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Antenna expert Jonathan Chisum named ONR Senior Research Fellow

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has selected Jonathan Chisum, associate professor of electrical engineering and affiliate of the Wireless Institute, to be a Summer Faculty Fellow at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Radar Division in Washington, D.C. During his 10-week fellowship, Chisum …

A NASA Super Pressure Balloon with the COSI payload is ready for launch from McMurdo, Antarctica.

IrishSat’s high altitude balloon goes to Antarctica

Antarctica provides NASA with the advantages of being in space—at a fraction of the cost. Each year, from December to January, the agency’s Balloon Program Office (BPO) launches scientific balloons into Antarctica’s stratosphere, taking advantage of this icy continent’s remote location and …

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Notre Dame researchers advance encryption and high-performance microelectronics technologies

Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have received new funding through the Silicon Crossroads Microelectronic Commons (SCMC) Hub as a part of the CHIPS and Science Act. In the fall of 2024, the White House announced the initial round of technical projects through the Microelectronic Commons …

Tom Pratt

Thomas Pratt named Collegiate Professor

Thomas Pratt, research professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame and affiliate member of the Wireless Institute and the Notre Dame Turbomachinery Laboratory, has been appointed Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Research Professor of Electrical Engineering, effective January …

John Howe

John Howe receives fellowship for semiconductor research

John Howe, a junior majoring in Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded a 2024 fellowship from SUPREME (Superior Energy-Efficient Materials and Devices), Cornell University’s microelectronics research center.   The fellowship supports travel and …

Atefah Ghafari poses with her Women in Spectrum certificate

Atefeh Ghafari receives NSC Women in Spectrum Scholarship Award

Atefeh Ghafari, Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National …

Bingyan Lu

Lu Receives NSF SpectrumX Graduate Research Fellowship

Bingyan Lu, a Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received the NSF …

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13 new faculty join Notre Dame Engineering in fall 2024

The Notre Dame College of Engineering welcomes 13 new members to the faculty this fall. “We are pleased to …

Gregory Snider

Gregory Snider named Robert W. and Alice M. Bauchman Professor in Engineering

Gregory Snider, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed …

LED devices in the palm of a hand

Implantable LED device uses light to treat deep-seated cancers

Certain types of light have proven to be an effective, minimally-invasive treatment for cancers located on or near the …