Category: Awards and Honors

Howard G. Adams, GEM inaugural executive director, to receive honorary doctorate from Notre Dame

Howard G. Adams, a leading expert on developing individuals through mentoring and strategic career and life planning, will be awarded an honorary doctor of science degree from the University of Notre Dame at the University’s 178th University Commencement Ceremony on May …

Brian Smith

Brian Smith named 2023 Outstanding Teacher in the Notre Dame College of Engineering

Brian Smith, teaching professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences, is the recipient of the Notre Dame College of Engineering’s 2023 Outstanding Teacher Award. The award honors an engineering faculty member, selected each year by undergraduates in engineering, for …

Matthew Webber

Matthew J. Webber named Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering

Matthew J. Webber, Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Engineering and associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been inducted as a fellow into the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE).  Election to …

Brad Weldon

Brad Weldon named Henry Massman Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering

Brad Weldon, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies for Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES), has been awarded a named professorship. He is now the Henry Massman Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering at Notre Dame. “Brad has been tremendous in …

Yih-Fang Huang and Ahsan Kareem

Two Notre Dame Engineering profs elected as AAAS lifetime fellows

Yih-Fang Huang, professor of electrical engineering and senior associate dean for education and undergraduate programs, and Ahsan Kareem, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of …

Pinar Zorlutuna

Pinar Zorlutuna named Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering

Pinar Zorlutuna, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. She was named Notre Dame’s Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering, effective January 1, 2023. “Appointment to an endowed chair is one of the …

Nitesh Chawla

Nitesh Chawla named fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for outstanding contributions in machine learning

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, has named Nitesh Chawla, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, a fellow. Chawla, an expert in machine learning, …

Jonathan MacArt

Jonathan MacArt receives NSF CAREER award to model high-efficiency, low-emission engines

Jonathan MacArt, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the highest honors awarded to young faculty. MacArt’s CAREER research project will create a mathematical and …

Nosang Myung

Nosang Myung elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI)

Nosang Myung, the Bernard Keating-Crawford Professor of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election as an NAI Fellow is the highest professional honor awarded solely to academic inventors. The NAI …

Tijana Milenkovic

Tijana Milenkovic to receive 2023 ND Women in Engineering Impact Award

Tijana Milenkovic, professor of computer science and Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award. The annual award honors a faculty or staff member in the Notre Dame College of …