Author: College of Engineering

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 …

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 College of Science and College of Engineering, have been awarded to four new research projects led by multidisciplinary teams of scientists and engineers. The one-year seed …

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 sustainability, policy and leadership with undergraduate students. The group travelled to two different regions of Ireland — Dublin and Kylemore Abbey in Connemara. They toured …

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 Research Fellowships, and one has received an honorable mention. The fellowship program supports outstanding students (undergraduate seniors and early-career graduate students) …

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 teachers?  For the past seven summers, up to a dozen local area high-school STEM teachers have come to campus for research experiences through the National Science Foundation (NSF) …

Advanced Air Mobility, with its many vehicle concepts and potential uses in both local and intraregional applications, is shown in this illustration.

Making the skies safer with smarter drones

With NASA funding, Notre Dame will lead a multi-institution, multi-million-dollar project to ensure safer skies Drones flying at low altitude are increasingly being used to support activities ranging from emergency response to package delivery to agricultural surveillance. How can we ensure …

Spyridon Mastorakis

Welcome! Spyridon Mastorakis joins the faculty

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering is pleased to introduce Spyridon Mastorakis, who joins the faculty as assistant professor. “We are thrilled to welcome Professor Mastorakis to computer science and engineering at Notre Dame,” said Jane Cleland-Huang, Frank M. Freimann …

Zhichun Guo

Zhichun Guo named 2023 Snap Research Fellow

Zhichun Guo, a Ph.D. student in computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2023 Snap Research Fellow.   The fellowship recognizes outstanding students carrying out highly impactful research in areas of interest to Snap Inc., including machine …

Nitesh Chawla and Vijay Gupta

Nitesh Chawla and Vijay Gupta named 2022 IEEE Fellows

Notre Dame engineering professors Nitesh Chawla and Vijay Gupta have been named 2022 Newly Elevated Fellows with the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). The IEEE Board of Directors elevates members to fellows when they have made extraordinary contributions to IEEE …