Fighting for breast cancer patients

Prof. Tom O’Sullivan and his team have developed game-changing new technology to safely monitor changes in tumors.

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Doctoral Student Meghana Remella demonstrates work on equipment in the Nanofabrication Facility in Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering.

Engineers seek “switchable” materials to power next-generation microelectronics

Chris Hinkle is on the hunt for new materials. He needs them to power faster, smaller and more efficient chips for …

Kai Ni

Electrical engineers harness memory for device-level security

Everything from smart phones to supercomputers needs memory, and tomorrow’s devices will demand faster, more …

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Electrical engineering students create circuit boards in inaugural “Build-a-Board” workshop

First-year electrical engineering students learned the fundamentals of electronic design by fabricating their own …

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Notre Dame to lead Midwest wireless technology consortium planning, partner on life sciences hub

The U.S. Department of Commerce and its Economic Development Administration (EDA) on Monday recognized two University …

Monisha Ghosh

Tackling wireless gridlock: electrical engineer and her students seek to improve spectrum sharing with better data

Every day, more networked devices — tablets, security cameras, smart watches — join an already congested wireless …

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John J. Uhran, Jr., professor emeritus and founding member of Notre Dame’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering

John J. Uhran, Jr., senior associate dean emeritus and professor emeritus of computer science and engineering and …

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An Enabling Thin-Film Deposition Technique for Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Semiconductors

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, Duke University
11:30 a.m., April 5, 2024
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12

Extreme Control of Light and Sound with Metamaterials

Andrea Alù, City University of New York
11:30 a.m., April 12, 2024

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Engineering student in the Stinson-Remick clean room

Make great things at nanoscale

This teaching and research Clean Room in Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineering features powerful, industry-grade tools for design and fabrication of integrated circuits and medical devices with nanometer-sized features.

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Graduate Program

Our Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering will prepare you for a successful career in industry, academia, or government.

Scott Howard, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (standing) with a graduate student in his photonics lab in Stinson-Remick.

Research

Faculty and students in Electrical Engineering are engaged in research in two primary areas — Electrical Circuits and Systems (ECS) and Electronics, Photonics, Materials and Devices (EPMD).

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Fighting for the Dignity of Independence

Inspired by his dad’s ALS diagnosis, electrical engineering major John Sexton is working to better equip people confined to a powerchair.

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