Fighting for faster virus detection

At Notre Dame, CBE Professor Nosang Myung and his colleagues have developed an electronic nose that detects bird flu biomarkers early, enabling faster diagnosis and fewer sick birds.

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CBE Graduate Student Zeinab Ramshani

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Hsueh-Chia Chang receives national and local honors

Hsueh-Chia Chang, Bayer Corporation Professor of Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular …

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Seven engineering faculty named Collegiate Professors

Seven University of Notre Dame College of Engineering faculty members have been named Collegiate Professors in …

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2026 Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellows in Engineering

This fall, the College of Engineering welcomes six new postdoctoral fellows through the Provost’s Postdoctoral …

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Alexander Dowling, Emily Grubert selected for the National Academy of Engineering’s Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Program

Two faculty members from the University of Notre Dame’s College of Engineering are among the 74 early-career …

University of Notre Dame launches Morphogenetic Bioengineering Initiative to advance research in healing and disease

The University of Notre Dame has launched the Notre Dame Morphogenetic Bioengineering Initiative (ND-MBI), a …

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The silk road to innovation: Entrepreneur Ailis Tweed-Kent, ’07, gives an ancient fiber new purpose 

Silk is the superhero of materials—as strong as a filament of steel, as stretchy as a bungee, yet able to dissolve …

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Our research facilities are part of a vibrant and growing Notre Dame research infrastructure. Research and innovation in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering take place in dozens of labs and core facilities, including those with Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering, Stinson-Remick Hall of Engineeering, Nieuwland Hall of Science, and the Multidisciplinary Research Building.

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Undergraduate Program

You’ll gain a solid foundation in chemical engineering principles, integrated with modern data science and computational tools and have the flexibility to tailor your education to your interests and academic goals in areas that range from energy to bioengineering.

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You’ll have opportunities to conduct high-impact, meaningful research, with mentoring and training focused on developing you as an independent scholar and building your network within the engineering community.


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Our research leverages deep fundamental insights to develop solutions to problems facing humanity in health, energy, and sustainability.

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From reaction to resolution: The future of allergy treatment

How a child’s simple request led to an extraordinary breakthrough in peanut allergy treatment.