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Challenge: to create an advanced materials academy
Published on November 6, 2024
Delphine Bouilly, Université de Montréal’s representative on the executive of the Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe (RQMP), and her colleagues will set up the Advanced Materials Academy (AMA), a new initiative to enrich graduate training in advanced materials. The project is made possible by a $1.65M grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) CREATE (Collaborative Research and Training Experience) program.
Contributing to the professional development of the next generation
Delphine Bouilly, Director of IRIC’s Electronic Nanobiosensor Design and Application Research Unit, is the AMA project leader within the RQMP. Eleven other professors from Université de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, McGill University and Polytechnique Montréal are participating in the Academy.
“The AMA will offer a scholarship program as well as an innovative, interdisciplinary training program for student members of the RQMP,” says Professor Bouilly.
Sustainable development, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, ethics and knowledge transfer are just some of the professional development skills that will be included in the program.
The Academy will offer a comprehensive approach to recruitment, hands-on workshops in state-of-the-art facilities, immersive international or industry experiences, diversified training covering technical and professional skills, an annual international summer school, as well as mentoring and inclusive networking activities.
The program is aimed at graduate students in chemistry, physics or engineering in the advanced materials field, who are under the supervision of RQMP members and who wish to deepen their knowledge in the field, develop new professional skills and better prepare themselves for the job market.
