Category: Awards and Honors

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Seven engineering faculty named Collegiate Professors

Seven University of Notre Dame College of Engineering faculty members have been named Collegiate Professors in recognition of their exceptional contributions to research, teaching and service. Awarded across all professor ranks, this prestigious title honors faculty who have demonstrated sustained …

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2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows in Engineering

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes six new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a university-wide initiative. Now in its second year, the program supports talented, highly motivated scholars committed to Notre Dame’s mission—to be a powerful …

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Alexander Dowling, Emily Grubert selected for the National Academy of Engineering’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Program

Two faculty members from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering are among the 74 early-career researchers selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering program. Alexander Dowling, Tony and Sarah Earley Collegiate …

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NSF Cyber SMART Center announces inaugural recipients of its Distinguished Dissertation Award, recognizing complex, multidisciplinary research across computer and information science

This summer, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Cyber SMART Center announced its inaugural Distinguished Dissertation Award recipients. The center’s focus is advancing holistic, multidisciplinary research across the full spectrum of cyber and compute fields, including its …

Clive Neal

Clive Neal Awarded NASA’s 2026 Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal

Clive Neal, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the 2026 Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal by NASA’s Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).  Named after American …

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Meenal Datta receives NSF CAREER award to advance her research on how mechanical forces can disrupt the immune system

Meenal Datta, the Jane Schoelch DeFlorio Collegiate Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to advance her research on uncovering how mechanical forces disrupt the immune …

Tim Weninger

Tim Weninger selected for the newest class of U.S. Defense Science Study Group

Tim Weninger, professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected as a member of the U.S. Defense Science Study Group (DSSG) class of 2027–28. The DSSG is a highly selective program of education and study that introduces …

Eric Jumper and Maria Holland

Notre Dame Engineering’s Eric Jumper and Maria Holland honored among 2026 University faculty award recipients

On Tuesday, May 12, John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of the 2026 University faculty awards. “This year’s faculty award recipients represent the very best of Notre Dame through their outstanding …

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Cheers to recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Spring 2026)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the spring 2026 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 …

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Civil engineering major Martin Soros selected as valedictorian; business analytics major Allison Elshoff named salutatorian for the Class of 2026

Martin Soros of Bethesda, Maryland, has been selected as valedictorian, and Allison Elshoff of Valencia, California, has been named salutatorian of the 2026 University of Notre Dame graduating class. The 181st University Commencement Ceremony will be held May 17 (Sunday) in Notre Dame …