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Innovating, inspiring, leading: Celebrating women engineers at Notre Dame

Historically, women have been underrepresented in engineering classrooms and professions nationwide. But things are changing. At Notre Dame, women now make up 40% of today’s undergraduate engineering students and 29% of the graduate students—both figures are higher than the national …

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Notre Dame researchers develop new, ultra-power-efficient 5G antenna

Globally, two billion people use fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. These users have gained more rapid upload and download speeds, lower latency, and greater reliability on their mobile devices. But the rollout of 5G technology has also come with a steep energy cost. 5G networks require more …

Jonathan Chisum

Antenna expert Jonathan Chisum named ONR Senior Research Fellow

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has selected Jonathan Chisum, associate professor of electrical engineering and affiliate of the Wireless Institute, to be a Summer Faculty Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Radar Division in Washington, D.C. During his 10-week fellowship, Chisum …

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Meenal Datta receives Air Force Young Investigator Program award to safeguard soldier immunity against unique stressors

Meenal Datta, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, has received a Young Investigator Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The AFOSR YIP is one of the nation’s most selective research early-career awards in science and …

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Stretchable bioelectronics promise more accurate health monitoring devices

Vital sign monitors are essential both in clinical settings and, increasingly, at home. But even state-of-the-art monitors can produce inaccurate readings, mistaking irrelevant, motion-related signals for critical patient data. The underlying cause of these inaccuracies is often the significant …

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Major investments announced to accelerate research at the intersection of bioengineering and life sciences

Notre Dame’s Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative has announced significant investments aimed at enhancing …

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Engineering professor and Ph.D. candidate receive 2025 inaugural mentorship awards

A faculty member and a Ph.D. candidate in Notre Dame’s College of Engineering have been honored with College of …

Tengfei Luo and Matt Webber

Two engineering professors named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors

Tengfei Luo and Matthew J. Webber have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), making …

Zachary Brown and Liam Redmond

Two Notre Dame seniors, four alumni named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Six students and alumni of the University of Notre Dame have earned spots on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list …

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Soft, air-filled “muscles” power a new robotic exosuit created at Notre Dame

The phrase “robotic exosuit” likely calls to mind something metallic, rigid, and hinged. We might think of Iron …