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Engineering in Photos: November 2025

Engineering in Photos captures the energy, creativity, and everyday moments that make our College engaging and dynamic. November 2025’s collection showcases key moments across the College of Engineering, including First-Year CBE Day, the Fall Innovate-o-Thon, hands-on learning in electrical and computer engineering and mechanical engineering courses, student club testing and design work, a graduate student community event, and active research in labs. Together, these images capture the variety of ways students and faculty engage in learning, innovation, and collaboration throughout the month.

First-Year Engineering CBE Department Day

A first-year engineering student smiles while lifting long, clear polymer strands during a hands-on Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering activity in a classroom lab.
Two first-year engineering students sit at a table, smiling as they mix materials in clear cups during a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department day activity.
Two first-year engineering students work side by side, carefully mixing materials in cups as part of a hands-on Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering activity.
Two first-year engineering students stand and sit around a table, closely observing a polymer experiment during a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department day.
A first-year engineering student smiles while stirring a polymer mixture in a clear cup during a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department day.

First-year students explored chemical and biomolecular engineering by controlling the reaction of sodium alginate and calcium chloride to make polymer noodles and soft polymer coated yogurt balls. 

First-Year Engineering Alumni Panels

First-Year Engineering students sit in a tiered lecture hall listening to a panel of alumni seated at the front of the room during an alumni panel discussion.
First-Year Engineering students sit in a classroom facing a small group of alumni panelists seated at the front, participating in a career-focused discussion.
Students sit at desks in a classroom while a group of alumni panelists answer questions during a First-Year Engineering alumni panel session.

Several young alumni panels were offered in different classrooms, allowing First-Year Engineering students to choose which session interested them most. Students learned about alumni paths and experiences from college to internships to employment.

Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

Two students work at an electronics lab bench, using test equipment and a laptop while adjusting cables and instruments during an electrical and computer engineering lab session.
Two students collaborate at an electronics lab bench, connecting wires and components while reviewing their work together during a hands-on lab exercise.
Two students sit side by side at a lab bench, examining a small electronic setup and discussing their circuit connections during a lab session.
A student sits at a lab bench assembling and testing electronic components, with wires, tools, and a tablet displaying circuit information nearby.
A student adjusts settings on electronic test equipment at a lab bench while referencing notes and a laptop during an electrical and computer engineering class.
A student focuses on wiring components on a circuit board at a lab bench, concentrating on a hands-on electrical and computer engineering activity.

Professor Robert Stevenson offers a broad overview of the fields of electrical and computer engineering in his class EE 20100: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering. Students explore topics such as circuit theory, analog and digital circuits, and system design. Emphasis is placed on real-world relevance, including technologies ranging from smartphones to renewable energy systems.

Domer Rover Testing

Members of the Domer Rover student club stand outdoors around a six-wheeled robotic rover as they test and monitor the vehicle during a trial run outside Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering.

The Domer Rover student club tested its latest vehicle outside Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering as part of its preparations for the 2026 Mars Society University Rover Challenge. Read more about the team and their work in this story.

Intro to Electrical Engineering and Embedded Systems

Professor Leo McWilliams sits with two students at a lab bench, pointing to electronic components while the students work with wires, a multimeter, and a tablet during an embedded systems lab.
A student concentrates on connecting wires and components to a microcontroller setup at a lab bench during an embedded systems course.
Two students sit side by side at a lab bench, reviewing code on a laptop while discussing their embedded systems project.

The Intro to Electrical Engineering and Embedded Systems course introduces mechanical engineering students to the use of inexpensive microcontrollers in embedded control applications.

ME Senior Design

Two mechanical engineering students sit at a workbench reviewing a design on a laptop while testing electronic components with a multimeter during a senior design project.
A mechanical engineering student works at a lab bench, connecting wires and testing a small electronic circuit as part of a senior design project.
A mechanical engineering student adjusts wiring and components on a mobile robotic platform during assembly and testing for a senior design project.
A mechanical engineering student uses a soldering iron at a workbench to assemble electronic components for a senior design prototype.

Mechanical engineering students in senior design are developing autonomous hospital medication assistants capable of interacting with wearable devices. One device transmits a signal based on biomechanical movement when a patient is in pain, while a second passively monitors a patient’s temperature and sends an alert when a fever threshold is reached.

Graduate Student Bridge & Bites Evening

Graduate students sit around a table assembling a small wooden bridge structure using craft sticks, glue, and rubber bands during a Bridge & Bites activity.
Two graduate students work closely together to assemble a wooden bridge model at a table during a Bridge & Bites engineering challenge.
Graduate students collaborate at a table, assembling and reinforcing a wooden bridge model using craft materials.
Graduate students observe as weights are carefully placed on a wooden bridge model to test its strength during the Bridge & Bites challenge.
Graduate students sit around a table building wooden bridge structures while discussing their designs during a Bridge & Bites event.
A graduate student places a completed wooden bridge model onto a table while other students watch during a bridge testing activity.
Graduate students gather around a long wooden bridge structure spanning between tables as it is tested for stability and load capacity.

The College of Engineering Graduate Student Leadership Committee hosted an Engineering Bridge & Bites evening, bringing together graduate students from all departments and programs to build bridges, relationships, and community.

Concrete Casting in the Structural Systems Lab

Researchers and lab staff wearing hard hats and safety gear pour fresh concrete into wooden forms with steel reinforcement inside the Structural Systems Laboratory.
A researcher wearing a hard hat and safety vest smooths freshly poured concrete by hand inside a wooden form during specimen casting.
Researchers bend over reinforced wooden forms, placing and consolidating concrete during a coordinated casting operation.
Researchers guide wet concrete from a mixer into a wheelbarrow and forms while coordinating the pour inside the Structural Systems Lab.
A researcher empties a bucket of concrete into a mold while monitoring placement and consistency inside the lab.

Professor Yahya Kurama, Ph.D. student Ahmad Abu Abah, and post-doctoral research associate Muhammad Haroon of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences are working with researchers from the University of California, San Diego and Clemson University to develop a novel buckling-restrained braced frame structure for seismic precast concrete structures. Together with laboratory technician Frank Severa, they recently tested a brace specimen in the Structural Systems Laboratory (100 Cushing Hall). The overarching goal of this project, funded by the National Science Foundation and the precast concrete industry, is to qualify the new structure as an approved seismic-resisting system by U.S. building codes. These photos are the casting of the specimens to be tested.

Fall 2025 Innovate-o-Thon

Students, judges, and organizers pose together for a group photo inside the Engineering Innovation Hub following the Fall 2025 Notre Dame Engineering Innovate-o-Thon.
Members of the first-place Innovate-o-Thon team stand together in front of the Engineering Innovation Hub backdrop after the competition.

1st Place

Members of the second-place Innovate-o-Thon team pose for a group photo inside the Engineering Innovation Hub.

2nd Place

Members of the third-place Innovate-o-Thon team stand together holding their award in front of the Engineering Innovation Hub backdrop.

3rd Place

Team Too Late to the Party took first place at the Fall 2025 Notre Dame Engineering Innovate-o-Thon, a 16-hour innovation challenge sponsored by Marmon Holdings, Inc. and held twice each year in the Engineering Innovation Hub. Ten student teams researched, developed, and presented prototype solutions to a real-world business challenge proposed by Marmon executives.

Real-time Mapping for Tethered Drone

A tethered drone sits on the grass outside Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering while an undergraduate student and a faculty member work at a laptop and equipment case in the background, testing real-time mapping software.

Undergraduate students in electrical engineering participate in focused research projects that expose them to new technical experiences and a broader research perspective. In this photo, student Andres Perez tests a new software application that intercepts GPS network packets and plots a drone’s location on a map.

This photo collection was produced by the Notre Dame Engineering Communications and Marketing team. Photos by Wes Evard, Notre Dame Engineering unless otherwise credited.