Author: College of Engineering

Shreya Kumar

Programming a better world: Computer science prof and students share tech savvy with community

Shreya Kumar, assistant teaching professor in Computer Science and Engineering, is a software engineer with a special interest in sharing computer know-how to make the world a better place. Her class, CSE Service Projects, delivers technology-based solutions—websites, apps, …

Tijana Milenkovic standing against wall of hexagons

Computer Scientist’s Character Forged in Homeland War: Prof. Tijana Milenkovic

Tijana Milenkovic was in the fourth grade in Sarajevo when the war that broke apart the former country of Yugoslavia erupted in 1992. She remembers avoiding the windows for fear of snipers and catching rainwater to take showers. Enduring a 20-mile exodus from the city that took nine hours to …

Ramzi Bualuan

Ramzi Bualuan to receive 2022 ND Women in Engineering Impact Award

Ramzi Bualuan, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies in computer science and engineering, has been named the recipient of the 2022 Catherine F. Pieronek Women in Engineering Impact Award. The annual award honors a faculty or staff member in the Notre Dame College of …

Copy of Old Testament books, primarily with Jerome’s prologues: Proverbs (pp. 5-37), Ecclesiastes (pp. 37-49), Song of Songs (pp. 49-55), Wisdom (pp. 55-78), Sirach (pp. 78-141), Job (pp. 141-180), Tobias (pp. 180-195), Judith (pp. 195-214), Esther (pp. 214-232). Contains several initials with scroll ornamentation in red ink (pp. 7, 8, 141, 143, 180, 181). (sno)

Researchers use AI to unlock the secrets of ancient texts

The Abbey Library of St. Gall in Switzerland is home to approximately 160,000 volumes of literary and historical manuscripts dating back to the eighth century — all of which are written by hand, on parchment, in languages rarely spoken in modern times. To preserve these historical accounts …

Senior elderly woman hand holding dumbbell in physical therapy session

New CSE study points to impact of pandemic lockdown and restrictions on physical activity for people with Parkinson’s disease

The COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult for everyone, but especially for people with Parkinson’s disease. A new study from Notre Dame computer science engineers explored the impact of stay-at-home mandates, which prevented patients from participating in structured …

IrishSat students preparing balloon and payload for launch

New satellite design team IrishSat launches its first high-altitude balloon

Notre Dame students and faculty gathered on May 11, 2021, for the first high-altitude balloon launch by IrishSat, a new student-run satellite development group. A team of well-trained students attached payloads containing research projects to a weather balloon filled with helium, then released …

Sacred Heart Jesus statue and Washington Hall

Celebrating Undergraduate Excellence: 2021 Steiner Award Recipients

The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Reverend Thomas A. Steiner, C.S.C., Award. These seniors, one in each major, have been selected for their high level of academic excellence as well as dedication to engineering and a commitment to the common good …

Tijana Milenkovic

Tijana Milenkovic honored with CRA-E award for mentoring undergrads in computing research

Tijana Milenkovic, the Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Engineering, has received the CRA-E Undergraduate Research Faculty Mentoring Award. She is one of two winners of this award for 2021. The CRA is the Computing Research Association, the national association of academic …

Christian Poellabauer

Christian Poellabauer appointed to lead new Applied Analytics and Emerging Technology Lab at Notre Dame

Christian Poellabauer, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame and an expert in mobile and wearable technologies, has been appointed founding director of the University’s new Applied Analytics and Emerging Technology Lab (AeTL). Part of the Lucy Family …

DeLive Student Co-founders Zachary Kousens ’20 and Nathaniel Hanson ’20 with a drone and aev with the Golden Dome in background

Defibrillators by drone

A class project in Computer Science and Engineering is going beyond the classroom as a prospective new student startup company. The project, called DeLive, is designed to deliver defibrillators by drone to emergencies so bystanders can save lives before rescue workers arrive. Notre Dame …