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Photos of 5 College of Engineering new hires; Mengxue Hou, Fanxin Kong, Kai Ni, Jeffrey R. Rhoads, and Charles Wampler.

Five new faculty join Notre Dame Engineering in Fall 2023

The Notre Dame College of Engineering this fall welcomed 5 new members of the faculty. Mengxue Hou (above far left) joined as assistant professor of electrical engineering. She devises algorithms that prepare robotic systems to be cognizant, taskable, and adaptive. Her aim is to create systems …

A chip layout featuring the Notre Dame monogram drawn from Morrison's Digital Integrated Circuits course

Notre Dame computer engineering professor partners with HBCUs to grow the U.S. microelectronics workforce

When it comes to making semiconductor chips in the United States, “we need all hands on deck,” says Matthew Morrison, associate teaching professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Morrison explains that although the U.S. government …

Xiaobo Sharon Hu

Sharon Hu receives 2023 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award

Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received the 2023 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award from the Design Automation Conference (DAC). DAC is the largest industry event devoted to electronic computer-aided …

Brianna Lynn Wimer

Brianna Lynn Wimer named 2023 Google Ph.D. Fellow to address computing needs of vision-impaired people

Brianna Lynn Wimer, a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2023 Google Ph.D. Fellow. The fellowship recognizes graduate students doing exceptional and innovative research in areas relevant to computer science and related …

Yiyu Shi

Yiyu Shi named a top innovator in DAC’s Under 40 Innovator Awards

Yiyu Shi, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, is one of four recipients of the 2023 Under-40 Innovator Award from the Design Automation Conference (DAC). DAC is the largest industry event devoted to electronic computer-aided design. The award …

Mosaic of the 10 stir grant recipients

STIR grants energize new science/engineering research projects at Notre Dame

The first Seed Transformative Interdisciplinary Research (STIR) grants, announced in early 2023 by the Notre Dame …

Adam Czajka

Adam Czajka receives NSF CAREER award to improve biometric security

Adam Czajka, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a …

Prof. Warren and the students take a selfie

Notre Dame Women in Engineering 2023 Sustainability Trip to Ireland

Professor Maria Warren led the Women in Engineering Sustainability Trip over spring break this year, exploring …

Downspout with an ND monogram on it covered in ivy

Notre Dame engineers awarded 2023 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Eleven Notre Dame engineering students and alums have been awarded 2023 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate …

Michael Niemier

Ahead of the curve: Notre Dame computer scientists and engineers work with area teachers to enhance STEM learning in the classroom

Rapid advances in computing require teachers to stay ahead of the technological curve, but who will teach the …