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The Vaisala FD70 sensor, a piece of equipment used by researchers in northern Alaska, is decorated with white string lights, red beaded garland, and red Christmas ornaments.

Shedding Light on Ice Fog in the Darkness of Polar Night

Ice fog—a curtain of tiny ice crystals suspended above the earth’s surface—reduces visibility and makes air travel treacherous. How ice fog forms and why it persists is not entirely understood, and this has led to inaccurate forecasts, particularly visibility predictions that are critical …

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Engineering in Photos: November 2025

Engineering in Photos captures the energy, creativity, and everyday moments that make our College engaging and dynamic. November 2025’s collection showcases key moments across the College of Engineering, including First-Year CBE Day, the Fall Innovate-o-Thon, hands-on learning in electrical and …

A brick building with the sign "Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering" partially obscured by snow-covered pine branches in the foreground.

Cheers to Recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Fall 2025)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the Fall 2025 recipients of the Staff Excellence Awards, which recognize staff members’ exemplary contributions above and beyond the scope of their standard job responsibilities. Award recipients are honored for having a substantial …

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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 …

Kyle Bibby and Jason Rohr

Two Notre Dame faculty named to 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers List

Kyle Bibby, professor and associate chair in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and Jason Rohr, Ludmilla F., Stephen J., and Robert T. Galla College Professor and Department Chair of the Department of Biological Sciences, were named 2025 Highly Cited …

Four smiling Postdoc Spotlight finalists stand in a Notre Dame lecture hall. Screens behind them display "Notre Dame Postdoc Spotlight Finals" and university logos. A man in a blue vest, a woman in a white turtleneck, a woman in a black blazer, and a man in a dark suit are pictured.

Breakthrough Research. Talented Scholars. Inaugural Notre Dame’s Postdoc Spotlight Delivers.

The concept wasn’t new—the competition challenged scholars to present their complex research in just three …

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Engineering in Photos: October 2025

Engineering in Photos captures the energy, creativity, and everyday moments that make our College engaging and …

TIngyu Cheng, a man wearing a black top, holds a chip between his finger and thumb.

Tackling e-waste with biodegradable electronics

In 2022, according to the Global E-waste Monitor 2024, humanity produced 62 million tons of e-waste—discarded …

Thomas Corke, a man with a mustache wearing a suit, stands in front of a wind turbine.

Thomas Corke awarded the Dryden Lectureship in Research by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Thomas Corke, the Clark Equipment Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, …

A man with glasses and white hair, wearing a dark suit, light blue shirt, and striped tie, speaks at a podium. He holds up a spiral-bound booklet from the PRISM-ERA Annual Meeting, University of Notre Dame that thanks industry members.

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 …