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Notre Dame engineer receives inaugural ARPA-H Emerging Health Innovators award to power lymphatic disease research

As many as 10 million people in the United States live with lymphedema, a chronic condition causing severe, painful swelling of the limbs. Secondary lymphedema occurs when a person’s lymph nodes are damaged, blocked, or impaired. Globally, the most prevalent trigger of secondary lymphedema is …

Earthset captured through the Orion spacecraft window during the Artemis II crew’s flyby of the Moon. A muted blue Earth with bright white clouds sets behind the cratered lunar surface.

Notre Dame launches Minor in Earth and Planetary Sciences with focus on space exploration

The University of Notre Dame announces the launch of the Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) minor, a multidisciplinary program designed to prepare students for the rapidly expanding global space sector. A collaboration between the Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Letters, and Science, the minor …

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Cleared for Take-off: Senior Aero RC planes take flight

This spring, powerful gusts and icy crosswinds transformed the skies of northwest Indiana into a high-stakes physics laboratory for Notre Dame’s Senior Aerospace Design students, putting their custom-built RC aircraft to the test. The flight tests took place on a runway owned by the South …

Eric Jumper and Maria Holland

Notre Dame Engineering’s Eric Jumper and Maria Holland honored among 2026 University faculty award recipients

On Tuesday, May 12, John T. McGreevy, the Charles and Jill Fischer Provost at the University of Notre Dame, announced the winners of the 2026 University faculty awards. “This year’s faculty award recipients represent the very best of Notre Dame through their outstanding …

Twelve students stand on a dock while one female student sits with her feet in the water. Another student stands in the water and poses with the modular boat.

Notre Dame engineers place second overall at AIMM ICC with AI modular boat

The University of Notre Dame’s Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuver (AIMM) team secured a second-place finish overall at the 2026 Indiana Collegiate Challenge (ICC). The team shared first place with Indiana University, Bloomington on the course challenge, which necessitated navigating a …

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Cheers to recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Spring 2026)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the spring 2026 recipients of the Staff Excellence …

Jing Wang

Jing Wang named 2026 Outstanding Teacher in Notre Dame College of Engineering

Jing Wang, associate teaching professor in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, has won the 2026 …

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Four Notre Dame Engineers among 2026 Graduate School award recipients

The Graduate School is pleased to announce its annual award winners for the 2025–2026 academic year. These awards …

Yanliang Zhang

Notre Dame Engineering and Harvard Medical School collaborate on 4-year NIH project to create lab-grown organs

While scientists have successfully printed small patches of human tissue, scaling those tissues into full-sized organs …

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Brian Blagg Receives Top Honor; Engineering’s Moon and Pratt Earn Second and Third as Notre Dame and 1st Source Honor Faculty Innovation at Commercialization Awards Dinner

On Tuesday, March 24, University leaders, faculty members, and community partners gathered in downtown South Bend to …