Category: Awards and Honors

Diogo Bolster

Diogo Bolster named Freimann Professor of Hydrology

Diogo Bolster, professor and Henry Massman Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. He was named Notre Dame’s Frank M. Freimann Professor of Hydrology on July 1, …

Tengfei Luo

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 …

Jane Cleland-Huang

Jane Cleland-Huang named Freimann Professor of Computer Science

Jane Cleland-Huang, professor and chair of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded an endowed professorship. She was named the Frank M. Freimann Professor of Computer Science on July 1, 2022. Appointment to an endowed chair is one of the highest honors …

Casey O’Brien receives NSF CAREER Award for chemical technology to reduce greenhouse gases

Casey O’Brien, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award. CAREER awards are among the highest honors awarded to young faculty. O’Brien’s CAREER research project focuses on …

Meng Jiang

Meng Jiang receives NSF CAREER award for new computational framework for intelligent assistance for mental health

Meng Jiang, assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, one of the highest honors awarded to young faculty. His CAREER research project will develop novel algorithms to improve the quality of intelligent assistance for …

Pinar Zorlutuna

Pinar Zorlutuna named National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow

Pinar Zorlutuna, professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, was named a National Academy of Sciences Kavli Fellow. Kavli fellows are selected from among early-career award winners in the U.S. and abroad. Zorlutuna investigates and develops micro and …

Jennifer Schaefer

Jennifer Schaefer awarded Notre Dame’s Burns Award for outstanding mentorship of doctoral students

Jennifer Schaefer, associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, is a recipient of the James A. Burns, C.S.C., Graduate School Award — an award given to Notre Dame faculty members who have demonstrated outstanding mentorship of doctoral students.   This year the Burns …

Yamil Colón

Yamil Colón receives NSF CAREER Award to advance understanding of gas adsorption in porous materials

Yamil Colón, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award. The prestigious CAREER award supports young faculty who have demonstrated their potential to serve as academic …

Maria Holland

Maria Holland receives NSF CAREER award to advance understanding of the role of mechanics in the human brain

Maria Holland, Clare Boothe Luce assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, has received the National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award to advance her biomechanics-informed research on variations in cerebral cortex …

Xiaobo Sharon Hu

Xiaobo Sharon Hu named fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s largest and most prestigious educational and scientific computing society, has named Xiaobo Sharon Hu, professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Notre Dame, a 2021 fellow. The ACM Fellows program recognizes …