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Notre Dame researcher champions local leadership for life-saving disaster assessment

The earthquake that struck southwest Haiti in August 2021 killed thousands of people and left more than half a million seeking help. New research by a University of Notre Dame expert finds that the assessment of this disaster can serve as a model for evaluating future disasters and making …

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Into high waves and turbulence: engineers deploy smart devices to improve hurricane forecasts

Predicting hurricane intensity has lagged behind tracking its path because the forces driving the storm have been difficult and dangerous to measure—until now. “When we’re talking 150, 200-mph winds, with 30-foot waves, you don’t send a boat and crew out there to collect data,” …

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Notre Dame elected to Universities Space Research Association to advance space exploration research

The University of Notre Dame has been inducted into the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). Founded in 1969 under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the U.S. Government, the USRA is a nonprofit corporation chartered to advance space-related science, …

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Nicholson receives 2024 Robert P. Wadell Transportation Engineering Scholarship

Nolan Nicholson, a Notre Dame junior majoring in civil engineering, has received the 2024 Robert P. Wadell Transportation Engineering Scholarship, a national-level award given by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to an outstanding undergraduate pursuing a career in transportation …

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Celebrating undergraduate excellence: 2024 awards from the Notre Dame College of Engineering

Notre Dame Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of its annual college-wide awards to undergraduate students. Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C. Award The Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C. Award “for all around excellence as a graduating senior in the College of …

CEEES bridge builders standing on the completed bridge

Fluid force: Engineering students use pontoons to build 86-foot cable-stayed bridge

As the sun rose over Notre Dame’s Golden Dome, two engineering students adjusted their hip-waders and stepped into …

A group photo of the students who participated in the 2024 ASCE competitions pose in front of their concrete canoe.

Notre Dame students receive 7 podium finishes in the 2024 ASCE Indiana-Kentucky Student Conference Symposium

The Notre Dame student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) received seven podium finishes at the …

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Notre Dame engineers awarded 2024 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Four Notre Dame Engineering students and recent graduates have been awarded 2024 National Science Foundation (NSF) …

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Cheers to Recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Spring 2024)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the Spring 2024 recipients of the Staff Excellence …

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Peter Burns elected as fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Peter Burns, the Henry Massman Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and director of Notre Dame’s Center …