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2025

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Graduation

PhD Graduations

Congrats to Jessica Gimenez for her PhD Defense.

Graduation

PhD Graduations

Congrats to Mauricio Kubaski for his PhD Defense.

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Judith Zaessinger — 1st Place, Best Paper (CSR2025)

Congratulations to Judith Zaessinger for winning First Place in the Best Paper Competition at the CSME International Congress.

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Jessica Arjona — 2nd Place, Poster Presentation Award (CREPEC)

Congratulations to Jessica Arjona for winning Second Place Poster Presentation Award at CREPEC Student Colloquium.

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Maurício — Finalist in NSERC’s Science Exposed Contest

Congratulations to Maurício for becoming one of the 20 finalists in the Science Exposed Contest promoted by NSERC. You can now vote for Maurício’s image “The plastic side of the moon” here.
Voting is open until September 21, 2025 at 11:59 pm (ET). The winning images will be announced in the fall.

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Étienne — Finalist in La prevue par l’image

Congratulations to Étienne for becoming one of the 20 finalists in the La prevue par l’image promoted by NSERC. You can now vote for Étienne’s image “Micro-bosquet de bambous” here.
Voting is open until September 21, 2025 at 11:59 pm (ET). The winning images will be announced in the fall.

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Jessica Arjona — 2nd Best Presentation, La Journée Scientifique ITechSanté

Congratulations to Jessica Arjona for receiving the Second-Best Presentation Award at La Journée Scientifique ITechSanté at ÉTS

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Jessica Arjona — 1st Place, “My Thesis in 3 Minutes” competition

Congratulations to Jessica Arjona for winning First Place in the “My Thesis in 3 Minutes” competition at the Congrès annuel des étudiants chercheurs de l’ÉTS (CAÉC) held on March 12.

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Jessica Arjona — Travel Grant, International Clay Conference (Dublin)

Congratulations to Jessica Arjona on being awarded the Travel Grant from the Clay Minerals Society to present her work at the International Clay Conference in Dublin.

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Jessica Arjona — TBlair Jones/Jane Flynn Award

Congratulations to Jessica Arjona for receiving the Blair Jones/Jane Flynn Award, which is given annually to the highest-rated travel grant application in memory of Professor Blair Jones and Jane Flynn.

Event

Special PolymerÉTS Seminar

Prof. Danilo Carastan, Prof. Anne Chinellato, Prof. Guilhermino Fechine, Prof. Patrick Lee, Prof. Hani Naguib, Prof. Cyrille Sollegoub, Prof. Suel Vidotti

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Seminar — Prof. Arjmand

Program: Advanced Soft Electromagnetic Shields

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CSME International Congress

For more information, visit the CSME website.

Event

Seminar — Prof. Naguib

Program: Advancing Polymeric Aerogels: From Monoliths to Ultra-Flexible Films and Fibers with AI-Guided Discovery

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Seminar — Prof. Raquez

Program: Harnessing 3D Printing for Designing Advanced Polymeric Materials with Adaptive Features

2024

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Étienne Beaudoin — First Jury Price at 2024 Preuve par l'image contest

Congratulations to Étienne Beaudoin on winning the first Jury Price in the 2024 Preuve par l'image contest.
You can see his photography (Tenir à un fil) here !

Graduation

PhD Graduations

Congrats to Samira Karimi, Nourin Sultana, and Gabriel Pinto for their PhD in 2024.

Event

Seminar — Prof. Pierre Lambert

Program: Soft microrobotics — crossing point between mechanics, small scale, and compliance

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Seminar — Prof. Ricardo Castro

Program: Grain Boundary Engineering in Nanoceramics

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Seminar — Prof. Ulrike Staudinger

Program: Functional polymer composites with conductive carbon nanostructures for electrical and sensory applications

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Seminar — Prof. Gelareh Momen

Program: Hydrophobic polymer coatings for anti-icing applications