Category: Awards and Honors

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8 Engineering faculty win NSF CAREER awards in 2023-24

Between 2023-24, eight Notre Dame faculty in the College of Engineering received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards in recognition of their potential as innovators, both in research and education. CAREER awards come with five years of …

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Cheers to Recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Fall 2023)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the Fall 2023 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 substantial …

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 …

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 …

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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 Awards, which recognize the exemplary contributions of staff members above and beyond the scope of their standard job responsibilities. Award recipients are honored for having a …

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 Notre Dame College of Engineering’s 2023 Outstanding Teacher Award. The award honors an engineering faculty member, selected each year by undergraduates in engineering, for …

Brad Weldon

Brad Weldon named Henry Massman Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering

Brad Weldon, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies for Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences (CEEES), has been awarded a named professorship. He is now the Henry Massman Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering at Notre Dame. “Brad has been tremendous in …

Yih-Fang Huang and Ahsan Kareem

Two Notre Dame Engineering profs elected as AAAS lifetime fellows

Yih-Fang Huang, professor of electrical engineering and senior associate dean for education and undergraduate programs, and Ahsan Kareem, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of …