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Windows welcome light into interior spaces, but they also bring in unwanted heat. A new window coating blocks heat-generating ultraviolet and infrared light and lets through visible light, regardless of the sun’s angle. The coating can be incorporated onto existing...

hris Hinkle is on the hunt for new materials. He needs them to power faster, smaller and more efficient chips for next-generation microelectronics, so only materials with the right chemistry and structure will do. “Current materials are not able to...

Notre Dame Engineering’s Mark J. McCready has been elected a fellow…

Millions of tons of plastic waste enter the oceans each year. The sun’s ultraviolet light and ocean turbulence break down these plastics into invisible nanoparticles that threaten marine ecosystems. In a new study, engineers at the University of Notre Dame...

Matthew Rosenberger, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the most prestigious honors awarded to early-career faculty.

Kyle Bibby, professor of civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences, and Prashant V. Kamat, the Reverend John A. Zahm Professor of Science in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, have been named to Clarivate’s 2023 list of Highly Cited...

Edward Maginn, Keough-Hesburgh Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) — the highest professional...

The Notre Dame Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) team, which organizes immersive research programs each summer for more than 300 undergraduate students from…

Grace Arntz-Johnson, a Ph.D. student in Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has received the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award. The award supports research opportunities...

Sustainable energy, clean water, affordable healthcare solutions — these were some of the issues that student-researchers from colleges and universities around the country addressed at Notre Dame this summer. The students were participants in SMASH Engineering, Soft Materials for Applications...

Jeffrey Kantor, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, former associate provost, vice president for graduate studies and research, and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame, died unexpectedly on July 12 at his home in Rainy...

The time-honored Edisonian trial-and-error process of discovery is slow and labor-intensive. This hampers the development of urgently needed new technologies for clean energy and environmental sustainability, as well as for electronics and biomedical devices. “It usually takes 10 to 20...

Jonathan MacArt, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation…

Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption. Conventional clear windows allow the sun to heat up interior spaces, which energy-guzzling air-conditioners must then cool down. But what if a window could help cool the room, use no...

Patrick Fay, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. He was named Notre Dame’s Stinson Professor of Nanotechnology, effective September 1, 2022.

Jian-xun Wang, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, has received the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Office of Naval Research for his project “Physics-Preserved Neural Differentiable Computing for Predictive Modeling of Rough-Wall Turbulence.” The award, one...

Harnessing the power of long wavelength light is key to the next generation of sensing and imaging devices for environmental monitoring, explosive detection, and biomedicine. Currently, however, the systems emitting such light are large and low-powered. In a new study...

David Burghoff, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow. He is one of five fellows named this year by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The fellows program supports scientist-inventors who...

Chemical engineers at the University of Notre Dame have developed a highly effective filter for removing lead and other toxic heavy metals from water. The new filter is sensitive enough to identify and capture one metal ion, even when mixed...

Casey O’Brien, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the…

Jennifer Schaefer, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is a recipient of the James A. Burns, C.S.C., Graduate School Award — an award given to Notre Dame faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding mentorship of doctoral students.

Marc Muller, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering and earth sciences, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) Critical Aspects of Sustainability (CAS) CAREER award. CAREER awards are among the highest honors awarded to young faculty.

Yamil Colón, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. The prestigious CAREER award supports young faculty who have demonstrated their potential to serve as academic role models...