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Image promoting the Romero Edison Lecture with Romero's headshot over a photograph of the Panama Canal.

Doubling the Capacity of the Panama Canal: How this colossal global engineering project was achieved—and how it is changing the world

Please join us for this Edison Lecture featuring Raul Romero, ND ’75, ’77 (Civil Engineering). April 18, 2024 at 4 p.m. Jordan Auditorium, Mendoza College of BusinessUniversity of Notre Dame All are welcome. Please join us to hear the fascinating story of the expansion of …

Mosaic of Notre Dame Women Engineers

Celebrating Women in Engineering, at Notre Dame and everywhere

In March 2024, during Women's History month, we salute the women who now make up nearly one quarter of Notre Dame Engineering's 200-member faculty; the women students who now comprise 38 percent of the Notre Dame Engineering student body; and women engineers around the country and the world, who …

Ming Hu

Architect builds for planet and people: Prof. Ming Hu

When Ming Hu talks about engineering and architecture, two fields merge into one. Combining analytical and technological skills with hand drawing and spatial literacy has led her to study, practice, and research solutions that are good for the planet and its people. She is emblematic of the …

Jennifer Schaefer

Chemical engineer drives sustainable energy forward: Prof. Jennifer Schaefer

On the first day of class each semester, Jennifer Schaefer tells her students that she chose chemical engineering because our everyday lives are shaped by the existence of plastics.  She wanted a field with tentacles stretching everywhere—from food and pharmaceuticals to consumer …

Kai Ni

Electrical engineers harness memory for device-level security

Everything from smart phones to supercomputers needs memory, and tomorrow’s devices will demand faster, more energy-efficient memory technologies to store ever increasing data. Non-volatile memory (NVM) is a type of storage that retains data even after the power has been turned off. While …

Starshade Team members, from left to right: Orianna Saade, Joseph Muraski, Grace Conneely, and Sean Kerr

IrishSat wins first place in NASA Starshade Challenge

IrishSat, a student club dedicated to the development of space technology, has been awarded first place in the …

Paul Bohn

Paul Bohn named director of the University of Notre Dame Bioengineering and Life Sciences (BELS) Initiative

Paul Bohn, the Arthur J. Schmitt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and professor of chemistry and …

Shreya Kumar

Shreya Kumar to receive 2024 ND Women in Engineering Impact Award

Shreya Kumar, assistant teaching professor of computer science and engineering, has been named the recipient of the …

Sima Asadi

Welcome! Sima Asadi joins the faculty in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE) at the University of Notre Dame is pleased to …

Photo illustration of plastic items in ocean. (iStock)

Engineers unmask nanoplastics in oceans for the first time, revealing their true shapes and chemistry

Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the oceans each year. The sun’s ultraviolet light and ocean turbulence break …