College of Engineering welcomes nine new faculty - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes nine new faculty across all five of its departments.

“I warmly welcome this group of talented new faculty to our engineering community,” said Patricia Culligan, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. “They are an outstanding group of educators and researchers who bring expertise in such areas as sustainable energy systems, medical devices, robotic perception, soft tissue regeneration and the latest and most creative approaches to teaching. They will provide our students with extraordinary opportunities to learn, innovate and serve, and I look forward to the impact they will have on our College and on the broader engineering community.”

Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

Nikolaus Correll

Viola D. Hank Professor of Aerospace and
Mechanical Engineering,
Director, Physical AI and Robotics Initiative
Robotic manipulation and active robotic materials to build adaptive, embodied physical AI and humanoid platforms

Kevin Eckstein

Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
Engineering education, imaging-based biomechanics, biomaterials, and architected materials

John P. Fisher

Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Bioengineering,
Sabey Family Director, Bioengineering & Life Sciences (BELS) Initiative
Biomaterials, stem cells, bioprinting, and bioreactors for regenerating lost tissues, particularly bone, cartilage, and soft tissues

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Jin Huang

Assistant Professor
Accelerated materials discovery and autonomous platforms for sustainable energy technologies, electrocatalysis, and electrosynthesis

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences

Annelise Gill-Wiehl

Assistant Professor
Clean cooking technologies, energy transitions, and equitable engineering solutions for reducing health and climate impacts in low-income communities

Wenying Ji

Henry Massman Collegiate Professor of Construction Management
AI, advanced data analytics, and complex systems to drive intelligent infrastructure management, extreme event resilience, and risk quantification