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Seven engineering faculty named Collegiate Professors

Seven University of Notre Dame College of Engineering faculty members have been named Collegiate Professors in recognition of their exceptional contributions to research, teaching and service. Awarded across all professor ranks, this prestigious title honors faculty who have demonstrated sustained …

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2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows in Engineering

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes six new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a university-wide initiative. Now in its second year, the program supports talented, highly motivated scholars committed to Notre Dame’s mission—to be a powerful …

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Alexander Dowling, Emily Grubert selected for the National Academy of Engineering’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Program

Two faculty members from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering are among the 74 early-career researchers selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering program. Alexander Dowling, Tony and Sarah Earley Collegiate …

University of Notre Dame launches Morphogenetic Bioengineering Initiative to advance research in healing and disease

The University of Notre Dame has launched the Notre Dame Morphogenetic Bioengineering Initiative (ND-MBI), a cross-disciplinary program that links artificial intelligence and mechanistic bioengineering to better understand how cells communicate with each other to build, maintain, and …

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The silk road to innovation: Entrepreneur Ailis Tweed-Kent, ’07, gives an ancient fiber new purpose 

Silk is the superhero of materials—as strong as a filament of steel, as stretchy as a bungee, yet able to dissolve naturally right back into the carbon cycle. To leverage silk’s special powers, Dr. Ailis Tweed-Kent, an alumna of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular …

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Tyler Moorman presents cancer diagnostic research at AIChE

Tyler Moorman, a junior majoring in chemical and molecular engineering, presented his research paper “Charge-Based …

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Notre Dame engineer receives inaugural ARPA-H Emerging Health Innovators award to power lymphatic disease research

As many as 10 million people in the United States live with lymphedema, a chronic condition causing severe, painful …

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ND Sensor Initiative announces installment of new, specialized mass spectrometers

Earlier this spring, the Notre Dame Sensor Initiative (NDSI) installed two new instruments in …

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Jennifer Schaefer and Longwen Li receive 2026 research mentoring awards

A faculty member and a doctoral student in Notre Dame’s College of Engineering have been honored with the 2026 …

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Four Notre Dame Engineers among 2026 Graduate School award recipients

The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2025–2026 academic year. These awards …