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Inaugural Notre Dame bioengineering club wins gold at international iGEM competition

A team of five undergraduate researchers from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Science and College of Engineering earned a gold medal at the iGEM Grand Jamboree in Paris, France. iGEM—the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition—is an annual global event that …

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EARTH: A New Way to View the Blue Sky

Academics and HVACR professionals say innovation is equal parts imagination and science. When Irish physicist John Tyndall was conducting research on why the sky is blue, he explored the notion with awe, for the pure sake of the idea. As he performed his experiments at The Royal Institution in …

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Notre Dame Faculty Contribute to Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence at the Vatican

Fifty global experts gathered at the Vatican's historic Casina Pio IV on October 16–17 to explore how artificial intelligence can advance peace, social justice, and human dignity. The conference, “Digital Rerum Novarum: Artificial Intelligence for Peace, Social Justice, and Integral Human …

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Smarter filter uses electric charges to target pollutants and recover resources 

Purifying dirty water is an age-old problem that has become more urgent as the global population grows, and water contains more and different kinds of pollutants. Over time, filters have evolved—from simple sieves that strain out sand and dirt to advanced membranes that selectively remove …

Meenal Datta

Meenal Datta receives the 2025 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society

Meenal Datta, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected by the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) to receive its 2025 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award. This single-recipient award is BMES’s most prestigious honor for …

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Professor organizes symposium focused on food insecurity and climate resilience in East Africa

For Assistant Professor Gabriel Burks, orienting his work and study around human needs isn’t just a hopeful ideal, …

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Troy Vogel wins the 2025 AIChE’s Service to Chemical Engineering Education Award

Troy Vogel, teaching professor in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering …

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Fighting for faster virus detection

Nosang Myung, the Bernard Keating-Crawford Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular …

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Notre Dame opens applications for 2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program

The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows, a …

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The Notre Dame College of Engineering welcomes 9 new members to the faculty this fall

“We are thrilled to welcome this outstanding group of new faculty to the College of Engineering,” said Patricia J. …