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Engineering News from Dal News
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Dal engineering students design MRI simulator to lessen kids' fears of test
Jonathon Betteridge, who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in May 2020, worked with fellow students last year to build the simulator, now in use at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.
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Testing the waters: Project to detect COVID‑19 early through wastewater expands across Nova Scotia
Dal and partner researchers have begun collecting human wastewater samples at sites across Nova Scotia in an ambitious project that could help detect the presence of the virus that causes COVID-19 well before it can spread.
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Putting students first: Engineering prof takes cues from in‑person experiences for pandemic‑era classes
When it became clear to Kyle Tousignant that he'd be moving his courses online this fall, the assistant professor in Dal's Faculty of Engineering looked to his past experiences with students for inspiration in plotting a path forward.