Mobile assist: ROAM engineering lab developing powered prosthesis to aid natural movement

A woman uses a prosthetic prototype in the ROAM Lab.
Professor Jim Schmiedeler with "Ernie," a walking robot.

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Bolivar-Nieto and student researchers test prosthetic

Notre Dame and Purdue engineers use e-textiles and sensor networks to enhance prosthetic fit

The most common reason people with lower-limb loss stop using their prosthesis is an ill-fitting socket. Everyday …

A researcher in a white coat reaches behind a system of wires while holding a round metal device.

Berthiaume Institute announces 2024 Technology Development Fund awardees

The Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health at the University of Notre Dame has announced the awardees of its …

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 …

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Science and poetry find common language in new conversation series

Cell-Cell, Stanza-Stanza is a new conversation series that explores how science and poetry can work together to foster …

floral plasma wave pattern

Synchronized forces behind flower-like patterns in plasma waves

Neither a solid, liquid, nor gas, plasma doesn’t play by the same rules as the other states of matter. Its unique …

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Notre Dame to develop next-generation refrigerant technology as part of a new National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center

The University of Notre Dame is part of a new National Science Foundation (NSF) Gen-4 Engineering Research Center …

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Modeling self-organization in active fluids and materials

Mike Shelley, Courant Institute
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Printed Stretchable Electronics Using Liquid Metal

Christopher Tabor, Air Force Research Laboratory
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Shape morphing insect-scale origami robots for locomotion in cluttered terrain

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Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research and Hessert Laboratory at White Field are among the world’s finest university-based aerospace research facilities. They feature 19 major high-speed wind tunnels that generate the near-flight conditions for groundbreaking work in aerospace engineering, as well as labs and equipment that support investigations in aero-acoustics, aero-optics, fluid-structure interactions, gas-turbine propulsion, general flow control, hypersonics, multi-phase flows, sensor and flow actuator development, and wind energy.

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Fighting to go faster and farther than ever thought possible

Prof. Tom Juliano works at the next frontier of aerospace research, using the Mach-6 wind tunnel in the Hessert Laboratory for Aerospace Research to solve complex issues in high-speed flight. Plans are underway for a Mach-10 quiet tunnel that will extend research in this area to yet higher speeds.

Fighting to Go Faster and Farther than Ever Thought Possible