It is the summer of 2023, and Dr. Stephen Smith sits face-to-face with a model skeleton in the Engineering North building on the University of Notre Dame campus. Smith is a neurosurgeon at Beacon Health System’s Memorial Hospital in downtown South Bend, Indiana, about a mile southwest of the …
Airborne hazardous chemicals can be dilute, mobile, and hard to trap. Yet accurately measuring these chemicals is critical in protecting human health and the environment. Now, a new, small, low-cost device, nicknamed ABLE, could make the collection and detection of airborne hazards much …
With its first voyage, planned for later this year, the Dream Chaser will make history as the only commercial runway capable spaceplane. The launch will also be a momentous occasion for University of Notre Dame researcher Meenal Datta. Among the spaceplane’s cargo, contained within a …
Luke Horwath, a senior mechanical engineering major at the University of Notre Dame, is competing on the American reality TV show “LEGO Masters.” The first episode of Season 5 aired Monday, May 19, on Fox. The show culminates in a face-off between the top two-person teams for a $100,000 cash …
The University of Notre Dame has announced the awardees of its 2025 Strategic Framework Grant (SFG) Program. Launched in 2024, the program is an internal funding opportunity that stimulates engagement with the priorities outlined in Notre Dame 2033: A Strategic Framework. The program, sponsored …
Mars is cold, dusty, and full of radiation—too dangerous, too far away, and too expensive for astronauts. But …
Balance is everything when it comes to designing airplanes. One false miscalculation in the placement of the plane’s …
Two faculty members in the College of Engineering have received the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence …
For the second year in a row, a team of Notre Dame engineering students was named Overall Grand Champion at the 2025 …
The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the Spring 2025 recipients of the Staff Excellence …