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Joannes Westerink Awarded the 2025 International Coastal Engineering Award

Joannes Westerink, Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor in Computational Science and Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame, and Richard Luettich, Jr., Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina at …

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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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Research worth fighting for

As one of America’s leading research institutions, Notre Dame has long been at the forefront of finding answers to the most pressing questions facing our communities. With our unique mission to be a force for good, Notre Dame researchers are making discoveries that make our nation healthier, …

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Ahsan Kareem Elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts

Ahsan Kareem, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES) at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He will join the Academy’s division of Technical and …

Patricia J. Culligan and two students stand on a green roof in New York City, examining data from a monitoring device. The roof has grass and plants, with the Empire State Building and other buildings visible in the background under a clear blue sky.

Optimizing for people: a conversation with Patricia Culligan on urban green infrastructure

As urban populations grow and temperatures rise, city dwellers will rely on cool, green, shady places as never before. Green infrastructure—such as green roofs, rain gardens, urban forests—offer sustainable solutions to the water management and heat dissipation challenges unique to cities. …

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Ashley Thrall named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) has named Notre Dame faculty member Ashley Thrall, Myron and Rosemary Noble …

Notre Dame Poverty Initiative announces new investments in poverty research

The University of Notre Dame’s Poverty Initiative has announced a new round of multi-year investments that will …

A home destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, a Category 4 hurricane, which struck Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi in 2017. Engineers at Notre Dame have been leading assessments of structural damage following major hurricanes and warn rapidly intensifying storms like Helene and Milton are the new normal. (Photo: University of Notre Dame)

ND Expert: Hurricanes like Milton, Helene are the new normal

There is no rest for weary Florida residents who have yet to recover from Hurricane Helene. Less than two weeks since …

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Notre Dame researchers create new tool to analyze embodied carbon in more than 1 million buildings in Chicago

The built environment — which includes the construction and operation of buildings, highways, bridges and other …

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13 new faculty join Notre Dame Engineering in fall 2024

The Notre Dame College of Engineering welcomes 13 new members to the faculty this fall. “We are pleased to …