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Notre Dame’s Edward Maginn elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Edward Maginn, the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the NAE is among the highest …

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Yamil Colón selected to join the New Voices program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Yamil Colón, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has been selected for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s New Voices program, an initiative that brings emerging leaders into NASEM’s advisory work. Selected through a merit-based, …

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Alexander Dowling receives AIChE Outstanding Young Researcher Award

Alexander Dowling, the Tony and Sarah Earley Collegiate Associate Professor of Energy and the Environment, has won the Outstanding Young Researcher Award from the Computing and Systems Technology (CAST) Division of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). The award recognizes his …

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Notre Dame doctoral student wins first-place Judges’ Award in Three Minutes Thesis (3MT) competition

Shammah Lilonfe, a doctoral student in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, won the first-place Judges’ Award at the 2025 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition during the organization’s annual …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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

Meenal Datta, the Jane Schoelch DeFlorio Collegiate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the …

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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, …