Imagine designing a more sustainable battery, creating nanoparticles to fight breast cancer, or engineering ligaments for powered prosthetics. Each summer, more than 130 undergraduates from around the world come to Notre Dame’s campus to tackle these and other engineering challenges. Nine …
As the sun rose over Notre Dame’s Golden Dome, two engineering students adjusted their hip-waders and stepped into the cold water of Saint Joseph’s Lake, pushing pontoons loaded with aluminum beams. Their classmates on land dragged cables, tested power tools, and organized decking materials. …
The Notre Dame student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) received seven podium finishes at the 2024 ASCE Indiana-Kentucky Student Conference Symposium. Hosted this year by Purdue Northwest University, the competitions took place the weekend of April 11-13 and featured 12 …
Six seniors in the College of Engineering have completed the Notre Dame Grand Challenges Scholars Program (GCSP). This program, inspired by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), equips students with the skills and knowledge necessary to find innovative solutions for society’s …
IrishSat, a student club dedicated to the development of space technology, has been awarded first place in the nationwide NASA-sponsored Starshade Undergraduate Challenge. The competition tasks students groups with contributing to the design of a space structure that blocks starlight, allowing …
The University of Notre Dame’s small-scale, chemically powered vehicle, the “Irish Good-bye,” was part of the 25th Annual Chem-E-Car Competition Finals. The event took place during the 2023 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Student Conference in Orlando, Florida, in …
Notre Dame’s Robotic Football team emerged triumphant from the 2023 Fall Combine Competition, placing first overall and winning best quarterback, center and kicker. Their performance makes them top seed for the Robotic Football Tournament in April. The combine, held this year at Notre …
First-year electrical engineering students learned the fundamentals of electronic design by fabricating their own circuit boards at the inaugural “Build-a-Board” workshop. The event was hosted by the Engineering Innovation Hub (EIH), an experiential learning space with resources for …
Professor Maria Warren led the Women in Engineering Sustainability Trip over spring break this year, exploring sustainability, policy and leadership with undergraduate students. The group travelled to two different regions of Ireland — Dublin and Kylemore Abbey in Connemara. They toured …
Wearing hip-waders and carrying drills, Notre Dame engineering students built an 80-ft wooden truss bridge over a narrow waterway, connecting the main campus to the quarter-acre Duck Island on St. Joseph’s Lake. The bridge project is the centerpiece of the civil …