DALI Lab is a digital innovation hub located in Hanover, NH, where Dartmouth students design and build mobile applications, websites, virtual and augmented reality experiences, and digital installations. They collaborate with innovators and thought leaders from various sectors, including students, educators, nonprofits, corporate entities, and researchers, to create impactful digital solutions. With a focus on elevating learning, DALI Lab fosters a culture of creativity, adaptability, and inclusivity, empowering students to tackle real-world challenges and make a difference. Driven by their mission to transform the learning process through digital solutions, DALI Lab values stepping up to challenges, being tenacious in the face of setbacks, embracing diversity and inclusivity, adapting to change, creating thoughtfully, investing in each other, and fostering genuine and vulnerable connections. They offer opportunities for students to work on real-world projects and for partners to pitch their project ideas and collaborate. Through their innovative approach and commitment to excellence, DALI Lab has established itself as a leading force in digital applied learning and innovation.Generated from the website

Mr. vanGemeren earned a B. A. in Geology from the University of Vermont in 1980. He worked in the mining and petroleum industries and as a technician for the Department of Geological Sciences at Harvard University. While there he recognized the need for high quality sample preparation for a variety of analytical techniques. With strong mechanical and machine shop skills and a love of rocks and minerals, he advanced the quality standard of polished thin sections. He developed modern methods to make the process more efficient. In 1985 he founded Mineral Optics Laboratory to provide scientists with the highest quality polished thin sections available. He is a dedicated craftsman, and values his clients' business and prides himself on getting quality results.