Professor Datta gave an overview of her work to measure and better understand the effects of solid stress in and around the tumor and its potential effects on tumor therapies.
Jeffrey F. (Jeff) Rhoads, a leading mechanical engineering researcher and pioneer in engineering education, has been appointed vice president for research at the University of Notre Dame by Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., University president.
Nosang Myung, the Bernard Keating-Crawford Professor of Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Election as an NAI Fellow is the highest professional honor awarded solely…
Physics professor Xiaolong Liu studies novel quantum states of matter including unconventional superconductivity. His lab works to image the wave functions of electrons in complex materials.
Khachatur Manukyan, Research Associate Professor in the Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Notre Dame, was awarded a Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grant from the Department of Defense. This grant aims to implement...
One of the IDEA Center at the University of Notre Dame’s primary missions is to commercialize the inventions that emerge from faculty research. The commercialization process moves faculty discoveries…
Notre Dame Materials Science and Engineering students recently toured the Institute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics (ISNAP) in Nieuwland Science Hall and learned how these unique facilities are utilized in materials research. Khachatur…
During his presentation, Dr. Liu explained his team’s experimental research activities, including bottom-up synthesis of artificial quantum materials, creation of quantum simulators via single molecule manipulations, and atomic-scale visualization of superconducting and topological quantum matter via low-temperature scanning probe microscopy.
Cooling accounts for about 15 percent of global energy consumption. Conventional clear windows allow the sun to heat up interior spaces, which energy-guzzling air-conditioners must then cool down. But what if a window could help cool the room, use no...
Eight students were recognized for presentation of their research during the poster session at the 7th annual Notre Dame-Purdue Soft Matter and Polymers Symposium. The event was held in Jordan Hall of Science on October 29. This collaborative…
This collaborative project aims to develop a method for imaging cerebral blood flow (CBF) to allow neuroscientists and neurologists to more clearly understand the complex link between neural activity and CBF.
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.
Three faculty committees preside over the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) doctoral program. In alignment with the interdisciplinary nature of the program, each of the three committees has representation from the participating departments and programs.…
Notre Dame's interdisciplinary PhD program in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) is growing rapidly. Now in its third year, the program has more than 35 students, easily on pace to reach the program projection of 50 students in five years....
David Burghoff, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2022 Moore Inventor Fellow. He is one of five fellows named this year by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The fellows program supports scientist-inventors who...
Khachatur Manukyan, research associate professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Notre Dame, was honored by the 2022 1st Source Bank Commercialization Award for his first U.S. patent, number 9,580,323. The patent, "Method of producing...
Prashant Kamat, Rev. John A. Zahm Professor of Science, has been ranked number 31 in the United States and 45 in the world in the first edition of the Research.com list of Top Chemistry Scientists. Kamat was also recently named...