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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, it’s a priority. It’s why he spent years in STEM education. It’s why he co-founded a company that developed a sustainable option for farmers to protect their crops from frost. …

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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 and director of undergraduate studies, has won the 2025 Service to Chemical Engineering Education Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). AIChE is a …

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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 Engineering, and James Rudolph, the Paul Down Assistant Professor of Industrial Design in the College of Arts & Letters, along with their team, have developed an electronic nose …

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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 select group of early-career scholars in science, engineering, and the liberal arts who are committed to Notre Dame’s mission to be a powerful force for good in the world. Up to …

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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. Culligan, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. “Their wide-ranging expertise and innovative research will help shape the future of engineering, …

William Schneider named 2025 American Chemical Society Fellow

William F. Schneider, Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the Department of Chemical and …

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Notre Dame Awards Prestigious Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes seven new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral …

Joule Bergerson

Joule Bergerson, energy technology assessment expert, named new director of ND Energy

Joule Bergerson, professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Calgary (Canada), has been …

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Keeping cool this summer

Ivy Tech professors amp up their AC game at Notre Dame From discovering novel ways to purify and reuse chemicals to …

Yichun Wang

Yichun Wang named standing member of NIH Innovations in Nanosystems and Nanotechnology Study Section

Yichun Wang, Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and assistant professor of chemical and …