Category: Awards and Honors

Zachary Brown and Liam Redmond

Two Notre Dame seniors, four alumni named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Six students and alumni of the University of Notre Dame have earned spots on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2025. The annual list, launched in 2011, honors trailblazing entrepreneurs, innovators, and creators under the age of 30. The list includes Notre Dame seniors Zachary Brown …

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Gang Liu receives IBM Fellowship

Gang Liu, a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received an IBM PhD Fellowship Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. The award will support Liu’s research, which uses graph machine learning to discover new …

Todd Taylor

Todd Taylor to receive 2025 ND Women in Engineering Impact Award

Todd Taylor, associate teaching professor, director of Summer International Engineering and associate director of the Integrated Engineering and Business Practices Program, has been named the recipient of the 2025 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award. The annual award …

Simret Gebreegziabher

Simret Gebreegziabher receives IBM PhD Fellowship Award

Simret Gebreegziabher, a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received an IBM PhD Fellowship Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. The prestigious award recognizes Gebreegziabher’s work to date within the realm of …

Ahsan Kareem

Ahsan Kareem Elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

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 and Arts. He will join the Academy’s division of Technical and …

Julia Qian

Julia Qian receives NACADA Excellence in Advising Award

Julia Qian, associate advising professor and director of advising strategy, assessment, and policy in the Notre Dame College of Engineering, has been awarded the 2025 Region 5 Award: Excellence in Advising – Primary Role Advisor Certificate of Merit by the Global Community for Academic Advising …

Joseph Powers

Joseph M. Powers Named 2025 AIAA Fellow

Joseph M. Powers, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), one of the most prestigious honors in the aerospace field.  Fellow status within the AIAA is …

A decorative stone relief reading "Hall of Engineering" on the facade of Cushing Hall of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Below the relief, a detailed metal lantern emits a warm light, complementing the building's traditional architectural design.

Cheers to Recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Fall 2024)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the fall 2024 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 substantial …

Portrait of Professor Ashley Thrall, smiling and wearing glasses, a blue top, and a black blazer, against a light gray background.

Ashley Thrall named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Notre Dame faculty member Ashley Thrall, Myron and Rosemary Noble Collegiate Professor of Structural Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, to its 2024 class of Fellows. Election as an Academy …

Tom Pratt

Thomas Pratt named Collegiate Professor

Thomas Pratt, research professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame and affiliate member of the Wireless Institute and the Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory, has been appointed Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Research Professor of Electrical Engineering, effective January …