Typically on this course, the dissertation is completed with an industrial partner of the University. From the very beginning I had every intention of undertaking a project with Caterpillar. But with the COVID-19 pandemic, this did not turn out to be feasible. I had spoken with my course tutor who suggested taking on a project within the Mathematical Sciences department. My task was to model the way in which droplets that are expelled when we cough or sneeze are projected. The work I completed with my supervisor led to some new findings. Once the dissertation was handed in and marked, we agreed to write up the project and submit it to an academic journal which we have recently found out has been accepted for publication and has in fact been elected a featured article of the journal.