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Tengfei Luo named Dorini Family Professor of Energy Studies
Tengfei Luo, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. He was named Notre Dame’s Dorini Family Professor of Energy Studies on July 1, 2022. Appointment to an endowed chair is one of the highest honors in the …
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering welcomes new teaching faculty
The Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering is pleased to welcome two new members of the faculty. Maria Warren, assistant teaching professor, has a background in the experimental mechanics of impulsively loaded structures and computational modeling of porous materials. Her areas of …
Mobile assist: ROAM engineering lab developing powered prosthesis to aid natural movement
Grasping the railing of a stopped treadmill in the basement of Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, Laura Light broke into an electric smile as she used an experimental foot-and-ankle prosthesis to stand on her tiptoes. Patrick Wensing, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering …
Engineering bioactive nanoparticles to restore damaged stem cells
Within a newborn’s umbilical cord lie potentially life-saving stem cells that can be used to fight diseases like lymphoma and leukemia. That is why many new parents elect to store their infant’s stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood. But in the 6-15 percent of pregnancies affected by …
Notre Dame Rocketry Team takes second place in NASA 2022 Student Launch
The Notre Dame Rocketry Team (NDRT) marked its ten-year anniversary with its most successful performance to date, …
Senior design airplanes take flight
On April 26, seniors in the aerospace capstone course brought their remote-controlled planes to the South Bend Radio …
Mechanical engineer Morgan La Sala selected as 2022 salutatorian
Morgan La Sala, mechanical engineering major from Wayne, New Jersey, has been named salutatorian of the 2022 …
Notre Dame engineers awarded 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Six Notre Dame engineers have been awarded 2022 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships and …
Student designs come to life in the Engineering Innovation Hub
Students are transforming their computer-generated designs into reality thanks to the technology and staff in Notre …