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Andrew Bartolini, a dark-haired man wearing a dark gray suit, stands against a gray background.

Andrew Bartolini receives 2026 Outstanding Mentoring Award

Andrew Bartolini, director of the First-Year Engineering Program and associate teaching professor in the College of Engineering, is the recipient of the 2026 College of Engineering Outstanding Mentoring Award. This honor recognizes faculty members who extend their influence beyond academic …

Kaitlyn Stankiewicz

Kaitlyn Stankiewicz to receive 2026 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award

Kaitlyn Stankiewicz, undergraduate program coordinator for the College of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2026 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award. This year’s award carries special significance, marking the 10th anniversary of the honor and a decade of …

Yanliang Zhang

Notre Dame Engineering and Harvard Medical School collaborate on 4-year NIH project to create lab-grown organs

While scientists have successfully printed small patches of human tissue, scaling those tissues into full-sized organs has remained elusive. In natural organisms, every cell must be within roughly 100 to 200 micrometers—about the thickness of two human hairs—of a blood vessel to receive oxygen …

Danny Chen and Josh Shrout

Danny Chen, Joshua Shrout elected AAAS fellows

Two University of Notre Dame engineering faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific societies. Danny Chen, professor of computer science and engineering, and Joshua …

A pipette places drops of green liquid onto a microscope slide containing a small device

Heart-on-a-chip device identifies youth-enhancing “cocktail” to repair old hearts

The heart is a pump that wears out over time—that, at least, was the prevailing view. New research has shown that the heart’s aging results from changes in intercellular communications, which tell heart cells, sometimes even healthy ones, to stiffen and break down. By decoding these complex …

Ed Maginn, Massimo Morbidelli, and Monica Regalbuto

Three Notre Dame faculty, alumni elected to National Academy of Engineering

One faculty member and two graduate alumni from the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The new members are: Edward Maginn, the Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Engineering at …

Jonathan Chisum, Pat Fay, and Tom O'Sullivan

Chisum, Fay, and O’Sullivan named Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors 

Three electrical engineers at the University of Notre Dame in the fields of next-gen wireless networks, advanced semiconductors, and biomedical imaging have been named 2026 Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This year’s honorees include Jonathan Chisum, Patrick Fay, and …

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3D-bioprinted model offers new way to study and treat obesity-related heart disease

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among people with obesity, a condition affecting one in eight people worldwide. Studies show that fat around the heart can fuel inflammation, damage heart muscle cells, disrupt heart rhythm and increase the risk of heart failure, but the precise …

Shivam Barwey

Notre Dame Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering welcomes machine learning expert Shivam Barwey

During the spring semester, the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering welcomed Shivam Barwey as an assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, further expanding the college’s expertise in advanced computational engineering.  Barwey’s …

Marko Radosavljevic

Notre Dame Electrical Engineering welcomes semiconductor expert Marko Radosavljević to faculty

The University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering welcomed Marko Radosavljević to its Department of Electrical Engineering this spring, expanding its expertise in semiconductor technology. Radosavljević is a recognized expert in non-silicon materials and transistors, including carbon …