Recognition
The LARCASE team has received numerous awards in recognition of its scientific contributions to the field of aeronautics and aerospace.
Awards and distinctions
2022
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautical and Space Institute (CASI).
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named finalist for the Honoris Genius Award – Recherche ou enseignement du génie (engineering research or teaching), Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ).
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE).
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named winner of the SARES Science Award, Sustainable Aviation Research Society (SARES).
2021
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named winner of the 2021 ARA Excellence in Science Award, American Romanian Academy of Arts and Science (ARA).
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named winner of the 2021 Rodica Bărănescu Award for Technical & Leadership Excellence (also includes a statue), SAE International.
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS).
2020
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named Fellow of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM).
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named Fellow of Vebleo.
2019
- Medal awarded to Dr. Ruxandra Botez during the 26th International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM) conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Guest of Honor Diploma awarded to Dr. Ruxandra Botez during the 26th IAAM conference in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Certificate of Recognition awarded to Dr. Botez during the 21st edition of the International Conference of Scientific Research and Education, Henri Coanda Air Force Academy, Brasov, Romania.
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named Associate Fellow of the Canadian Aeronautical and Space Institute (CASI).
2018
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez recognized as the Most Highly Cited Author in the Chinese Journal of Aeronautics (source: Scopus).
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named winner of a Special award during the 2018 GLOREP conference in Timisoara, Romania: A painting created by renowned Artist Mihai Teodor Olteanu.
- Diploma of Excellence and Medal awarded to Dr. Botez for her achievements in aerospace research during the conference celebrating 100 years of Aviation in Romania (1919-2018), held at the Romanian Academy in Bucharest.
2017
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named winner of the Award for Excellence in Aerospace Engineering by the American Romanian Academy (ARA) for her international contributions to aerospace engineering and teaching.
- Dr. Lucian Teodor Grigorie named winner of the Award for Excellence in Aerospace Engineering by the American Romanian Academy (ARA) for his international contributions to aerospace engineering and teaching.
2016
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named Associate Fellow of the American Romanian Academy (ARA).
2015
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez and her team at LARCASE named winners of the Venetzia Award for work done as part of the CRIAQ MDO-505 project, Scientific and Academic category.
2014
- Presentation delivered by Dr. Ruxandra Botez selected to the short list of the 14 best papers and presentations for the selection of awards at the 2014 Greener Aviation conference.
- Second prize for the CRIAQ MDO-505 project awarded during the CRIAQ Forum to the team of Professors comprising Dr. Ruxandra Botez, Dr. Simon Joncas, Dr. Éric Laurendeau (Polytechnique Montréal), Dr. Mahmood Mamou and Dr. Brian Jahraus and his team from ARC-NRCC, along with industrial leaders Philippe Molaret from Thales Canada, Dr. Patrick Germain and Dr. Fassi Kafyeke from Bombardier Aerospace.
2012
- Model Award for Best Simulation presented by Presagis to LARCASE, under the direction of Dr. Ruxandra Botez.
- Third prize for the CRIAQ 7.1 project awarded during the celebration of the 10th anniversary of CRIAQ in March 2012 to the team comprising Dr. Ruxandra Botez, Dr. Vladimir Brailovski and Dr. Patrick Terriault (ÉTS-LAMSI), Dr. Ion Paraschivoiu (Polytechnique Montréal), Dr. Mahmood Mamou and Dr. Youssef Mébarki (ARC-NRCC), Philippe Molaret from Thales Canada, Dr. Éric Laurendeau and Dr. Fassi Kafyeke from Bombardier Aerospace, and all of their teams.
- Prestigious 2012 RTO Scientific Achievement Award presented to the NATO Section AVT-161 research team, with Dr. Ruxandra Botez representing Canada. For more information, watch a video of the ceremony.
2007
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named winner of the ÉTS Research Excellence Award for her outstanding research qualities, industrial achievements and supervision of a large number of graduating Master and PhD students in 2007.
- CRIAQ Pioneers Certificate awarded to Dr. Ruxandra Botez.
2006
- Dr. Ruxandra Botez named finalist in the Education category, YWCA Women of Merit competition.
2021
- 2021 Charles M. Manly Memorial Medal given by SAE International to Alejandro Murrieta, Ruxandra Botez, Hugo Ruiz and Sonya Kessaci as authors of the paper entitled: "Particle Swarm Optimization with Required Time of Arrival Constraint for Aircraft Trajectory", SAE Aerospace, Special Issue on ''Innovations for Sustainable Aviation'', Vol. 13(2), pp. 269-291, 2020, doi:10.4271/01-13-02-0020.
2020
- PhD Award during the Second International Symposium on Flutter and its Application (ISFA2020) given to PhD students M. Tavallaeinejad (McGill University) and Manuel Flores Salinas (LARCASE) for the paper entitled “Why Inverted Flags Flap: An Experimental Study”, authored by Tavallaeinejad, M., Paidoussis, M. P., Salinas, M. F., Legrand, M., Khein, M. and Botez, R. M., and published in the proceedings of the ISFA2020 conference held in Paris, France, May 11 to 15, 2020.
2018
- Best Poster Award given to Gueye Maimouna (internship student) during the Automated Manufacturing Engineering Department’s scientific popularization by poster competition.
- Best Presentation Award given during the 2018 ICEER conference for the paper entitled “Design and Validation of an Aerodynamic Model of Cessna Citation X Horizontal Stabilizer using both OpenVSP and Digital DATCOM” authored by Marine Segui, Matthieu Mantilla and Ruxandra Mihaela Botez. The Award was presented to Ms. Segui by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET).
- Best Paper Award given during the 2018 ICEER conference for “Aerodynamic Coefficients Prediction from Minimum Computation Combinations using OpenVSP Software” authored by Marine Segui, Matthieu Mantilla, Ruxandra Mihaela Botez. The Award was presented by the World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology (WASET).
2017
- CRIAQ MDO 505 project team headed by Dr. Ruxandra Botez (Teodor Lucian Grigorie, M. J. Tchatchuneg Kammegne, Andreea Koreanschi, Oliviu Sugar Gabor, Mohamed Guezguez, Yvan Tondji, Mahmood Mamou, Youssef Mébarki) named winner of the Morphing Wing Modeling and Simulation Award for poster No 25, entitled “Experiments on a Real Aircraft Morphing Wing” during the 41st ARA Congress.
- Georges Ghazi (PhD student) named winner of the Award for Best Teaching Assistant at Polytechnique Montréal.
- Marine Segui (Master student) named a finalist in the ÉTS scientific popularization by poster competition.
2016
- CRIAQ MDO 505 project team named winner of the Young Scientist Poster Award for the poster entitled “Morphing Architectures and Related Technologies for Wing Efficiency Improvement”. The poster was presented by Manuel Flores Salinas (PhD student) during the 40th ARA Congress.
- Poster Award in Aircraft Modeling (First Prize) given to the team comprising Alina Turculet (Master Student), Georges Ghazi (PhD Student) and Dr. Ruxandra Botez during the 40th ARA Congress. Poster entitled “Development of Aircraft Database in Cruise Flight using Equations of Motion”.
- Poster Award in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) given to the team comprising Guillaume Tatrie (internship student), Maximilien Hawawini (internship student) and Dr. Ruxandra Botez during the 40th ARA Congress.
- Poster Award in Navigation Modeling given to the team comprising Charles Romain (internship student), Alejandro Murrieta Mendoza (PhD student) and Dr. Ruxandra Mihaela Botez during the 40th ARA Congress. Poster entitled “Aircraft Trajectory Optimization to reduce Fuel Consumption in Cruise”.
- Poster Award in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) given to the team comprising Maxime Kuitche (PhD student), Marine Segui (internship student), Anais Kerroux (internship student) and Dr. Ruxandra Botez during the 40th ARA Congress. Poster entitled “Estimation of the Flight Dynamics of the UAS-S4 through its Geometry Characteristics”.
- Young Scientist Poster Award – Wind Tunnel given to the team comprising Oliviu Sugar Gabor (PhD student), Manuel Flores Salinas (PhD student), Oscar Carranza (Research Associate), Cyril Ledent (internship student), Robin Lacroix (internship student) and Dr. Ruxandra Botez during the 40th ARA Congress. Poster entitled “Numerical Modeling and Testing at the Price-Païdoussis Subsonic Wind Tunnel of Two Long Range Ground Surveillance Radars”.
- Young Scientist Poster Award – Navigation given to the team comprising Radu Dancila (PhD student), Loredana Dugulean (Master student) and Dr. Ruxandra Botez during the 40th ARA Congress. Poster entitled “Constant Altitude Cruise Trajectory Optimization for Required Time of Arrival”.
- Georges Ghazi (PhD student) named winner of the Award for Best Teaching Assistant at Polytechnique Montréal.
- Award and scholarship given to Andreea Koreanschi (PhD student) during a competition for PhD students organized by CRIAQ.
- Best Poster Award for Final Project given to Lars Rudolf Hefti (undergraduate student).
2014
- Third prize during Discovery Day Poster Competition given to Robert Felix Patron (PhD student).
2013
- Third prize during Student Aerospace Forum (SAF) given to Georges Ghazi (Master student).
2012
- Discovery Day Research Popularization Competition Award given to Souleymane Sidibe (Master student).
- Discovery Day First prize given to Master students Robin Calestreme and François Michaud.
- Best Oral Presentation Award given to Roberto Felix Patron (PhD student) for a paper entitled “Vertical profile optimization for the Flight Management System CMA-9000 using the Golden Section Search method” during the IECON conference held in Montréal, October 25 to 28, 2012.
- Second prize during Student Aerospace Forum (SAF) given to Master students Robin Calestreme and François Michaud.
2010
- Student Aerospace Forum (SAF) prize given to Romain Brisemeur, Julien Fays and Gabriel Kouba (Master students).
2008
- American Helicopter Society (AHS) award given to Sandrine De Jesus Mota (Master student).
- First prize during Student Aerospace Forum (SAF) for graduate and post-graduate students given to Sandrine De Jesus Mota (Master student).
- First prize during Student Aerospace Forum (SAF) for undergraduate students given to Nicolas Boely and Thibault Desmottes.
2007
- American Helicopter Society (AHS) award given to Patrick Dionne and Adil Marzouki (internship students).
- Student Aerospace Forum (SAF) prize for graduate and post-graduate students given to Michel Labib and Laurentiu Birla (Master students), Andrei Vladimir Popov (PhD student) and Julien Fays (internship student).
2006
- Best Oral Presentation Award given to Michel Nadeau-Beaulieu (PhD student) for the paper entitled “Ground dynamics model validation for a simulator certification”, 2006 IEEE ISIE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics, Montréal, June 9 to 13, 2006.
- Student Aerospace Forum (SAF) prize given to Sandrine De Jesus Mota (internship student).
Honour Roll
2021
- Christian Dekeuka Djitsa (master)
- Matija Marinkovic (master)
- Paul Meyran (master)
- Théo Mitard (master)
- Wade Mouhamadou (master)
- Hugo Pain (master)
- Rojo Princy Andrianantara (master)
- Felipe Schiavoni Pinto (master)
2020
- Lucas Gaillot (master)
- Georges Ghazi (PhD)
- Clara Planchon (master)
- Axel Veniant (master)
2019
- Clément Cardet (master)
- Sébastien Cosmao (master)
- Nicolas Duverger (master)
- Pierre Gagneux (master)
- Mohamed Hedi Trad (master)
- Audrey Marcat (master)
- Rodrigo Mato Cimadevila (master)
- Hugo Roinson (master)
- Elias Zohreh Nejad (master)
2018
- Rizck Dhouib (master)
- Maimouna Gueye (bachelor)
2017
- Paul Alexandre Bardela (master)
- Benoit Beulze (master)
- Bogdan Dancila (PhD)
- Alejandro Murrieta Mendoza (PhD)
2016
- Abdelfattah Chidmi (master)
- Mohamed Guezguez (master)
- Andreea Koreanschi (PhD)
2015
- Joseph Messi Achigui (bachelor)
- Oliviu Sugar Gabor (PhD)
- Jean Baptiste Vincent (master)
2014
- Jonathan Bélanger (bachelor)
- Vincent Bélanger (bachelor)
- Roberto Felix Patron (PhD)
2013
- Isabelle Cadrin (bachelor)
- Jocelyn Gagné (master)
2010
- Romain Brisemeur (master)
- Dumitru Popescu (master)
2008
- Sandrine De Jesus Mota (master)
2007
- Michel Nadeau Beaulieu (PhD)
Contact us
LARCASE is located in the Systems Engineering Department at ÉTS:
- CAE Inc. research flight simulators for Cessna Citation X and CRJ-700 aircraft: room A-3420, 1100 Notre-Dame O. St., Montreal (514 396-8800, ext. 7647)
- Hydra Technologies Drone: room A-3572, 1100 Notre-Dame O. St., Montreal (514 396-8800, ext. 7645)
- Price-Païdoussis Subsonic Wind Tunnel: room S-0003, 1050 William St., Montreal (514 396-8800, ext. 7509)
Ruxandra Mihaela Botez, Founder and Head of LARCASE
Professor and Holder of the Canada Research Chair in Aircraft Modeling and Simulation Technologies (level 1)
514 396-8560
ruxandra.botez@etsmtl.ca
Oscar Carranza, research assistant
514 396-8800, ext. 7647
oscar.carranzamoyao@etsmtl.ca