Category: Awards and Honors

Mary Cunningham Boyce

Mary Cunningham Boyce, renowned engineer and scholar, to deliver Graduate School Commencement address

Mary Cunningham Boyce, a distinguished expert in mechanical engineering, will deliver the keynote address during the Graduate School’s annual Commencement Ceremony on May 16 at the University of Notre Dame. The ceremony will take place at 9 a.m. inside Notre Dame Stadium. University …

Jing Wang

Jing Wang named 2026 Outstanding Teacher in Notre Dame College of Engineering

Jing Wang, associate teaching professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has won the 2026 Outstanding Teaching Award in the Notre Dame College of Engineering.  The award honors an engineering faculty member — selected each year by undergraduates in engineering — …

Jennifer Schaefer and Longwen Li

Jennifer Schaefer and Longwen Li receive 2026 research mentoring awards

A faculty member and a doctoral student in Notre Dame’s College of Engineering have been honored with the 2026 College of Engineering Outstanding Research Mentoring Awards for contributions to undergraduate education and research. The awards were based on nominations from undergraduate …

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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 …

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Fourteen current or former Notre Dame students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Fourteen current or former University of Notre Dame students have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships, with an additional 12 selected as alternates for the award. Established in 1952, the Graduate Research Fellowship Program provides financial and other …

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Four Notre Dame Engineers among 2026 Graduate School award recipients

The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2025–2026 academic year. These awards include: the Distinguished Graduate Alumni Award; the Rev. James A. Burns, C.S.C., Awards; the Dick and Peggy Notebaert Award; the Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Graduate School Awards; …

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 …

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Brian Blagg Receives Top Honor; Engineering’s Moon and Pratt Earn Second and Third as Notre Dame and 1st Source Honor Faculty Innovation at Commercialization Awards Dinner

On Tuesday, March 24, University leaders, faculty members, and community partners gathered in downtown South Bend to celebrate research and innovation at the 1st Source Faculty Commercialization Award dinner. This event honors faculty researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Indiana …

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Notre Dame to confer 7 honorary degrees at 2026 Commencement

The University of Notre Dame will confer honorary degrees on six distinguished leaders at its 181st University Commencement Ceremony on May 17. A seventh honorary degree will be bestowed on Sister Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., president of the Pontifical Commission and Governorate of …

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 …