The University’s research profile has grown while focusing on a number of strategically important fields of study. Notre Dame Research has identified these as areas of historic strength and growing priority investment.
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Analytical Sciences & Engineering
The Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, and related programs, such as the Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, are collaborating on innovative molecular research and the discovery and design of new technologies to combat disease, promote health, and safeguard the environment.
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Applied & Computational Math & Statistics
Notre Dame researchers are advancing solutions to critical problems in science and engineering, such as cancer progression, gene sequencing, environmental modeling, and big-data analysis in global health, through the development and novel application of mathematics, computation, and statistics.
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Cancer
Researchers at the Harper Cancer Research Institute are dedicated to conducting innovative and integrative research that confronts the complex challenges of cancer. By forming interdisciplinary collaborations across colleges and schools, investigators are using their collective expertise to design new ways to attack cancer.
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Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
With a plan for significant growth in key areas and an ethos that reflects the University’s mission, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Notre Dame is poised to play a leading role in addressing some of the world’s grandest challenges in energy, the environment, human health, sustainability, and water.
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Circuits
As digital infrastructure evolves, with the emerging ubiquity of sensor networks, embedded intelligence, and the “Internet of Things,” Notre Dame’s Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering are working to expand and connect these areas of traditional research strength by developing new capabilities in advanced circuits research.
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Computational Data Science and Engineering
Within Notre Dame’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, researchers are focusing on developing tools that can advance deep understanding of research problems through high-performance multiphysics and multiscale predictive computations.
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Economics
Notre Dame Department of Economics researchers are working to create real-world and policy-relevant solutions to help solve the economic, social, and political problems facing humanity.
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Environmental Change
With one-of-a-kind research facilities and leading tools, Notre Dame’s environmental change researchers are focusing on globally significant research that can be translated into policy solutions to make the world a better place for humans and for the environment—truly “Science Serving Society.”
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Global Health
At Notre Dame’s Eck Institute for Global Health, researchers are building upon the University’s historical strengths in work combating infectious disease, such as malaria, dengue fever, and tuberculosis.
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Global History
Notre Dame’s Department of History is committed to a more globalized and transnational study of the past.
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Institute for Ethics and the Common Good
The Notre Dame Institute for Ethics and the Common Good convenes a multidisciplinary community to advance moral understanding and develop compelling responses to the most pressing ethical issues of our era.
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Nanotechnology
Researchers at Notre Dame’s Center for Nano Science and Technology (NDnano) are collaborating across traditional scientific boundaries to develop more energy-efficient, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly technologies to address global challenges.
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Nuclear Physics
Notre Dame has a long legacy in nuclear physics, and today is building a preeminent nuclear astrophysics laboratory on campus while also contributing to off-campus research projects and resources.
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Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
Notre Dame scientists and engineers from the Center for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine are collaborating to advance the research and application of adult stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells using a wide variety of organisms.
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Topology and Quantum Field Theory
Notre Dame’s topologists are focusing on generating discoveries concerning the topological aspects of quantum field theories in order to fuel progress in topology and theoretical physics.
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Power and Propulsion
Notre Dame Power & Propulsion is a research and development organization focused on the execution of large-scale, high-energy, high-complexity testing supported by leading-edge computational and analysis capabilities. Located in a 25,000 square foot facility in downtown South Bend’s Ignition Park, Notre Dame Power & Propulsion partners with industry and government in the development of advanced technologies required for conventional and high Mach air-breathing propulsion, energy generation, advanced thermal management, and energy storage solutions.
