On Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 the Notre Dame Integrated Imaging Facility (NDIIF) will host its annual Midwest Imaging and Microanalysis Workshop at the McKenna Conference Center. The event will feature presentations from faculty across the region, including Purdue University, the...

Mark Summe presents during 3MT®. Mark Summe, a Ph.D.…

Three 3MT® finalists were named out of nine competitors on Wednesday night in DeBartolo Hall at the College of Engineering qualifying round. Mark Summe (Chemical Engineering), Xunzhao Yin (Computer Science and Engineering) and Diya Li (Chemical Engineering) were chosen to...

As part of the 2018 Research Symposium, ND Energy hosted a poster session for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars to present their energy-related…

On Wednesday, April 18, 2018, the Center for Sustainable Energy at Notre Dame (ND Energy) will host its inaugural research symposium. The event is free and open to the Notre Dame community. A full day of events is planned for...

Associate Professor Rob Nerenberg has been appointed to the International Scientific Committee through the Academic Committee of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development.

The fellowship provides three years of financial support in the form of $34,000 annual stipends and $12,000 cost-of-education allowances to the fellows’ graduate institutions. 

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ND Energy offers competitive fellowships for undergraduate and graduate students to conduct energy-related research at Notre Dame. These fellowships support new advancements in energy technologies, while broadening the educational experiences for students receiving these awards. These programs…

McCourtney Hall was constructed with sustainable building practices from concept to completion, sourcing 33 percent of the building materials from the local region and using more than 32 percent of materials with recycled content.

Ammonia is an essential component of fertilizers that support the world’s food production needs, and currently production relies on non-renewable fossil fuels and has limited applications for only large, centralized chemical plants.

On March 20, ND Energy sponsored a panel discussion on the future of STEM graduate students and Notre Dame’s role in preparing them for careers in both academia and industry. “Divergent Exit…

Professor Ashley Thrall has been honored with the Early Faculty Career Award from the American Institute of Steel Construction.

David B. Go, the Rooney Family Associate Professor of Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2018 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society Early Achievement Award.

Liquid crystals are perhaps most well known for their use in electronic displays, but many biological molecules, such as those in cell membranes are forms of liquid crystals, as are some detergents and clays. What is unique about liquid crystals...

When the University designed and constructed Flaherty and Dunne halls, it carefully planned and implemented green methods for saving energy, water and other resources and generating less waste in both the construction and operation of the two buildings.

The complexity of the uranium-based mineral, dubbed ewingite, is nearly twice as high as the previous most complex mineral.

Muhammad Yunus, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, will deliver a keynote address at 7 p.m. April 12 (Thursday) as part of this year’s Notre Dame Forum.

It was a two-way learning experience on Saturday, March 3, for…

On February 27 the Executive Director of nonprofit Earth Charter Indiana, South Bend’s Director of Sustainability and a South Bend Council Member shared the stage at Notre Dame, discussing a film that chronicles the passing…

Dozens of local youth will be on hand for a screening of “Little Warriors,” a documentary chronicling the youth-led push for local climate legislation in Indianapolis, at 6 p.m. Tuesday (Feb. 27) at the University of Notre Dame’s Eck Visitors...

  Students braved the cold and…

On February 3 more than 1,300 members of the South Bend community made it to the third floor…

Four students who traveled abroad last summer to work on energy-related projects shared…

Supported by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Christiane Baumeister, Robert and Irene Bozzone Associate Professor of Economics at Notre Dame, will collect data on possible determinants of oil demand and create models to figure out which of those factors actually determine future demand. 

Notre Dame’s Department of Political Science has added four new faculty members, bolstering its expertise in international relations issues. The new faculty — Eugene Gholz, Joseph Parent, Rosemary Kelanic, and Jazmin Sierra — join an elite group of academics advancing...

Hsieh will speak on April 25 at the Lerner Theatre during the Elkhart portion of Idea Week.

A thermal energy production and storage facility under construction on the northeast edge of campus will help the University of Notre Dame meet growing campus energy needs while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

ND Energy has announced the 2018 recipients of The Patrick and Jana Eilers Graduate Student Fellowship for Energy Related Research and The Forgash Fellowship for Research in Solar Energy. Students compete…

The new center led by the University of Notre Dame will focus on conducting research that aims to increase the performance, efficiency and capabilities of future computing systems for both commercial and defense applications.