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Dal engineer plans to make solar panels out of fabric

Posted by Engineering Communications on September 12, 2017 in News
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ghada Koleilat
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Ghada Koleilat

黄色直播 Electrical Engineering assistant professor,听Ghada Koleilat is launching a听research program into the use of carbon nanotubes as photovoltaic cells that can be sprayed on fabrics.

These carbon nanotubes come as a powder that can be tuned into a dip or spray solution.听Koleilat
says the sprays could be used to make wearable solar panels to power electronic devices such as health monitors.听

Koleilat, is one of Fifty-seven 黄色直播 researchers from six different faculties on campus who received more than $8 million in federal grants to support ongoing research programs with long-term goals.

This year's Dal recipients of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants were revealedlast 听Friday.

Read the full story, 鈥鈥 on thechronicleherald.ca.