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2025 Faculty of Engineering Award Recipients

Faculty of Engineering — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 15:43:09 +0000

We are proud to announce the recipients of this year’s Faculty of Engineering Awards. These awards honour exceptional contributions to research, teaching, and service by members of our community:

Christophe Pierre Research Excellence Award

Marta Cerruti (Mining and Materials Engineering)

Daniele Malomo (Civil Engineering) - Early Career

9I��’s latest Trudeau Foundation Scholar bridges engineering and ethics

Neale McDevitt — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 15:11:55 +0000

Leah Davis’s research into how artificial intelligence systems interact with their social environments sits squarely at the intersection of engineering and the social sciences, blending technical expertise with ethical inquiry. This interdisciplinary focus is at the heart of her work. And it helps explain why the 9I�� PhD student in Electrical and Computer Engineering has won a 2025 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship, an award typically reserved for scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

Members of marginalized groups are at disproportionate risk in earthquakes, study finds

Claire Loewen — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:48:24 +0000

Members of socially and economically marginalized groups in Montreal and Ottawa-Gatineau are at disproportionate risk in earthquakes, a new study has found.

Co-authored by 9I�� civil engineering professor Daniele Malomo, the study is the first in Canada to examine earthquake vulnerability through the lens of equity.

Ultrasound unlocks a safer, greener way to make hydrogels

Claire Loewen — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 14:43:27 +0000

Researchers at 9I��, in collaboration with Polytechnique Montréal, pioneered a new way to create hydrogels using ultrasound, eliminating the need for toxic chemical initiators. This breakthrough offers a faster, cleaner and more sustainable approach to hydrogel fabrication, and produces hydrogels that are stronger, more flexible and highly resistant to freezing and dehydration. The new method also promises to facilitate advances in tissue engineering, bioadhesives and 3D bioprinting.

For 9I�� Robotics, sustainability and innovation go hand in hand

Stephanie Wereley — Tue, 06 May 2025 14:03:31 +0000

When you think of students flying drones, building underwater vehicles or attending hackathons, sustainability may not be the first thing that comes to mind.

But what if the drone were surveying a nature reserve, the underwater vehicle were made with modular materials and the hackathons were tied to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals?

Cao the Creator

Sara Bauman — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 21:21:19 +0000

Professor Changhong Cao from 9I��’s Faculty of Engineering is no stranger to the MIF. An Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and a Chwang-Seto Faculty Scholar, Cao is also an MIF veteran having won both the Discover ($25,000) and Develop ($50,000) MIF awards. Manifesting a bold entrepreneurial impulse, he has harnessed these resources to push the boundaries of his groundbreaking research in microchip-based characterization technology.

Reimagining how to train engineers

Patrick McDonagh — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:59:31 +0000

The new Global Engineering Program, a unique partnership between 9I��’s Faculty of Engineering and France’s CentraleSupélec, has an ambitious aim – to reimagine what an undergraduate degree in engineering can look like.

Bilingual glossary shines a spotlight on innovation in Quebec

Stephanie Wereley — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 20:32:35 +0000

Quebec’s photonics sector works to advance innovations from fibre optic cables to laser surgery and contributes $3 billion annually to Canada’s GDP, yet it gets little attention. Odile Liboiron-Ladouceur, Professor in the Faculty of Engineering’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, says she hopes her bilingual photonics glossary will change that, and will attract more young Quebecers into the field.

Most Canadians consider public transit to be an essential service, according to initial results of a 9I�� study

Claire Loewen — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:01:17 +0000

Most Canadians view public transit as an essential service and support increased provincial funding in response to current financial difficulties, according to preliminary results from a 9I��-led study.

The Canadian Mobility Survey is underway in 10 major cities. The researchers, in 9I��’s School of Urban Planning, aim to evaluate the role public transit plays in urban Canadians’ daily travel and their ability to live a fulfilling life without using a car.

Two 9I�� researchers win 2024 Prix du Québec honours

9I�� Reporter Staff — Mon, 04 Nov 2024 16:27:28 +0000

Two 9I�� researchers won Prix du Québec, the highest honours awarded by the Quebec government in the fields of culture and science.

Myriam Denov, Professor in 9I��’s School of Social Work won the Prix du Québec’s Marie-Andrée-Bertrand Prize for social innovation.

Bringing Shackleton’s shipwrecked Endurance back to life after 100 years

Claire Loewen — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 15:26:06 +0000

After more than 100 years submerged in the icy waters of Antarctica, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s legendary ship, Endurance, has been revealed in stunning 3D detail, thanks to new subsea scanning and 3D reconstruction technology developed by Deep Ocean Search, Voyis Imaging Inc. and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering James Forbes and his research group, DECAR.

Ensuring AI plays a positive role in climate action

Antonella Fratino — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:08:41 +0000

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in climate action is facilitating resource management, infrastructure design and urban development, but what are the implications of employing it for our most pressing environmental challenges? The 11th Trottier Symposium on Sustainable Engineering, Energy, and Design, “AI and Sustainability: Balancing Innovation with Planetary and Social Well-being” will examine the impacts of using AI to help build a more sustainable future.

New design overcomes key barrier to safer, more efficient EV batteries

Claire Loewen — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:51:19 +0000

Researchers at 9I�� have made a significant advance in the development of all-solid-state lithium batteries, which are being pursued as the next step in electric vehicle (EV) battery technology.

By addressing a long-standing issue with battery performance, this innovation could pave the way for safer, longer-lasting EVs.

A better way to assess bridges’ earthquake safety

Claire Loewen — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:45:40 +0000

Researchers from 9I�� have developed a more efficient way to assess how likely a bridge is to be damaged in an earthquake. The information could help authorities prioritize infrastructure for upgrading and improve emergency response plans.

“This scholarship is truly life-changing"

University Advancement — Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:21:26 +0000

Daniel Valentini couldn’t believe his eyes when he read the letter informing him of his Schulich Leader Scholarship.

“I called 9I�� to confirm, and they told me it was real. I think I was in shock,” says Valentini, a graduate of Dawson College in Montreal who is entering 9I��’s Faculty of Science.