Notre Dame Engineering

Sex traffickers use digital tools to exploit victims. @ND_CSE students use tech to fight back. With Prof. Shreya Kumar and human rights lawyer Monalisa, students build interactive tools, legal analytics, and data visualizers to protect the vulnerable. 🔗➡️ engineering.nd.edu/news/computer-…

AI is helping unlock one of biology's biggest mysteries. A new @NDEngineering initiative will use AI-powered "digital twins" to better understand how cells communicate, opening new possibilities for treating wounds, cancer and other diseases: go.nd.edu/68cb3f

Was Mars ever home to life? 🔴 With the aid of a test that @CEEES_ND’s Dr. Ross Williams helped NASA design, the Curiosity rover moved closer to unlocking the answer. Read more: engineering.nd.edu/news/notre-dam…

Congrats to @CEEES_ND Prof. Clive Neal on being awarded the 2026 NASA Eugene Shoemaker Distinguished Scientist Medal for his contributions to understanding the Moon 🌕. A “lunar evangelist,” he champions human exploration of the Moon and beyond.🚀 More ➡️: engineering.nd.edu/news/clive-nea…

How can consumers choose eco-friendly tech without data to back it up? @ND_CSE Prof. Tingyu Cheng and researchers from @UW, @BrownUniversity & @Northeastern built a multimodal AI tool that estimates a device’s carbon footprint in under a minute. Read more: engineering.nd.edu/news/how-big-i…

📣 @AeroMechND Prof. Meenal Datta has received an NSF CAREER Award for her research in immunomechanics—an emerging field that examines how the mechanical forces of growing tumors disrupt the immune system’s ability to fight cancer. Congrats!🎉 Read more: engineering.nd.edu/news/meenal-da…

🚀 From bridges and air cannons to RC cars and more, local high school students spent last week at our Engineering Exploration STEM Summer Camp. Through hands-on projects, campers learned how engineers solve problems, create solutions, and have fun along the way.

📸 Engineering in Photos: May 2026 captures a month of celebration and connection—from the excitement of Commencement Weekend and EE Senior Design to the camaraderie of the Staff Appreciation Lunch and the spirit of the Sunburst Races. Take a look ⬇️ engineering.nd.edu/news/engineeri…

The new Library Catalog is here! Have questions about how to use our search platform, FiNDit? Check out what’s new and how to navigate key features. Or contact the Ask Us Desk with questions. Learn more: libguides.library.nd.edu/findit/new-fea…

📣Congrats to @ND_CSE Prof Tim Weninger on being selected for the prestigious U.S. Defense Science Study Group class of 2027-28. He joins a select group of 18 top researchers applying AI & engineering insights to national security challenges. 🇺🇸 Read more: engineering.nd.edu/news/tim-wenin…

Lots of fun building, testing, and tackling challenges together this week for area high school students participating in the Robotics Camp at the Notre Dame Engineering Innovation Hub! 🤖⚙️ #NotreDame #Robotics #STEM #FutureEngineers #NDEngineering

Douglas and Diana Berthiaume make groundbreaking gift to support strategic investment in biomedical research infrastructure bit.ly/4dEdsV0

🚀 Launching fall 2026, the new @NDengineering Earth and Planetary Sciences (EPS) ☀️🪐🌙 minor will prepare undergrads across engineering, science, and the humanities for the global space sector. Read more: engineering.nd.edu/news/notre-dam…

Statement from Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., on the papal encyclical "Magnifica Humanitas:" In "Magnifica Humanitas," Pope Leo XIV has given us a profound gift: a teaching that reminds us that every human life possesses an inviolable dignity and that safeguarding this dignity must be the foundation of every decision we make as we develop and apply artificial intelligence. Signing this encyclical on the 135th anniversary of "Rerum Novarum," Pope Leo XIII’s historic letter on the rights of workers, is a deliberate choice. Just as Leo XIII addressed the disorientation of the industrial revolution, Leo XIV calls us to moral clarity and solidarity in the midst of this latest societal transformation, underscoring the urgency of the questions humankind faces. At Notre Dame, our mission as a global Catholic research university compels us to advance Pope Leo XIV’s historic contribution to Catholic social tradition through our research, our teaching, and all of our work in service of the common good. The Holy Father has highlighted the critical role that Catholic scholars and researchers — and all those of goodwill — must play in raising moral questions and actively shaping new technologies to ensure they serve the entire human family.

If you attended Commencement this Sunday, you may have heard Valedictorian Marin Soros ’26 reference “St Olaf’s Ice Chapel.” Read about it here: magazine.nd.edu/stories/igloo/

"Class of 2026: today we are sent into the world: to Wall Street and classrooms, to hospitals and courtrooms. Like Father Sorin, we stand before a world that has grown cold. And though the people we encounter may know nothing about Notre Dame, we can leave a mark on their hearts with the warmth we have cultivated here. This may seem daunting. But we’ve been doing it for four years, and we are just getting started." - Valedictorian Martin Soros

Congratulations to the College of Engineering Class of 2026! Your hard work, resilience, innovation, and commitment to the common good have prepared you to help engineer a better world for all. We can’t wait to see what’s next. Go Irish! 🎓🍀

Hats off to you, Class of 2026, Commencement Weekend is here! Today, we celebrate our J.D., Master's and Ph.D. graduates, commission our ROTC officers, host a number of undergraduate diploma ceremonies, and celebrate Commencement Mass. Livestreams here: go.nd.edu/CommencementSt…

☘️ Notre Dame engineers placed second overall at AIMM ICC 2026, with a new AI modular boat and a dynamic water-ballast system. Congrats! Learn more: engineering.nd.edu/news/notre-dam…

Artemis II, a crewed lunar flyby mission, marked humanity’s return to deep space for the first time in more than 50 years. See how Notre Dame alumnae made a difference: magazine.nd.edu/stories/findin…