Engineering sciences - Transport
Purchase subsidies boost adoption of electric cars
Laval University team sheds light on the effects of financial assistance on the acquisition of zero-emission vehicles. Incentive policies for the purchase of green, electric or hybrid vehicles are associated with an increase in their adoption, according to a study by the Faculty of Business Administration.
’I’ve made new friends’
On a closed-off street in front of École Saint-Benoît in Ahuntsic, several hundred kids are free to play after school thanks to a pilot project co-developed at UdeM's School of Public Health.
Algorithms could solve the problem of ice buildup on planes
The build-up of ice on an airplane in flight can seriously impair its ability to fly and, in extreme cases, lead to catastrophe. In Dr. David Del Rey Fernández's lab, algorithms and software are being developed to understand these processes and enhance future aircraft designs to prevent negative outcomes.
