Category: Awards and Honors

Cushing Hall of Engineering Entrance

Robert Stevenson named 2024 Outstanding Teacher in Notre Dame College of Engineering

Robert Stevenson, professor of electrical engineering, associate chair, and director of undergraduate studies, is the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Teacher Award in the Notre Dame College of Engineering. The award honors an engineering faculty member — selected each year by undergraduates …

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8 Engineering faculty win NSF CAREER awards in 2023-24

Between 2023-24, eight Notre Dame faculty in the College of Engineering received National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards in recognition of their potential as innovators, both in research and education. CAREER awards come with five years of …

Notre Dame Engineering profs receive Joyce Awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching

Four faculty members in the College of Engineering have received the Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. The Joyce Award honors Notre Dame faculty members who have had a profound influence on undergraduate students through sustained exemplary teaching …

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Cheers to recipients of the 2023 College of Engineering Staff Excellence Awards

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

Yih-Fang Huang and Ahsan Kareem

Two Notre Dame Engineering profs elected as AAAS lifetime fellows

Yih-Fang Huang, professor of electrical engineering and senior associate dean for education and undergraduate programs, and Ahsan Kareem, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of …

Prof. Patrick Fay

Patrick Fay named Stinson Professor of Nanotechnology

Patrick Fay, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. He was named Notre Dame’s Stinson Professor of Nanotechnology, effective September 1, 2022. “Appointment to an endowed chair is one of the highest honors in the …

David Burghoff

David Burghoff receives Young Investigator award from the Office of Naval Research

David Burghoff, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received the Young Investigator Research Program (YIP) award from the Office of Naval Research for his project “Frequency comb ptychoscopy: Imaging beyond the resolution-delay limit.” The award, one of the oldest and most …

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 …

Danielle Merfeld

Danielle Merfeld (ND ’94) elected to National Academy of Engineering

Danielle W. Merfeld (ND ’94) vice president and chief technology officer, GE Renewable Energy, General Electric Co., has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). Election to the Academy is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Merfeld was …

David Burghoff

David Burghoff receives 2021 NSF Early Career Development Award

David Burghoff, assistant professor of electrical engineering, has received a 2021 National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The award is one of the NSF’s highest honors given in support of young faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in …