Graduate Students

Startup Finances

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:16:11 +0000

In this workshop, you'll learn how venture capitalists (VCs) typically value an early-stage innovation-driven venture.

Startup Funding

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:17:25 +0000

Now that you have a grasp on how much money you need, this workshop will focus on the "deal".

Startup Law 101

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:11:45 +0000

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on issues such as incorporation, governance, fundraising, and selecting the ide

11th Annual Celebration of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:19:21 +0000

Over the past twelve years, the 9I�� Engine Centre has been supporting entrepreneurially-minded 9I�� technological innovators. Our annual

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #3 – Startup Law 101

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:13:15 +0000

Led by a team of caseworkers from Compass Startup Legal Clinic, this workshop provides startup founders with a clear path through the legal landscape, offering insight on important considerations such as

Impactful Connections: Celebrating Women Innovators and Entrepreneurs

admin — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 15:15:21 +0000

Join us for a networking event dedicated to women innovators & entrepreneurs looking to forge meaningful connections.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #4 - Foundations of IP and Patent Searching

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:30:06 +0000

This workshop will demystify and explain the various form of intellectual property (IP), namely, patents, industrial designs, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #5 - Market Research and Analysis of Competition

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:32:18 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview of the different types of market research, how to analyze the competition, and the resources available at 9I�� to perform market research.

Pre-Startup Skills: Workshop #6 - Customer Discovery

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:34:14 +0000

This workshop will provide an overview on the customer discovery process and then delve deeper into how to conduct customer interviews and how to iterate on your business model canvas.

9I�� researchers awarded $9.7 million in CFI funding

admin — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 16:08:32 +0000

Thirty-two 9I�� research projects have received new funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation's for investments in research infrastructure to support their innovative projects, for a total federal investment of $9.7 million.

Welcome to MC 707: our new BioEng Teaching Lab!

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 17:39:39 +0000

The Department of Bioengineering is pleased to announce that our new teaching laboratory is now open in the McConnell Engineering Building! This new space will support hands-on learning and student training in a modern, well-equipped environment.

A big thank you to everyone who contributed to making this new lab a reality. We look forward to seeing the incredible work that will come out of this space in the semesters ahead!

This lab is an exciting addition to our existing teaching facilities currently housed at UQAM.

Prof. Ignea receives two Faculty Scholar Awards

admin — Thu, 29 May 2025 13:48:38 +0000

The Department of Bioengineering congratulates Professor Codruta Ignea on receiving two prestigious Faculty Scholar Awards:

Scott Taylor ELATE Faculty Scholar in Engineering Education Research - from ELATE
John M. Bishop & family Faculty Scholar in Sustainable Engineering and Design - from TISED

Virtual Exhibition in 9I�� Libraries Featuring Prof. Reznikov’s Research

admin — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 13:07:34 +0000

The Department of Bioengineering invites you to come to the 9I�� Libraries and examine digital 3D reconstructions of rare objects preserved in various Montreal museums! Using touch tables the size of a TV screen installed at the Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering, and the McLennan Library Building, you can zoom and rotate 3D models as part of a virtual natural history museum.

Prof. Mahshid Inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:09:01 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Sara Mahshid on being inducted into the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholar, Artists and Scientists! Read more here.

Associate Professor Mahshid!

admin — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 13:54:27 +0000

We are delighted to announce that Professor Sara Mahshid has been awarded tenure! Please join us in celebrating this well-deserved recognition.

A congratulatory message from our Department Chair, Adam Hendricks: "Congratulations, Sara! Your contributions to the department and university over the past several years have been truly impressive. I’m honored to have you as a colleague."