Using geometry, researchers coax light into 6G terahertz “super-antenna”

In paradigm shifting research, Ranjan Singh and an international team of researchers have created a terahertz super-antenna that beams data into open space at speeds about 100 times faster than home Wi-Fi.

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Glowing orange light waves travel along and bend around a geometric, triangular-patterned surface, illustrating researchers guiding light through a structured material to form a 6G terahertz “super-antenna.”
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Notre Dame researchers to develop wearable tech to improve childbirth safety  

The University of Notre Dame is a critical partner in a new multi-university research consortium selected by the …

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Nishanth Gadiyar receives 2026 IEEE IAS Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award

Nishanth Gadiyar, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the …

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2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows in Engineering

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes six new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral …

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Notre Dame researchers to advance quantum microscopy, biosensing technology, and electronics fabrication with support from NDnano

Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano) has announced the awardees of the inaugural Notre Dame …

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Notre Dame engineers place second overall at AIMM ICC with AI modular boat

The University of Notre Dame’s Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuver (AIMM) team secured a second-place finish …

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Lost at sea no more: New AI platform helps underwater robots get their bearings 

Shifting sunlight, bubbles, and silt constantly interfere with an autonomous underwater vehicle’s (AUVs) ability to …

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This teaching and research Clean Room in Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering features powerful, industry-grade tools for design and fabrication of integrated circuits and medical devices with nanometer-sized features.

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Faculty and students in Electrical Engineering are engaged in research in two primary areas — Electrical Circuits and Systems (ECS) and Electronics, Photonics, Materials and Devices (EPMD).

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Fighting for the Dignity of Independence

Inspired by his dad’s ALS diagnosis, electrical engineering major John Sexton is working to better equip people confined to a powerchair.

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