Quebec – Montreal – Downtown Montreal
Corporation
Quebec
Montreal
Downtown Montreal
Corporation
active
Operating name: Bureau de La Recherche
Technology and/or expertise for "environmental solutions" is provided primarily by the following Departments and affiliated Research Centres: - Agricultural Engineering (MacDonald Campus)
- Agricultural waste management, groundwater pollution control, soil conservation and reclamation.
Affiliated: Centre for Drainage Studies (drainage and irrigation, GIS). Tel: (514) 398-7773.
Biology Expert systems for ecosystem management, fate and transport of contaminants.
Affiliated: Limnology Research Centre. 6400.
Chemical Engineering Air pollution control, biotechnology, hazardous and industrial waste management. Affiliated (also with the Department of Chemistry, except Brace): Centre for Bioprocess Engineering (development of biological products, large-scale biosynthesis, downstream processing);
- Polymer McGill (ion- exchange resins, polymer adsorbents, biopolymer materials);
- Pulp - Paper Research Centre (closed-cycle technology, biological treatment of effluents, de-inking);
- Brace Research Institute (low-energy water conservation and purification systems in rural communities). Tel: (514) 398-6494.
Chemistry: With over 35 professors, 150 graduate students, and facilities and instruments to support all manner of chemical investigations, the Chemistry Department at McGill is one of
Canada's foremost. Chemical inventions to come out of McGill include: the dye for the U.S. "greenback"; isotopes; synthetic rubbers; acrylic plastics; the plastic explosive RDX; new pulp - paper products and processes; the antiviral agent 3TC; the "gene machine".
Other department capabilities include trace metal analysis, spectroscopy and infrared technology, controlled or sustained release of agrochemicals. Tel: (514) 398-6999.
Civil Engineering - Applied Mechanics: Geo-environmental engineering, physico-chemical and biological treatment of wastewater, soil decontamination, water resource management,
infrastructure deterioration assessment and rehabilitation. Affiliated: Geotechnical Research Centre (geo-environmental engineering, waste management, soil decontamination).
Tel: (514) 398-6860. Ronald Gehr Tel: (514) 398-6861;
Fax: (514) 398-7361
Dietetics - Human Nutrition, School of (MacDonald Campus) Nutritional toxicology and risk assessment, nutrition
issues in developing countries. Affiliated: Centre for Nutrition - the Environment of Indigenous Peoples (CINE) (nutrients and contaminants in food systems). Tel: (514) 398-7841.
Geography GIS and remote sensing for natural resources, environmental impact assessment.
Tel: (514) 398-4111.
Mechanical Engineering: Combustion dynamics and turbulence flows, energy management systems. Tel: (514) 398-6296.
Mining - Materials Engineering Acid mine drainage (AMD), stabilization of mine tailings, metal recovery, industrial effluent treatment.
http://www.mcgill.ca/minmat/
Natural Resource Sciences (MacDonald Campus) Ecosystem
management, natural resource management, pest management, soil and water quality.
Affiliated: Ecological Agricultural Projects (EAP) (resource centre on sustainable agriculture, project management expertise).
Occupational Health: Environmental impact assessment, indoor air quality, heavy metal toxicology. http://www.mcgill.ca/occh/
Plant Science Biological: Pest control, bioherbicides, sustainable crop production. Tel: (514) 398-7851.
Urban Planning Sustainable land use (and misuse), environmental impact assessment, GIS. Tel: (514) 398-4075.
Country of Ownership: Canada
Exporting: Yes
Primary Industry (NAICS): 541620 - Environmental Consulting Services
Alternate Industries (NAICS): 541710 - Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering and Life Sciences
611310 - Universities
Primary Business Activity: Services
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