Category: Awards and Honors

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 …

Diogo Bolster

Diogo Bolster named Freimann Professor of Hydrology

Diogo Bolster, professor and Henry Massman Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. He was named Notre Dame’s Frank M. Freimann Professor of Hydrology on July 1, …

Fernando in front of LIDAR

Harindra Joseph Fernando elected as Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

Harindra Joseph Fernando, the Wayne and Diana Murdy Endowed Professor of Engineering and Geosciences, has been elected as a fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). He will be formally recognized with the 2021 Class of Fellows during the AGU Fall Meeting in December in New …

Prof. Kurama pointing to a break in a concrete beam with students in the background.

Article co-authored by Prof. Kurama wins Korn Award for advancement of precast prestressed concrete technology

A journal article by Yahya C. Kurama, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences; Theresa C. Aragon (ND Ph.D. 2018); and Donald F. Meinheit has won the Martin P. Korn Award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. The Korn Award recognizes a paper that offers …

Kareem

Ahsan Kareem receives 2021 ASCE Newmark Medal for innovative contributions in structural engineering and engineering mechanics

Ahsan Kareem, Robert Moran Professor of Engineering and director of the NatHaz (Natural Hazards) Laboratory, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Nathan M. Newmark Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Kareem was cited for “his innovative contributions to advancements …

H. Bolton Seed Medal

Patricia J. Culligan, dean of Notre Dame Engineering, receives 2021 H. Bolton Seed Medal for expanding boundaries of geoenvironmental and sustainability engineering

Patricia J. Culligan, professor of civil engineering and the Matthew H. McCloskey dean of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering, is the recipient of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Geo-Institute’s 2021 H. Bolton Seed Medal. The medal is awarded annually for outstanding …

Alexandros Taflanidis

Alexandros Taflanidis wins ASCE Huber Prize for using scientific computing to improve community resilience against hurricanes and earthquakes

Alexandros Taflanidis, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, has been awarded the 2021 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from the America Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The Huber Prize, considered the most significant mid-career research …

Sacred Heart Jesus statue and Washington Hall

Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence: 2021 Steiner Award Recipients

The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C., Award. These seniors, one in each major, have been selected for their high level of academic excellence as well as dedication to engineering and a commitment to the common good …