Mahdi Dialden
Study examines player safety in hockey games
September 15, 2020Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer SFU PhD student Olivia Aguiar and her team at the Injury Prevention and Mobility Laboratory have conducted research on the impact of physical incidents amongst the SFU men’s hockey team. The project began in 2014, and Aguiar joined as part of her graduate studies in 2017. The aim was to attend SFU men’s university-level hockey games and record hits throughout the games. In an interview with The Peak, Aguiar explained their process: “We set up cameras around the rink, so we [were] recording what’s going on simultaneously with the game camera, and [captured] head-impact…
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SFU to introduce its own virtual private network
September 12, 2020Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer SFU has prepared a new Virtual Private Network (VPN) service ready to launch in September. This will allow students to connect directly to SFU servers and enables them to send and receive data that…
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SFU alumnus working on viral-resistant bath products
September 9, 2020Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer SFU Alumnus Ravi Bansal-Beech, the cofounder of Valley Acrylic Bath, has been working on sinks and bathtubs that fight viral transmission. This is made possible by using innovative materials such as acrylic, that provides a…
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SFU Athletics retires the “Clan” name
September 7, 2020Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer The Simon Fraser Clan name has officially been resigned. The decision came after pressure from students and alumni at SFU to change the name due its negative connotations, since "clan" was often associated with white-supermacy…
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