Tag: Undergrad

Notre Dame Innovation Challenge

Notre Dame launches inaugural Innovation Challenge with plastic waste as first-year focus

When the echoes of the marching band fade and the last of more than 77,000 fans depart, the memories remain—but so does the trash, an average of 51 tons of it. Plastic cups, wrappers and cans spill from overflowing trash receptacles, collect along pathways, and, carried by the wind, scatter …

Young man wearing a suit and conference badge stands beside a research poster titled “Charge-Based Anion-exchange Membrane Sensor Array for Ewing Sarcoma and Ovarian Cancer Diagnostics” at a scientific poster presentation.

Tyler Moorman presents cancer diagnostic research at AIChE

Tyler Moorman, a junior majoring in chemical and molecular engineering, presented his research paper “Charge-Based Anion-exchange Membrane Sensor Array for Ewing Sarcoma and Ovarian Cancer Diagnostics” at the 2025 AIChE Undergraduate Poster Competition in Boston, Massachusetts. Moorman was …

A group of students pose with a flag bearing the ND monogram.

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 …