William F. Schneider is the recipient of the James A. Burns, C.S.C., Graduate School Award. The award showcases the outstanding mentorship of Notre Dame’s very best doctoral advisers. Schneider is the Dorini Family Chair of Energy Studies and chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He …
David Richter, associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES), is the recipient of the Notre Dame College of Engineering 2021 Outstanding Teacher Award. The annual award honors an engineering faculty member, selected by engineering undergraduates, for …
Jennifer Schaefer, assistant professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is the recipient of the 2021 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award. The annual award honors a faculty or staff member in the Notre Dame College of Engineering "who has made a …
Edward B. Fitzpatrick Jr. (ND ’54, Civil Engineering), a member of the College of Engineering Advisory Council for nearly 50 years and the primary benefactor for Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, died peacefully on Feb. 21, 2021, in Bayville, New York. He was 88. Fitzpatrick was president of …
A gift from Lyndy (ND ’85) and Patrick Toole, Jr. (ND ’84) will establish the Lyndy and Patrick Toole, Jr., Endowment for Excellence, providing support for Diversity and Equity in the College of Engineering. The new fund will energize efforts to recruit underrepresented and women …
Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are working to engineer a safe and effective injectable glucose-responsive hydrogel that could limit the long-term effects of insulin dependence and be administered in a single daily dose. “Normal blood glucose function,” says Matthew J. Webber, …
Patricia J. Culligan, currently the chair and Carleton Professor of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, has been appointed the Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame by University President Rev. John I. Jenkins, …