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Grace Pepperman ND ’25 likens civil engineers to Spider-Man in award-winning essay

What do civil engineers and Spider-Man have in common? “A lot,” maintains Grace Pepperman, a 2025 graduate of …

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Seven engineering faculty named collegiate professors

Seven faculty members in the Notre Dame College of Engineering have been named collegiate professors—a prestigious …

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Clive Neal represents the United States at United Nations Committee on Outer Space

Clive Neal, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences at the University of Notre Dame, was a …

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Notre Dame announces 2025 Strategic Framework Grant recipients

The University of Notre Dame has announced the awardees of its 2025 Strategic Framework Grant (SFG) …

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Cheers to Recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Spring 2025)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the Spring 2025 recipients of the Staff Excellence …

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Notre Dame students earn 11 podium finishes while hosting the 2025 ASCE Indiana-Kentucky Student Symposium

The Notre Dame student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) hosted the 2025 ASCE Indiana-Kentucky …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …