FRQNT Strategic cluster grant renewal
Following the submission of our application for renewal of the strategic cluster grant to the FRQNT, and the meeting with the visiting committee, we are now waiting for the final decision from Fond de recherche Québec which we should receive by the end of the month of April. Meanwhile we continue on with our various activities with increasing motivation. We will continue to promote our members by highlighting their respective research by publishing their profile, right here in this monthly newsletter.
4th edition of the ReSMiQ Innovation day (RID2015)
Following the success of the RID2014 (see Signal Vol.6 no.4) we are preparing the next edition which will be held on September 17th. Participants will attend the keynote speeches, discussion panel and numerous presentations by representatives from academia and industry. A special session is dedicated to the presentation of undergraduate and graduate student projects where they will demonstrate their scientific and technical expertise during a competition where each presenter will display their project via a technical demonstration, a live experiment. Prizes will be awarded to the best presentations. The project application deadline is April 17, 2015. Visit resmiq.org to see all the details. We are counting on all members to encourage their students in participating.
Annual symposium and scientific poster competition
The scientific poster competition for graduate students, organized for the 6th year, attracted a record number of proposals. The selected posters will be presented at our annual symposium in the 83rd Conference of ACFAS to be held in Rimouski. Please note that the date has been changed and that the symposium will be held on Friday, May 29, 2015.
Seminar
Dr. Philipp Häfliger from the Nanoelectronics Group of the University of Oslo presented a seminar entitled “Microelectronics for the Body and for Space: The Nanoelectronics Group at the University of Oslo” at Polytechnique Montréal, organized by Montréal Chapters of the IEEE Solid State circuit society (SSCS) and the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (CASS), and ReSMiQ.
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NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS
Exposure
– Dr. Sawan from Polytechnique Montréal welcomes Dr. Philipp Häfliger from the Nanoelectronics group of the University of Oslo in Norway as part of a sabbatical leave.
Achievement
– Drs. Savaria, Langlois and Boyer from Polytechnique Montréal, and Dr. Abdi from Concordia received a collaborative research and development grants from NSERC with Ericsson.
– Dr. Miled from Université Laval received an ENGAGE grant from NSERC with FlowJEM.
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Involvment
– Dr. Peter from Polytechnique Montréal welcomes the 9th International summer school organized by the international research network on Nano and Micro Systems (NAMIS) to be held at Polytechnique Montréal from June 29 to July 3, 2015. More details
RESMIQ’S ACTIVITIES
Seminars
ReSMiQ in collaboration with the Montréal Chapters of the IEEE Solid State Circuits Society (IEEE-SSCS) and of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (IEEE-CASS) invites you to attend the following seminar to be held on April 13, 2015, at 10:00 am at Polytechnique Montréal.
Speaker: Camilla Baj-Rossi , École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Title: Implantable Device for Monitoring Drugs and Metabolites in Small Animals for Applications in Personalized Medicine
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Intensive course
ReSMiQ in collaboration with the Montréal Chapters of the IEEE Solid State Circuits Society (IEEE-SSCS) and of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society (IEEE-CASS) invites you to attend the following seminar to be held on May 14, 2015, at 10:30 am at Polytechnique Montréal.
Speaker: Carlos Galup-Montoro , Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil
Title: Ultra-Low-Voltage (ULV) IC Design
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Financial support and Scholarships
– Financial support for undergraduate students
A financial support of 2000$ for 3 month starting May 1st for undergraduate students supervised by a member of ReSMiQ.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 7 2015.
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– Microsystems Experimental Demonstration Competition
Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to demonstrate their scientific and technical expertise during the 4th edition of the ReSMiQ Innovation Day by submitting their project. More than 5 000$ in awards.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 17 2015.
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SIGNAL is the main monthly information medium of the Microsystems Strategic Alliance of Québec (ReSMiQ). This newsletter aims to be an active link between the members of ReSMiQ and all individuals who have an interest in research and innovation in microsystems. We commit ourselves to promote in it our members’ research and increase ReSMiQ’s visibility.
ReSMiQ is a group of researchers in an interuniversity research center that can count on the support of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) and ten (10) Quebec universities involved in microsystems research.
Daniel Massicotte received the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnique Montréal, Quebec, Canada. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Université du Quebec à Trois Rivieres (UQTR). He is also Head of the Research Group in Industrial Electronics and Founding President and Chief Technology Officer of Axiocom Inc. He is the author or coauthor of more than 125 scientific papers in internationals conferences and journals as well as author or coauthor of seven invention patents. He was visiting professor and researcher at several universities in France, Chile, and Poland. Prof. Massicotte received the Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence awarded by the Canadian Microelectronics Corporation (CMC), the PMC-Sierra High Speed Networking and Communication Award, and Complex Multimedia/Telecom IP Design Contest from Europractice and the ReSMiQ Recognition Award for outstanding contributions to the center outreach. He was Chairman of the IEEE-NEWCAS Conference 2014. 
