Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Go Faster and Farther Than Ever Thought Possible
In 1882, an ambitious Notre Dame student named Albert Zahm built what might have been the first wind tunnel in the United States so that he could study the lift and drag of...
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On Preservation
In this episode we chat with Pinar Zorlutuna, a professor in aerospace and mechanical engineering, who is using tissue engineering to extend the viability of hearts in a...
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Notre Dame Unveils Largest Mach 6 Quiet Hypersonic Test Facility in the US
The University of Notre Dame has completed development of the country’s largest quiet Mach 6 hypersonic wind tunnel. Funded with support from the Air Force Office of Scientific...
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Fighting for the Human Heart
The human heart beats 70 times per minute, 4,200 times per hour and 100,800 times per day. In that day, it pumps more than 2,000 gallons of blood through the body and provides...
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Will Heart Cells Help Solve Our Most Complex Problems?
As part of a new study, researchers at the University of Notre Dame aim to create a more optimal computer network for solving complex problems — using heart cells. Real-world...
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Developing an ‘on and off’ Switch for Breast Cancer Treatment
T-cells play an important role in the body’s immune system, and one of their tasks is to find and destroy infection. However, T-cells struggle to identify solid, cancerous...
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Cancer Cells Thrive in Stiff Tissue, According to New Study
Stiffer breast tissue creates an environment more prone to cancer by enabling the disease to interfere with the surrounding healthy cells, according to a recent study published...
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Ten Years Hence 2018: Dr. Jim Schmiedeler
Dr. Jim Schmeideler, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Notre Dame, discusses the present and future of robotic and artifical intelligence, explaining the...
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Fighting to Walk Again
March 8, 2014 was a Saturday near the end of a long, cold winter in Ohio. The high temperature that day was a brisk 46 degrees. The low, 30. The details of the weather are now...
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Ten Years Hence 2017: Professor Frank Incopera
Professor Frank Incropera, H. Clifford and Evelyn A. Brosey Professor Emeritus and Matthew H. McCloskey Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering at the University of Notre...
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Walk This Way: Legged Robots and Human Rehabilitation
Many of the same challenges people experience in recovering their ability to walk after a stroke or spinal cord injury are also found in designing legged robots. This...
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Fighting for Better Cancer Detection
It seems black and white: Either you have cancer or you don’t. But for many women the answer is gray. Hazy mammogram gray. In the United States alone, there are nearly 240,000...
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