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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McKenna Englhardt and Kylee Kazenski in their leprechaun costumes

Engineers and Leprechauns: McKenna Englhardt and Kylee Kazenski

Leprechauns are small, bearded tricksters known for making shoes and mischief. Not anymore. Today’s Notre Dame …

Meenal Datta, a woman with long black hair, wearing a blue blazer and patterned blouse, stands in a laboratory with scientific equipment and glassware in the background. She has a confident and professional expression.

Meenal Datta receives Air Force Young Investigator Program award to safeguard soldier immunity against unique stressors

Meenal Datta, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, has received a Young Investigator …

A thin, stretchable bioelectronic device adhered to a wrist, featuring intricate black circuitry patterns on a transparent film.

Stretchable bioelectronics promise more accurate health monitoring devices

Vital sign monitors are essential both in clinical settings and, increasingly, at home. But even state-of-the-art …

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Major investments announced to accelerate research at the intersection of bioengineering and life sciences

Notre Dame’s Bioengineering & Life Sciences Initiative has announced significant investments aimed at enhancing …

Margaret Coad and Daniel-Montes Pinzon

Engineering professor and Ph.D. candidate receive 2025 inaugural mentorship awards

A faculty member and a Ph.D. candidate in Notre Dame’s College of Engineering have been honored with College of …

Tengfei Luo and Matt Webber

Two engineering professors named Senior Members of National Academy of Inventors

Tengfei Luo and Matthew J. Webber have been named Senior Members by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), making …

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Mar
25

Validation of Aircraft Noise Modeling by Large-Scale Data Collection and AEDT Prediction

Juan J. Alonso, Stanford University
3:30 p.m., March 25, 2025
Apr
15

Data-Driven Design of Heterogenous Material Systems

Dr. Wei Chen, Northwestern University
3:30 p.m., April 15, 2025

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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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Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering offers two undergraduate degree programs, one in Aerospace Engineering and one in Mechanical Engineering.

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Students contribute to campus life and the engineering profession through many clubs and organizations, including the Rocket Team, BajaSAE, NDSeed, Engineers without Borders, the marching band, glee club, liturgical choir, and many others.

Spotlight on Research in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

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