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Innovating, inspiring, leading: Celebrating women engineers at Notre Dame

Historically, women have been underrepresented in engineering classrooms and professions nationwide. But things are changing. At Notre Dame, women now make up 40% of today’s undergraduate engineering students and 29% of the graduate students—both figures are higher than the national average.*

Women comprise nearly one-quarter of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering’s 200-member faculty, with six percent of female faculty members also holding key administrative positions such as dean, chair and director. Beyond campus, well over 1,300 Notre Dame College of Engineering alumnae currently hold positions of leadership (CEO, owner, president, etc.) in industry, government and higher education. 

Over the past year, Notre Dame’s women engineers have made advancements in areas such as network biology, earthquake damage mitigation, emission reduction, advanced biocomputing systems, urban green infrastructure, and cyber security. In addition to winning support for their research, they have received numerous accolades for their teaching, advising, and mentoring.

In celebration of Women’s History Month, here are some recent stories about the many ways Notre Dame’s women engineers are driving innovation, advancing foundational research, and inspiring the next generation of engineers. 

*National averages reported in the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)’s Engineering & Engineering Technology by the Numbers.