Electrical Engineering

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes nine new faculty across all five of its departments.  “I warmly welcome this group of talented new faculty to our engineering community,” said Patricia Culligan, Matthew H. McCloskey Dean of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering. “They are an outstanding group of educators and researchers who bring expertise in […] The post College of Engineering welco…

When the echoes of the marching band fade and the last of more than 77,000 fans depart, the memories remain—but so does the trash, an average of 51 tons of it. Plastic cups, wrappers and cans spill from overflowing trash receptacles, collect along pathways, and, carried by the wind, scatter across parking lots.  Post-game cleanup […] The post Notre Dame launches inaugural Innovation Challenge wit…

Thomas O’Sullivan, Frank M. Freimann Collegiate Professor of Biomedical Electronics in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been elected a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics. He is among 59 researchers from around the world selected as new SPIE Fellows in August 2026. SPIE Fellow […] The post Thomas O’Sullivan named SPIE Fel…

The University of Notre Dame is a critical partner in a new multi-university research consortium selected by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Making Obstetrics Care Smart (MOCS) program to eliminate dangerous guesswork in the delivery room. The project, named OMEGA (Optical, […] The post Notre Dame resear…

Nishanth Gadiyar, assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been awarded the 2026 Andrew W. Smith Outstanding Young Member Achievement Award by the IEEE Industry Applications Society (IAS). The award recognizes Gadiyar for his “contributions to advancing electric machines and electro-mechanical systems through multi-physics optimization, harmonic control, …

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes six new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, a university-wide initiative. Now in its second year, the program supports talented, highly motivated scholars committed to Notre Dame’s mission—to be a powerful force for good and to advance research solutions for the challenges facing society and our […] The post 20…

Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology (NDnano) has announced the awardees of the inaugural Notre Dame Nanofabrication Facility (NDNF) Support Grants. The grant program is designed to catalyze new research involving the NDNF, a world-class, 9,000 square-foot teaching and research cleanroom, by supporting faculty members who have limited experience utilizing the tools and infrastructure of the faci…

The University of Notre Dame’s Artificial Intelligence Maritime Maneuver (AIMM) team secured a second-place finish overall at the 2026 Indiana Collegiate Challenge (ICC). The team shared first place with Indiana University, Bloomington on the course challenge, which necessitated navigating a complex series of obstacles, collecting data and returning to base.  Since the inaugural competition in [……

Chris Hinkle, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, effective July 1, 2026.  “Chris Hinkle’s leadership of large-scale research projects and dedication to student success make him the ideal choice to lead Electrical Engineering,” said Patricia J. Culligan, the Matthew H. McCloskey […] The post Chr…

The Wireless Institute is pleased to announce that Dr. Jonathan Chisum has been granted a two-year experimental license by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), enabling advanced wireless research and real-world 5G experimentation on the University of Notre Dame campus. This experimental authorization allows Professor Chisum and his research group to conduct mobile wireless testing across …

On Tuesday, March 24, University leaders, faculty members, and community partners gathered in downtown South Bend to celebrate research and innovation at the 1st Source Faculty Commercialization Award dinner. This event honors faculty researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University School of Medicine-South Bend, whose discoveries advance innovation into real-world products and …

Four teams of researchers across the College of Science and the College of Engineering have been selected to receive seed funding from the Notre Dame Sensor Initiative (NDSI) for research advancing affordable, fast, and accurate platforms for on-site opioid detection. As opioid overdoses continue to cause high rates of death and hospitalization nationwide, these researchers will work […] The post…

The University of Notre Dame has earned a spot on the Top 100 U.S. Universities Granted Utility Patents in 2025, a list published annually by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The Top 100 U.S. Universities ranking highlights and celebrates U.S. academic institutions that play a large role in advancing innovation through the critical step of protecting their […] The post Notre Dame ranks am…

Three electrical engineers at the University of Notre Dame in the fields of next-gen wireless networks, advanced semiconductors, and biomedical imaging have been named 2026 Senior Members of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). This year’s honorees include Jonathan Chisum, Patrick Fay, and Thomas O’Sullivan.  NAI enhances the visibility of academic technology and innovation, promotes […] The …

The University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering welcomed Marko Radosavljević to its Department of Electrical Engineering this spring, expanding its expertise in semiconductor technology. Radosavljević is a recognized expert in non-silicon materials and transistors, including carbon nanotubes and gallium nitride, for applications in logic and power delivery. He aims to create electronics tha…

Engineers have long focused their efforts on confining signal-carrying photons to chips. Every photon that escapes, they reasoned, is information lost. But one group of researchers has stood that paradigm on its head. By deliberately “leaking” photons into the air, they created, not the feared amorphous blob of light, but a super-antenna—one that broadcasts data […] The post Using geometry, resea…

Anthony Hoffman, the John J. Huether Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, has been named an Optica Fellow. He was selected by a panel of peers for “pioneering contributions to mid-infrared optical metamaterials and sustained service to the photonics community,” according to the official citation. Optica is a global society […] The post Anthony Hoffman Na…

Black, windless, silent—low earth orbit seems empty. Yet as anyone launching a satellite in this region knows, powerful, invisible forces are at work. Gravity pulls the satellite towards earth, solar radiation generates its power, and earth’s magnetic field guides its trajectory. IrishSat, the University of Notre Dame’s satellite and space engineering design team, has devised […] The post Voyage …

Luis Montestruque, ND Ph.D. ’04 (electrical engineering), is a pioneer in the field of smart water systems. For more than two decades, he has helped utilities improve water resource management, reduce flooding, and minimize combined sewer overflows. He is the founder and CEO of HydroDigital—a South Bend company that designs, deploys and supports smart water […] The post Luis Montestruque, Ph.D. ’…

Ranjan Singh, professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame and pioneer in terahertz photonics, spintronics and metamaterials, has been named founding editor-in-chief of Applied Physics Letters (APL) Engineering Physics. According to Singh, the journal aims to encourage cross-disciplinary research, since innovation often happens at the boundaries between fields. “We welcome …