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Diogo Bolster

Diogo Bolster receives inaugural Polubarinova-Kochina Hydrologic Sciences Mid-Career Award from the American Geophysical Union

Diogo Bolster, Frank M. Freimann Professor of Hydrology at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) inaugural Polubarinova-Kochina Hydrologic Sciences Mid-Career Award. The award recognizes innovative interdisciplinary research, mentoring and …

Notre Dame engineering profs invent trap for capturing and comparing individual bacterial cells

All hospitals battle an invisible threat: Pseudomonas aeruginosa. It is a type of bacteria that affects thousands of patients each year in intensive care units, where it can cause sepsis, pneumonia and other types of infections. “For the average healthy person, P. aeruginosa does not pose a …

Paola Crippa

Paola Crippa receives NSF CAREER award to improve weather models

Paola Crippa, assistant professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences with a joint appointment in the Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. NSF CAREER awards are among the highest honors …

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

Four 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 teaching …

Andrew Bartolini honored with Thomas P. Madden Award for teaching of first-year students

Andrew Bartolini, director of the First-Year Engineering Program and assistant teaching professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, has received Notre Dame’s Thomas P. Madden Award. The Madden Award honors that member of the faculty who contributed …

Downspout on the side of Cushing Hall of Engineering

Cheers to recipients of the 2023 College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the newly established Staff Excellence …

Prof. Warren and the students take a selfie

Notre Dame Women in Engineering 2023 Sustainability Trip to Ireland

Professor Maria Warren led the Women in Engineering Sustainability Trip over spring break this year, exploring …

CEEES bridge builders standing on the completed bridge

Timber, steel, and teamwork: Engineering students build and deconstruct 80-ft truss bridge over water

Wearing hip-waders and carrying drills, Notre Dame engineering students built an 80-ft wooden truss bridge over a …

Group photo of the 2023 Notre Dame ASCE champions on stage.

Notre Dame students named champions of 2023 ASCE Indiana-Kentucky Student Conference Symposium

The Notre Dame student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) received top honors at the 2023 ASCE …

Brian Smith

Brian Smith named 2023 Outstanding Teacher in the Notre Dame College of Engineering

Brian Smith, teaching professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences, is the recipient of the …