Category: Awards and Honors

Fanxin Kong

Fanxin Kong receives NSF CAREER award to advance the security and safety of cyber-physical systems 

Fanxin Kong, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the highest honors awarded to young faculty. Kong’s CAREER research project will advance the security and safety of …

Ramzi Bualuan

Ramzi Bualuan honored with Outstanding Mentoring Award

Ramzi Bualuan, teaching professor and director of undergraduate studies in computer science and engineering, is the recipient of the 2025 College of Engineering Outstanding Mentoring Award. Outstanding mentors go beyond guiding students’ academic achievements—they foster …

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Four Notre Dame Engineers recognized among 2025 Graduate School award winners

Four members of the Notre Dame engineering community have been named 2025 award recipients by the Graduate School, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to graduate education and research. The honorees include two faculty members and two doctoral students whose achievements reflect …

Zachary Brown and Liam Redmond

Two Notre Dame seniors, four alumni named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list

Six students and alumni of the University of Notre Dame have earned spots on the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2025. The annual list, launched in 2011, honors trailblazing entrepreneurs, innovators, and creators under the age of 30. The list includes Notre Dame seniors Zachary Brown …

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Gang Liu receives IBM Fellowship

Gang Liu, a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received an IBM PhD Fellowship Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. The award will support Liu’s research, which uses graph machine learning to discover new …

Simret Gebreegziabher

Simret Gebreegziabher receives IBM PhD Fellowship Award

Simret Gebreegziabher, a doctoral student in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received an IBM PhD Fellowship Award for the 2024-2025 academic year. The prestigious award recognizes Gebreegziabher’s work to date within the realm of …

Joanna Santos

Santos wins Google Research Award

Joanna Cecilia da Silva Santos, assistant professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a Google Research Scholar Award for her project “Leveraging the Power of LLMs to Generate Security Tests for Mobile Apps.” The project’s goal is to make …

Matthew Morrison

Matt Morrison recognized as champion for the advancement of women in the semiconductor industry

The Global Semiconductor Alliance Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) recently recognized Matt Morrison, Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, with their Allyship Award. The Allyship Program recognizes and celebrates men who champion the advancement …

Sharon Hu

Sharon Hu named Leo E. and Patti Ruth Linbeck Professor of Engineering

Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed chair—the highest honor a university can bestow upon faculty. Hu was named Notre Dame’s Leo E. and Patti Ruth Linbeck Professor of Engineering, effective July 1, …

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Keeping an even keel: Notre Dame engineers take first place in AI-controlled boat competition

A team of seven Notre Dame Engineering students clinched the 2024 Overall Grand Champions title and took first place in the Course Challenge at the inaugural Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuver Indiana Collegiate Challenge (AIMM ICC). The event, a collaboration between Trine University …