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Connecting across disciplines to solve real-world problems in orthopedics

Two Notre Dame undergraduates—one in the College of Engineering and the other in the College of Science—have teamed up with an orthopedic surgeon to develop an innovative device that repairs fractures in hip replacement patients while minimizing damage to tendons and muscles. A common …

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Notre Dame Research, Athletics address challenges of ACL tears, sleep loss, and stress in new joint research projects

Notre Dame Research and Athletics have awarded three research teams the first-ever Human Performance & Wellness Research Grants. The grants will provide funding to support exceptional research projects that contribute meaningfully to fields related to the health, well-being, and performance of …

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Four Notre Dame Engineers recognized among 2025 Graduate School award winners

Four members of the Notre Dame engineering community have been named 2025 award recipients by the Graduate School, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to graduate education and research. The honorees include two faculty members and two doctoral students whose achievements reflect …

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Research worth fighting for

As one of America’s leading research institutions, Notre Dame has long been at the forefront of finding answers to the most pressing questions facing our communities. With our unique mission to be a force for good, Notre Dame researchers are making discoveries that make our nation healthier, …

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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 leprechauns are more likely to be working with Navier-stokes equations and coding with C++ than cobbling shoes. Two women engineers portray the Notre Dame leprechaun this year: …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …