Notre Dame Panel to Discuss Future of Electric Power

A panel of energy industry experts will discuss the future of electric power and energy Feb. 25 (Wednesday) from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Center for Continuing Education at the University of Notre Dame. The discussion, which will be...

Air Force Research Office Honors Two Young Engineering Faculty

The University of Notre Dame’s Vikas Tomar, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, and Huili (Grace) Xing, assistant professor of electrical engineering, are two of the 39 engineers and scientists selected by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research...

On the Road to an Efficient Electric Car

The day may come when we pull into our garages in easily rechargeable electric cars. But the hype surrounding the release of GM’s electric Volt not withstanding, University of Notre Dame engineering professor Paul McGinn’s current project list is proof...

Second Annual Energy Week to Focus on Sustainability

The University of Notre Dame will observe its second annual Energy Week Sept. 17 to 24 (Wednesday to Wednesday) with the theme Be Enlightened, in conjunction with Sustainable Energy: A Notre Dame Forum, to be held on campus Sept. 24....

Seed Fund Projects Focus on Clean Energy

In support of its mission to pursue the development of abundant and inexpensive energy sources that do not harm the environment, the University of Notre Dame's Energy Center has announced that three projects pursuing novel concepts in clean energy will...

Notre Dame to Host Energy Policy Conference

The University of Notre Dame and the Notre Dame Energy Center will host engineers, scientists and state and national leaders responsible for formulating and implementing energy policy July 7 (Monday) at a conference in McKenna Hall. The event will focus...

Joan Brennecke Named Stieglitz Lecturer

Joan F. Brennecke, Keating-Crawford Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and director of the University of Notre Dame's Energy Center, has been named the 2008 Julius Stieglitz Lecturer by the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the…

Greenhouses and “Green” Computing

On the surface, high performance computing and greenhouses appear to have little in common. But the University of Notre Dame's Center for Research Computing and the City of South Bend have wedded them in a marriage that is environmentally friendly,...

Fighting for the Environment

Fighting for the Environment, an NBC television spot, highlighting research by Notre Dame professors Joan Brennecke and Ed Maginn on containing carbon…