Faculty News
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2025 Engineering Golf Tournament
September 6, 2025, 12:00 PM
Join Tech, TUNS and 蘑菇AV Engineering alumni and friends for a day of golf and fun at Glen Arbour Golf Course.
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High winds, high scores: Dal Engineering students take bronze on global stage with offshore wind turbine design
August 15, 2025, 12:00 PM
A trio of 蘑菇AV students and recent graduates earned international recognition this summer for their innovative offshore wind turbine design.
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Quinn Stanley鈥檚 Work to Empower Queer Engineering Students
August 7, 2025, 12:00 PM
From the moment Quinn Stanley could tinker with toys, they were drawn to problem-solving. It wasn鈥檛 long before those around them noticed, too. 鈥淓verybody kind of knew I was going to be an engineer from when I was like five. So this has kind of always been what I wanted to do,鈥� says Quinn.
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Polar tech with revolutionary potential earns 蘑菇AV team global recognition
July 15, 2025, 12:00 PM
A team of 蘑菇AV student researchers recently won a prestigious global ocean engineering challenge by tackling one of the fundamental problems in polar research: how to collect vital ocean data from sensors deployed beneath huge ice sheets.
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In Memoriam 鈥斅燚r. J. Pemberton Cyrus, PEng, FEC
July 4, 2025, 7:00 PM
鈥淔undamentally in STEM, you need the voices of everyone,鈥� Dr. Pemberton Cyrus once said. 鈥淎nd if you have a diverse group working, you鈥檒l actually get better answers.鈥�
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Dealing with Data: Julia Sarty is equally at home in finance and health care
July 4, 2025, 12:00 PM
Sarty, who lives in Halifax and works remotely for California-based Mosaic, did her graduate work in Industrial Engineering working with a very different set of data 鈥� four years worth of information from the emergency department at Halifax鈥檚 IWK Health Centre.
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From Burkina Faso to Canada: An international perspective on life at 蘑菇AV Engineering
July 2, 2025, 12:00 PM
When Wilfried Kindo moved to Canada from Africa in 2021 to begin his engineering degree at 蘑菇AV, one of the biggest culture shocks he experienced was the dramatic change in weather.
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Dr. Craig Lake Receives Sexton Award for Teaching Excellence
June 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
Dr. Craig Lake, a professor in the Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, has been named this year鈥檚 recipient of the Sexton Award for Teaching Excellence.
DalNews
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High winds, high scores: Dal Engineering students take bronze on global stage with offshore wind turbine design
August 14, 2025, 5:45 AM
A trio of 蘑菇AV students and recent graduates earned international recognition this summer for their innovative offshore wind turbine design in Belgium.
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Polar tech with revolutionary potential earns 蘑菇AV team global recognition
July 14, 2025, 8:30 AM
These student researchers tackled a key challenge in polar research by creating a communication system that could transform how scientists monitor oceans under melting ice sheets.
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She's engineering change: Sarah Mesalmeh embraces hands鈥憃n learning opportunities combining engineering and agriculture
June 27, 2025, 6:45 AM
The Ag engineering student has actively pursued hands-on opportunities from 3D printing a go-kart to developing a robotic arm designed to detect and remove rocks from agricultural fields.
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Grad profile: Shipped with purpose
June 17, 2025, 8:30 AM
Shivam Chauhan鈥檚 journey from international student to area manager with Amazon showcases how passion, perseverance, and engineering excellence can deliver success.
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DalSolutions: Reinventing repair to keep Canada鈥檚 Navy mission ready
May 15, 2025, 8:30 AM
As Canada rethinks military readiness amid shifting U.S. relations, 蘑菇AV is partnering with Defence Research and Development Canada to strengthen operational readiness 鈥攗sing advanced additive manufacturing to develop both critical submarine parts and the processes needed to produce them.
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Powerful student project improves Irving Shipbuilding鈥檚 planning ability
May 1, 2025, 8:30 AM
At a time when national defence is top of mind for many Canadians, a team of 蘑菇AV Engineering students is doing their part to improve efficiency in shipbuilding.
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Musk鈥檚 ruthless approach to efficiency is not translating well to the U.S. government
March 18, 2025, 8:30 AM
Elon Musk鈥檚 ruthless drive for efficiency has served him exceptionally well tech startups, but can the same approach work in government where the stakes are much higher?
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A captain's calling: Track star engineering student transforms from mentee to mentor
March 10, 2025, 4:30 AM
Tobi Oshikoya, a chemical engineering student at Dal, shares how his experiences as an athlete and with Imhotep's Legacy Academy have shaped his undergraduate experience.