innovation issue de la Recherche Universitaire 2023, awarded to the Castor Optics and Polytechnique Montréal teams at the ADRIQ gala held on November 23. Congratulations to the winners, including our professor members Nicolas Godbout and Caroline Boudoux.

The iNORTH group, comprising ÉTS professors Ghyslain Gagnon, Sylvain G-Cloutier, Yvan Petit and Éric Wagnac, along with Calogy Solutions, CAE inc. and the Université de Sherbrooke, received the CRIAQ-RSRI (regroupements sectoriels de recherche industrielle) award at the ADRIQ gala on November 23. The award recognizes research aimed at improving and better managing the heat released ...