Convocation 2024: A passionate science and engineering enthusiast with a thirst for excellence – Faculty of Science and Engineering

Convocation 2024: A passionate science and engineering enthusiast with a thirst for excellence – Faculty of Science and Engineering
At the age of twenty-five, Louis-Philippe Noel has achieved many accomplishments. A water engineering student has received the first University Merit Award, awarded by the Foundation of the Order of Engineers of Quebec, for the excellence of his academic record and commitment within his community. A triathlete, he has qualified for the Half Ironman World Championships in the USA and Finland and will travel to New Zealand at the end of the year. A former captain of the Laval University water treatment team, he won inter-university competitions with his team in California.

Thanks to this road map, he was appointed as the pallbearer at the CSE meeting, on the morning of June 18, at the Quebec City Convention Centre. “I was really happy with my choice,” he said in an interview a few days ago. It rewards my efforts, but there are a lot of people who let me do it: my parents, my girlfriend, my friends, my teachers. It highlights everyone who has helped me in this wonderful career.

In preparing his speech, Louis-Philippe Noël also wanted to speak on behalf of his peers: “Today, it is our turn to use our curiosity and our learning to shape the world of tomorrow. However, if science has the power to improve our world, it also has the power to destroy it. It is therefore up to We have this great responsibility to ensure that progress does not coincide with regret. As the French writer Rabelais reminds us: “Science without conscience leads only to the destruction of the soul.”

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