Category: Awards and Honors

Meenal Datta

Meenal Datta receives the 2025 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society

Meenal Datta, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been selected by the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) to receive its 2025 Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award. This single-recipient award is BMES’s most prestigious honor for …

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Pinar Zorlutuna elected to the Biomedical Engineering Society’s 2025 Class of Fellows

Pinar Zorlutuna, Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering and director of the Bioengineering Program at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the Biomedical Engineering Society’s (BMES) 2025 Class of Fellows. Fellows are selected on the basis of their “exceptional achievements …

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Notre Dame opens applications for 2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program

The University of Notre Dame is accepting applications for the next cohort of Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows, a select group of early-career scholars in science, engineering, and the liberal arts who are committed to Notre Dame’s mission to be a powerful force for good in the world. Up to …

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Notre Dame Awards Prestigious Engineering Postdoctoral Fellowships for 2025

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes seven new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the Bioengineering and Life Sciences (BELS) initiative. Six of the fellows will join as part of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a …

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Maria Holland named standing member of NIH Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems Study Section 

Maria Holland, associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed to serve as a standing member of the Modeling and Analysis of Biological Systems Study Section (MABS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Center for Scientific …

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Seven engineering faculty named collegiate professors

Seven faculty members in the Notre Dame College of Engineering have been named collegiate professors—a prestigious title awarded by the university and college in recognition of excellence in research, teaching and service. The designation may be conferred on faculty at the assistant, associate …

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Notre Dame Engineering profs receive Joyce Awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching

Two faculty members in the College of Engineering have received the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The Joyce Award honors Notre Dame faculty members who have had a profound influence on undergraduate students through sustained exemplary …

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Cheers to Recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Spring 2025)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the Spring 2025 recipients of the Staff Excellence Awards, which recognize staff members’ exemplary contributions above and beyond the scope of their standard job responsibilities. Award recipients are honored for having a …

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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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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 Program (YIP) award from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). The AFOSR YIP is one of the nation’s most selective research early-career awards in science and …