Category: Awards and Honors

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 …

Joanna Santos

Santos wins Google Research Award

Joanna Cecilia da Silva Santos, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a Google Research Scholar Award for her project “Leveraging the Power of LLMs to Generate Security Tests for Mobile Apps.” The project’s goal is to make …

Meenal Datta

Meenal Datta receives 2024 Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator Award

Meenal Datta, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, has received a Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering Young Innovator Award. The award, given by the journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), recognizes 12 “rising stars” in the field of biomedical …

Matthew Morrison

Matt Morrison recognized as champion for the advancement of women in the semiconductor industry

The Global Semiconductor Alliance Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) recently recognized Matt Morrison, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, with their Allyship Award. The Allyship Program recognizes and celebrates men who champion the advancement …

Sharon Hu

Sharon Hu named Leo E. and Patti Ruth Linbeck Professor of Engineering

Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed chair—the highest honor a university can bestow upon faculty. Hu was named Notre Dame’s Leo E. and Patti Ruth Linbeck Professor of Engineering, effective July 1, …