Category: Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering

AME alum receives VFS François-Xavier Bagnoud Award

Patrick O. Bowles (M.S., AERO ’11; Ph.D., AERO ’12) of Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company, was named the recipient of the 2020 François-Xavier Bagnoud Award by the Vertical Flight Society (VFS). The award is presented annually to honor a VFS member under the age of 35 for outstanding …

Notre Dame donates 3D printed face shields to medical outlets

Most of the research laboratories at the University of Notre Dame have been placed in hibernation mode during the coronavirus pandemic response. However, there’s a chorus of whining, whirling and whistling emanating from the Innovation Lab at the Notre Dame IDEA Center where the latest in 3D …

Prof. Donny Hanjaya-Putra and Visiting Research Fellow Andriana Archilla

Engineering lymphatic vessels as a therapeutic to heal the heart

The cardiovascular system is a complex network of veins, arteries and capillaries. Within that network, lymphatic vessels are critical to the heart’s ability to heal in the event of a heart attack. When they’re functional, lymphatic vessels drain excess fluid that can cause swelling, and …