Faculty News
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SUSTAINABILITY FEATURES POWER IDEA AND DESIGN BUILDINGS TO FIRST PLACE IN INTERNATIONAL DESIGN COMPETITION
May 5, 2021, 12:00 PM
Dal's Emera IDEA and Richard Murray Design buildings won first place worldwide in the 'Educational Facilities - New' category at ASHRAE's 2020-2021 Technology Awards, an international competition celebrating energy efficiency and sustainability in building design.
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Faraj Shahrstan Awarded Scholarship
May 5, 2021, 12:00 PM
Faraj Shahrstan and I am a Master of Applied Science Student in Structural Engineering at Dalhousie University. I completed my undergrad degree in Civil Engineering at Dalhousie and am the President and founder of the Dalhousie American Concrete Institute (ACI) Student Chapter.
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Recognizing leadership: Alexandra Fenton
April 23, 2021, 12:00 PM
Alexandra Fenton has been formally recognised by Actua for her leadership as Executive Director at SuperNOVA at Dalhousie University for 5 years.
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Order of the White Rose Scholarship
April 22, 2021, 12:00 PM
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Rayleigh Solar Tech's Future Shines Bright
April 12, 2021, 12:00 PM
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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING DEAN ON A YEAR OF DISRUPTION AND CHANGE
March 31, 2021, 12:00 PM
John Newhook, dean of the Faculty of Engineering, opens up about the connections between engineering and public health, the future of engineering education at Dal and more.
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Visualizing Steel Connections With Dalhousie’s New Teaching Aid
January 13, 2021, 12:00 PM
In December 2020, Dalhousie University lowered a brand-new Steel Teaching Aid into its new home on Sexton Campus. Steel Teaching Aids help students visualize how steel shapes are joined to form the frameworks in buildings, towers, bridges, and other structures.
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Faculty member granted 2021 EIC Fellow
December 16, 2020, 12:00 PM
Ya-Jun Pan named 2021 EIC Fellow (FEIC) for “excellence in engineering and services to the profession and to society”.
DalNews
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Sustainability features power IDEA and Design buildings to first place in international design competition
May 5, 2021, 8:30 AM
Dal's Emera IDEA and Richard Murray Design buildings won first place worldwide in the 'Educational Facilities - New' category at ASHRAE's 2020-2021 Technology Awards, an international competition celebrating energy efficiency and sustainability in building design.
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'We’ve gained the confidence to try new things': Faculty of Engineering dean on a year of disruption and change
March 31, 2021, 8:30 AM
John Newhook, dean of the Faculty of Engineering, opens up about the connections between engineering and public health, the future of engineering education at Dal and more.
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In support of vaccination efforts, Dalhousie comes to the table with tables (and chairs)
March 26, 2021, 8:30 AM
Hundreds of Dalhousie's tables and chairs that are typically used during exam season are on loan to Public Health to help support a large COVID-19 immunization clinic.
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Two Dal Engineering students earn first‑place prize in national competition
March 19, 2021, 10:00 AM
Kayleigh Landers and Annika Benson competed against seven other teams in this year’s Canadian Engineering Competition, emerging on top with their design of an accessible campus and the repurposing of salmon cages.
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Student societies at Dal 'choose to challenge' gender bias and inequality
March 8, 2021, 9:24 AM
This past Monday marked International Women’s Day 2021. We spoke to presidents of the Women in Engineering and Women in Technology student societies about their groups’ origins, why they are still needed today and what they’ll be celebrating this year.
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Dal engineering students design MRI simulator to lessen kids' fears of test
February 19, 2021, 8:30 AM
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
January 8, 2021, 8:30 AM
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
December 10, 2020, 9:30 AM
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.