Category: Awards and Honors

Troy Vogel

Troy Vogel wins the 2025 AIChE’s Service to Chemical Engineering Education Award

Troy Vogel, teaching professor in the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and director of undergraduate studies, has won the 2025 Service to Chemical Engineering Education Award of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE). AIChE is a …

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Notre Dame opens applications for 2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program

The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows, a select group of early-career scholars in science, engineering, and the liberal arts who are committed to Notre Dame’s mission to be a powerful force for good in the world. Up to …

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Computer scientist Chaoli Wang democratizes 3D visualization with new software system 

Data doesn’t speak for itself, especially when it comes to complex, 3D data. Trained professionals translate it into visuals we can understand, whether that’s a CT scan of a broken leg, a satellite image of a storm, or a map of the galaxy.  Chaoli Wang, professor of computer science …

William Schneider named 2025 American Chemical Society Fellow

William F. Schneider, Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical Engineering and chair of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, has been named a 2025 American Chemical Society (ACS) fellow. Fellows are selected for outstanding contributions to science and service to the ACS …

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Notre Dame Awards Prestigious Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes seven new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Bioengineering and Life Sciences (BELS) initiative. Six of the fellows will join as part of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a …

Ahsan Kareem

Notre Dame expert in resilient infrastructure elected to the European Academy of Sciences 

Ahsan Kareem, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences. The honor recognizes his work advancing the safety and resilience of …

Maria Holland

Maria Holland named standing member of NIH Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems Study Section 

Maria Holland, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to serve as a standing member of the Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems Study Section (MABS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific …

Yichun Wang

Yichun Wang named standing member of NIH Innovations in Nanosystems and Nanotechnology Study Section

Yichun Wang, Keating-Crawford Collegiate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering and assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to serve as a standing member of the Innovations in Nanosystems and Nanotechnology (INN) Study Section …

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Grace Pepperman ND ’25 likens civil engineers to Spider-Man in award-winning essay

What do civil engineers and Spider-Man have in common? “A lot,” maintains Grace Pepperman, a 2025 graduate of the University of Notre Dame’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, and second-place winner of the ASCE Daniel W. Mead Prize for her paper on …

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Seven engineering faculty named collegiate professors

Seven faculty members in the Notre Dame College of Engineering have been named collegiate professors—a prestigious title awarded by the university and college in recognition of excellence in research, teaching and service. The designation may be conferred on faculty at the assistant, associate …