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		Background of CIGELE and INGIVRE
		The Industrial Chair on Atmospheric Icing of Power Network Equipment (CIGELE) was inaugurated in September 1997 with an initial mandate of five years (1997-2002). Its excellent performance has led to the renewal of its mandate for two successive periods of five years (2002-2012).
		CIGELE is financed by a number of partner industrial and institutional partners, and benefits from grants from the Industrial Research Chairs (IRC) and the Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) programs of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada.
		CIGELE has been given the mandate of studying many of the phenomena associated with atmospheric icing, particularly the atmospheric icing of power network equipment. The intent of the mandate is to help advance knowledge in the field, and to publish the relevant research results. It has also received the mandate to train highly qualified researchers in the various aspects of engineering as it applies to power networks in particular. It is with this goal in mind that B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, as well as postdoctoral fellows and other researchers, are involved in the research program, in continuation with the studies already undertaken by the Chairholder of CIGELE, Prof. Farzaneh since he arrived at UQAC in 1982.
		In January 2003, a Canada Research Chair, Tier 1, on Engineering of Power Network Atmospheric Icing (INGIVRE) was granted to the Chairholder of CIGELE. This has made possible further development and expansion of research activities on atmospheric icing.