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Notre Dame engineers named Grand Champion at AIMM ICC for second year in a row

For the second year in a row, a team of Notre Dame engineering students was named Overall Grand Champion at the 2025 Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuver Indiana Collegiate Challenge (AIMM ICC). This year, the team stood out as the only one to complete the course with a fully autonomous …

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Cheers to Recipients of the College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards (Spring 2025)

The Notre Dame College of Engineering is pleased to announce the Spring 2025 recipients of the Staff Excellence Awards, which recognize staff members’ exemplary contributions above and beyond the scope of their standard job responsibilities. Award recipients are honored for having a …

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Notre Dame Research, Athletics address challenges of ACL tears, sleep loss, and stress in new joint research projects

Notre Dame Research and Athletics have awarded three research teams the first-ever Human Performance & Wellness Research Grants. The grants will provide funding to support exceptional research projects that contribute meaningfully to fields related to the health, well-being, and performance of …

Steve Koester

Steven Koester to lead Notre Dame’s Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano) Interdisciplinary Research Center

Steven Koester, recently appointed Frank M. Freimann Professor of Microelectronics and internationally recognized scholar and innovator in nanotechnology, has been named the director of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano). As director, he will lead a …

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Record-tying four Notre Dame students named 2025 Goldwater Scholars

A record-tying four University of Notre Dame students have been named 2025 Goldwater Scholars in recognition of their exceptional promise as future leaders in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics. Juniors Jacob Finley, John Howe, Thomas Reimer and Connor Smith each will receive a …

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Research worth fighting for

As one of America’s leading research institutions, Notre Dame has long been at the forefront of finding answers to …

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Notre Dame researchers develop new, ultra-power-efficient 5G antenna

Globally, two billion people use fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks. These users have gained more rapid upload …

Jonathan Chisum

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 …

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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 …

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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 …