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Professor Antony Patrick Sinnappa Selvadurai
With deep sorrow, we inform you of the passing of Patrick (Professor A.P.S. Selvadurai) on July 20, 2023. Prof. Selvadurai was a TISED member and his intellect, energy and enthusiasm for teaching and research will be greatly missed by all his colleagues.
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Naomi Oreskes on the science of climate change and COVID-19Â
In advance of the Trottier Symposium on SED, º«¹úÂãÎè Reporter speaks to speaker Dr. Naomi Oreskes, geologist and science historian.
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CFI invest $9.3 million in º«¹úÂãÎè researchÂ
Thirty-eight º«¹úÂãÎè research projects, and six TISED members, have received federal grants through the CFI's John R. Evans Leaders Fund, which will provide them with state-of-the-art research infrastructure needed to foster innovation.Â
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Dr. Jeffrey Bergthorson - Metal Fuels. We research. You benefit
Listen to TISED’s Associate Director Dr. Jeffrey Bergthorson's interview with the European Space Agency.Â
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Could Montreal's wastewater track the next wave of Covid-19?Â
Listen to TISED Member Dominic Frigon's interview on the Dr. Joe Show. Professor Frigon discusses his joint research with Professor Sarah Dorner, École Polytechnique, on using wastewater to track the next wave of Covid 1-19.
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Michael E. Mann: Lessons from a pandemic: Solutions for the climate crisis
An interview with climate scientist Michael Mann on the speaker of the Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy, and Design.Â
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º«¹úÂãÎè researchers awarded $1.5 million in NRC collaborative fundingÂ
The federal government’s largest research organization awards 19 projects at º«¹úÂãÎè. Included in the awards are 3 TISED members' projects: Prof. Jeffrey Bergthorson, Prof. Sylvain Coulombe, & Prof. Sasha Omanovic.
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Future Ready: The Graphene Innovators
º«¹úÂãÎè's Thomas Szkopek has fostered a research environment at º«¹úÂãÎè focused on finding the most innovative uses for a wonder material.
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º«¹úÂãÎè researchers receive over $5 million to explore new directions in researchÂ
Twenty-one º«¹úÂãÎè research projects were funded by the New Frontiers in Research Fund 2019 Exploration Grants to explore, take risks, and lead non-traditional research. Including TISED members Prof. Susan Gaskin, Prof. Dan Nicolau & Prof. David Wachsmuth
![Mehrdad Mahoutian, and Chris Stern, with one of their cement-free, carbon-negative concrete blocks.](/tised/files/tised/styles/fullwidth_breakpoints_theme_moriarty_small_1x/public/concrete_1.jpg?itok=631ufz6u×tamp=1608069964)
Clean Concrete Technology Ready For Ramp-Up
Carbicrete to launch large-scale production of carbon-negative blocks, developed at º«¹úÂãÎè.Â
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º«¹úÂãÎè’s Building Architecture Research Node (BARN)Â
The BARN project is among the nine º«¹úÂãÎè research projects which combined received nearly $45 million in funding through this CFI-IF competition
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How will the pandemic reshape Montreal?Â
TISED's own Nicholas Luka shares his view on the lasting impact of the pandemic in Montreal
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Victory lap for º«¹úÂãÎè Formula Electric
º«¹úÂãÎè winners of Formula SAE Electric 2019 describe how they Won the finish line.Â
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Some Plastic with your Tea?
Read how TISED member Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji unveils the amount of microplastic in your tea.Â
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Clean fleet vehicles. Made by great partnerships.
TISED member Benoit Boulet describes his work to "build cost-effective systems powerful enough to drive big electric vehicles"
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Abrupt Shifts In Arctic Climate Projected
Trottier Chair Prof. Laxmi Sushama describes the changes that could arise from Artic permafrost degrading.Â
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Could maple syrup extract help cut the use of antibiotics?
Watch TISED Members Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji describe how maple syrup can be used with antibiotics