tag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:/news-and-social/newsNaughton Fellowships | News2023-11-13T13:44:00-05:00tag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1579582023-11-13T13:44:00-05:002023-11-13T13:44:08-05:00Research Experience for Undergraduates in Galway, Ireland<p><a class="asp-embed-link" href="https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/zVRhufldLyZ3C/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <img style="width: 100%;" src="https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/zVRhufldLyZ3C/resources?asset_id=rendition&buster=1697624144526" alt="Maria Tomasula" border="0"></a></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Kieffer, Claire</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://kylemore.nd.edu/news-stories/news/research-experience-for-undergraduates-in-galway-ireland/">kylemore.nd.edu</a></span>…</p><p><a class="asp-embed-link" href="https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/zVRhufldLyZ3C/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <img style="width: 100%;" src="https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/zVRhufldLyZ3C/resources?asset_id=rendition&buster=1697624144526" alt="Maria Tomasula" border="0"></a></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Kieffer, Claire</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://kylemore.nd.edu/news-stories/news/research-experience-for-undergraduates-in-galway-ireland/">kylemore.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">October 24, 2023</span>.</p>Kieffer, Clairetag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1568992023-09-29T16:00:00-04:002023-10-02T07:54:35-04:00Emma Laboe Conducts Research at Trinity College Dublin through the Naughton Fellowship<p>This year, the Naughton Fellowship program awarded thirty-one faculty members and students with the opportunity to conduct research at a leading Irish university. Emma Laboe ‘25, one of three students in the College of Arts and Letters to receive this fellowship, joined the Magnetism and Spin Electronics Group at Trinity College Dublin this past summer. Working closely with a postdoctoral student, she focused her project on fabricating thin films and optimizing them for perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a specific kind of magnetic behavior. During a typical day at the laboratory, Laboe would use x-ray diffraction, x-ray reflection, and atomic force microscopy to measure deposited samples of film before theorizing about the causes of the samples’ exhibited behavior. This routine honed many of Laboe’s technical laboratory skills and provided her with a deep appreciation for the research process.…</p><p>This year, the Naughton Fellowship program awarded thirty-one faculty members and students with the opportunity to conduct research at a leading Irish university. Emma Laboe ‘25, one of three students in the College of Arts and Letters to receive this fellowship, joined the Magnetism and Spin Electronics Group at Trinity College Dublin this past summer. Working closely with a postdoctoral student, she focused her project on fabricating thin films and optimizing them for perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, a specific kind of magnetic behavior. During a typical day at the laboratory, Laboe would use x-ray diffraction, x-ray reflection, and atomic force microscopy to measure deposited samples of film before theorizing about the causes of the samples’ exhibited behavior. This routine honed many of Laboe’s technical laboratory skills and provided her with a deep appreciation for the research process.</p>
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<p>Prior to this fellowship, Laboe, a physics and gender studies double major, had only applied to astrophysics research positions. When she realized she did not have a practical background in the positions she applied to through the Naughton Fellowship, she was nervous. In retrospect, Laboe values how the fellowship allowed her to step outside of her comfort zone and conduct research in a field she was unfamiliar with, in a country she had never stepped foot into before. At Trinity College Dublin, she had the opportunity to witness types of research and use equipment she would not have access to at Notre Dame. As a result, she discovered she loves working in hands-on labs, and that this type of physics research aligns well with her goals and strengths—the experience overall reinforcing her confidence in her own capabilities. Being in an cross-cultural environment that encourages curiosity, Laboe also formed meaningful connections with the fellow researchers, physicists, and the other people around her.</p>
<p>Laboe found her time in Dublin to be fulfilling outside of the lab as well. The most enriching part of the Naughton fellowship for her was cultural immersion in Ireland. Laboe spent time traveling around the island, engaging with Irish culture and exploring the country’s rich history.</p>
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<p>“Some of my fondest memories of Ireland are traveling to Belfast during their Pride celebration, seeing the Giant’s Causeway, and swimming in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in West Cork,” Laboe reminisces.</p>
<p>This fall at Notre Dame, Laboe will conduct research on quantum matter, a continuation of the interest she developed in condensed matter physics at Trinity College Dublin. In the upcoming Spring semester, she will study abroad at University College Dublin. While her fellowship has come to an end, Laboe has big plans for the future.</p>
<p>“While in Ireland, I will continue physics research – perhaps with my previous research group,” Laboe says. “I’m thrilled for the opportunity to return to the country that I loved so much and I can’t wait to be back!”</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Felicity Wong</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://glynnhonors.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/emma-laboe-conducts-research-at-trinity-college-dublin-through-the-naughton-fellowship/">glynnhonors.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">September 15, 2023</span>.</p>Felicity Wongtag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1559312023-09-05T15:42:00-04:002023-09-05T15:42:18-04:00Faces of Ireland - Mariana Silva, Naughton Fellow<p><strong>Mariana Silva ’21</strong> has studied environmental issues all over the globe, from Ecuador to Uganda. Now, her research focus is understanding water movements in Irish bogs in hopes of restoring areas that bore the brunt of industrialized peat harvesting.</p><h4><strong>Mariana Silva '21 | Dublin, Ireland | Doctoral Researcher in Environmental Engineering, Trinity College Dublin</strong></h4>
<p><em><strong>Mariana Silva ’21</strong> has studied environmental issues all over the globe, from Ecuador to Uganda. Now, her research focus is understanding water movements in Irish bogs in hopes of restoring areas that bore the brunt of industrialized peat harvesting.</em></p>
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<h4><em><strong>How would you describe the connection between Notre Dame and Ireland? How are the two places of the same spirit and values?</strong></em></h4>
<p>Both have felt like homes, quite simply. It took so little for me to mesh somewhat naturally and shockingly quickly. Something indescribable in the air that makes my insecurity wash right away both in Dublin and at ND. There’s a cheerfulness and an almost “insider” feeling to both places, with a strong sense of community, ties to local history, and culture that newcomers are welcomed to learn about.</p>
<h4><em><strong>In your current role, how do you see aspects of both communities present in your day-to-day life?</strong></em></h4>
<p>As a Ph.D student in Dublin, I am constantly recalling elements of my time at Notre Dame to coworkers. And I'm constantly introducing ND visitors in Dublin to my Irish and Ph.D friends, such that the communities seem to have meshed into one big global family.</p>
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<em><strong>Do you have any other treasured moments or stories from your time in Ireland? What led you to pursue your degree there rather than in the States?</strong></em> </h4>
<p>I've loved Ireland since I was very young, pretty much for no reason, seeing as I have no Irish ancestry! My first visit to Dublin was in 2017 just before deciding to attend Notre Dame instead of Trinity College Dublin for undergrad. But, shortly after, I headed back with Notre Dame International for the Dublin Summer Programme in 2018. This really cemented in me early on that my interest in the country went beyond that of a tourist’s. I just really loved it—the nature, the people, the music, art, and so much more. As my degree progressed at Notre Dame, I found myself falling into a niche (ecological engineering), which I could connect back to Ireland by way of researching bogs. And from there, the choice seemed obvious to pursue postgraduate research in bog restoration as a way to connect everything I’d learned at ND with my future in Ireland. From an academic perspective, I feel that honing my niche research interest in peatlands has really made me feel a part of the community of scientists working on this topic by the time I started on the Ph.D. This dawned on me when I was finishing up my thesis in August; it had just sunk in that I really knew and cared about the work I was doing.</p>
<p>I enjoyed making connections from all over Europe: I stay in touch with friends living in France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, Greece and, of course, Ireland. With these friends, I spent many a night chatting over pints, as well as enjoying weekend hikes to Glendalough, the Sugarloaf, Bray, and Howth. And of course, many of the little moments spent around 58 Merrion Square were just as meaningful for the sake of being familiar and feeling like home. Some of my activities there included late-night ND game watches with the undergraduates, reading on the bean bags in the library, serving wine at book launches, and playing Settlers of Catan with other ND alums living down the road!</p>
<p>I was able to experience Ireland beyond just Dublin since moving here, as well. My roommate and I spent the weekend in a cabin in West Cork, I visited for a few sunny May days on Inis Mór, and I ran a half marathon in Donegal last year. I have also become good friends with a couple of Clare lads who have invited me along to visit their hometown and their friends living in Limerick, Ennis, and Galway. Most of these weekend trips felt less like tourism and more like acquainting myself with a new home, which was gratifying to experience.</p>
<p><em>Check out other alumni featured in our Faces of Ireland series:</em><br><em><a href="https://go.nd.edu/71e667">Conal Fagan '21</a><br></em><em><a href="https://go.nd.edu/743c9d">Mary McGraw '17</a><br></em><a href="https://go.nd.edu/fb0d22"><em>Rosie Giglia '17</em></a></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Allie Griffith '17, '19 M.Ed.</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://weare.nd.edu/stories/faces-of-ireland-4/">weare.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">August 23, 2023</span>.</p>Allie Griffith '17, '19 M.Ed.tag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1559322023-09-05T15:42:00-04:002023-09-05T15:43:11-04:00Faces of Ireland - Rosie Giglia, Naughton Fellow<p>When<strong> Rosie Giglia ’17 </strong>decided to study <a href="https://irishlanguage.nd.edu/">Irish language and literature </a>while a student at Notre Dame, she opened a world of possibilities that ultimately led her to pursue her advanced degree in neurology and clinical medicine on the Emerald Isle.</p><h4><strong>Rosie Giglia ’17 | Dublin, Ireland | Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Medicine, Trinity College Dublin </strong></h4>
<p><em>When<strong> Rosie Giglia ’17 </strong>decided to study <a href="https://irishlanguage.nd.edu/">Irish language and literature </a>while a student at Notre Dame, she opened a world of possibilities that ultimately led her to pursue her advanced degree in neurology and clinical medicine on the Emerald Isle. </em></p>
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<h4><em><strong>How would you describe the connection between Notre Dame and Ireland? How are the two places of the same spirit and values?</strong></em></h4>
<p>Both Notre Dame and Ireland “punch above their weight” in terms of their academic and cultural contributions for their size. I think part of that outsize impact comes from the way that both communities spread out across the globe: in nearly every airport around the world you are almost guaranteed to run into at least one Irish person or someone in ND apparel. Possibly as a result of this, the sizes of the communities associated with each also far exceed the number of people with direct ties, like that idea of “subway alumni.” Both communities have some indefinable allure that invites people to engage with and celebrate the “Notre Dame” or “Irish” identity even if they aren't alumni or citizens themselves.</p>
<h4><em><strong>How has your life changed since moving to Ireland? What drew you to build your life in Ireland? Do you have any other treasured moments or stories from your time there?</strong></em></h4>
<p>Ireland has been really good to me, and I am incredibly grateful for the help of Notre Dame and the Naughton Fellowships in establishing a life and career here. It was the first place I lived after Notre Dame, so I quickly became attached to a great group of friends, the excellent work-life balance, and the lack of snakes. (I am only partly joking. They terrify me.) Ireland isn't very big, so it is easy to feel like you are connected to the community and history once you crack that initial barrier. My best experience of this was racing in the 100th annual <a href="https://www.historyireland.com/the-liffey-swim-irelands-great-olympic-artefact/">Liffey Swim</a>, a historic race down the river that runs through the heart of Dublin (Jack B. Yeats’ <a href="https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/highlights-collection/liffey-swim-jack-b-yeats-1871-1957">1923 painting of the swim</a> won Ireland its first Olympic medal [in painting, an Olympic category from 1912-1948] — check it out in the free National Gallery while you’re here!). That year’s event was particularly special because it was my first Liffey and I got to celebrate it with my fantastic coach, the late Bert O’Brien, who was a two-time winner of the race in 1988 and 1995.</p>
<p><em>Check out other alumni featured in our Faces of Ireland series:</em><br><em><a href="https://go.nd.edu/71e667">Conal Fagan '21</a><br></em><em><a href="https://go.nd.edu/743c9d">Mary McGraw '17</a></em></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Allie Griffith '17, '19 M.Ed.</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://weare.nd.edu/stories/faces-of-ireland-3/">weare.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">August 22, 2023</span>.</p>Allie Griffith '17, '19 M.Ed.tag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1554002023-08-29T15:00:00-04:002023-08-29T17:31:20-04:00Fighting for Those with Cystic Fibrosis<p class="lede"><em>A collaboration between Notre Dame and Trinity College Dublin explores a novel method to treat cystic fibrosis.</em></p>
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<p>Eva Martin was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 3 weeks old. Though all babies are tested at birth in Ireland, Eva's symptoms began before the bloodwork was even processed.</p>
<p>“She was hugely symptomatic at birth,” her mother, Bernie, recalls. Eva’s skin was peeling off and she was having near-constant bowel movements. “I didn’t know what was wrong with her. I just kept bringing her back to the maternity hospital because I knew there was something wrong. I didn’t know anything about CF so I didn’t know what it was.”…</p><p class="lede"><em>A collaboration between Notre Dame and Trinity College Dublin explores a novel method to treat cystic fibrosis.</em></p>
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<p>Eva Martin was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 3 weeks old. Though all babies are tested at birth in Ireland, Eva's symptoms began before the bloodwork was even processed.</p>
<p>“She was hugely symptomatic at birth,” her mother, Bernie, recalls. Eva’s skin was peeling off and she was having near-constant bowel movements. “I didn’t know what was wrong with her. I just kept bringing her back to the maternity hospital because I knew there was something wrong. I didn’t know anything about CF so I didn’t know what it was.”</p>
<p>In Ireland, one in 19 people carry the gene for cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic condition that affects the body’s cells, tissues, and glands that make mucus and sweat. The excess mucus leads to chronic infections that whittle away at essential organs like the lungs and pancreas. And with repeat infections come repeat antibiotics, rendering antibiotic resistance a chronic worry for patients and their families.</p>
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<p>For the Martin family, the early years of Eva’s life proved challenging as the family navigated how to protect young Eva from repeat illnesses.</p>
<p>“All those things that should be a rite of passage for kids, they became a huge risk,” she recalls, noting playdates and visitors became anxiety-filled events. Eva’s lungs were a chronic issue and even a minor virus could land her in the hospital with mucus buildup and trouble breathing.</p>
<p>“Things were normal one day and then not the next. Sickness would hit out of nowhere and Eva might be out of school for three weeks,” Bernie says.</p>
<p>Eva’s story isn’t unique. Worldwide, an estimated 105,000 people have been diagnosed with CF. While treatments are improving and median lifespans have extended from childhood into the 50s or 60s, there remains progress to be made and a cure to be found.</p>
<p>At Notre Dame, two unlikely professors, along with a partner at Trinity College Dublin, are assessing a novel method to help treat cystic fibrosis.</p>
<p><a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/robert-nerenberg/">Rob Nerenberg</a> and <a href="https://ceees.nd.edu/faculty/albert-cerrone/">Al Cerrone</a>, professors in the <a href="https://ceees.nd.edu/">Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences</a>, are quick to note they aren’t cystic fibrosis experts. <a href="https://coast.nd.edu/">Cerrone</a> is a specialist in the mechanics and durability of materials. <a href="https://sites.nd.edu/nerenberg-lab/">Nerenberg</a> specializes in biofilms, or colonies of bacteria that band together to resist destruction but has typically applied his research to environmental presentations of biofilms.</p>
<p>“Bacteria tend to grow in clusters or colonies attached to a surface where they produce a special gel-like matrix that helps protect them. This system is called a biofilm. It turns out when bacteria grow in this fashion, they’re extremely resistant to adverse environments, including antibiotics,” says Nerenberg, who explains that CF patients are particularly prone to these types of infections. The problem, he notes, is that in order to treat these often deadly infections, doctors must use progressively more extreme options.</p>
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<p>“There are more and more of these multi-drug-resistant strains. The drugs people are resorting to are more and more harsh and have more and more side effects, where you’re saving the person’s life at the cost of giving up something important to that person, some other organ or function, which is heartbreaking,” Nerenberg explains.</p>
<p>Both engineers were intrigued by a phenomenon known as the bioacoustic effect, where antibiotic efficiency is enhanced by low-frequency ultrasound. “This coupling offers a pathway for engineering innovation,” says Cerrone. “It had been studied before, but we did not know exactly how and why this seemingly trivial mechanical signal was so potent.”</p>
<p>With seed funds from the Luksic Family Foundation and the Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health, and with assistance from doctoral student Yanina Nahum and undergraduate student Neila Gross, they were able to carry out preliminary studies.</p>
<p>They demonstrated how antibiotics typically permeate only the exterior layer of a biofilm. With a higher dose, they may go a little deeper. But after a low-frequency ultrasound, the antibiotics saturate to the center. “We saw how low-frequency ultrasound was enhancing the antibiotics in the biofilms, but did not know exactly why,” says Nerenberg. “Our mechanics-centric approach eventually led us to ask more fundamental scientific questions.”</p>
<p>To find the answers to those questions, they enlisted the help of <a href="https://www.tcd.ie/Microbiology/research/marta-martins/pi/mmartins/">Marta Martins</a>, a professor of microbiology at Trinity College Dublin. Given Ireland’s prevalence rates, the Notre Dame researchers had focused on finding an Irish partner, and with help from the Naughton Fellowship, a program at Notre Dame that provides opportunities for students and faculty to partner with Irish institutions, they were able to launch a diverse and complementary partnership.</p>
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<p>Martins is an expert on a specific kind of microbial defense, bacterial efflux pumps, that Cerrone and Nerenberg hypothesized might be impaired by ultrasound.</p>
<p>“It has been highly motivating and productive since it started,” Martins enthuses, saying this kind of interdisciplinary collaboration is something she loves. “I find it interesting because it is combining something that is already there. Ultrasound is not something that was invented now, so it has been there. And low-frequency ultrasound has been there, but I think their novel approach is actually to try to understand what it’s doing and try to understand that in combination with antibiotics.”</p>
<p>Cerrone adds, “She has allowed Rob and me to step out of our comfort zones and assess the cellular mechanisms that may be driving this potential therapy.”</p>
<p>What’s more, the overseas collaboration has also resulted in an exchange. Notre Dame student Nahum spent last summer in Dublin, while Trinity College doctoral student Zoe Dunphy joined the Notre Dame labs this summer. The students learned tools and techniques from their host labs, and then returned home to implement what they’ve gained, furthering the interdisciplinary effort.</p>
<p>Though the collaboration is young, and the research still at the molecular level, Martins believes the trajectory is upward. “This initial project, it’s a trampoline for something bigger,” she says.</p>
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<p>Eva Martin is now 10 years old. She goes to school, plays Gaelic football, and lives a rich life, thanks to scientific progress, therapeutics, and dedicated researchers like those at Notre Dame and Trinity College Dublin.</p>
<p>“Her baseline health is so much higher. Her standard of living is just incredibly transformed,” her mother gushes. “Everything we can do in the fight against CF, everything that moves us closer to a cure, I’m seeing it in front of my eyes on a daily basis, how far she’s come and how far medicine and science has come in those 10 years. You pinch yourself some days.”</p>
<p><em>Originally published at <a href="https://fightingfor.nd.edu/">https://fightingfor.nd.edu/</a>.</em></p>What Would You Fight Fortag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1553372023-08-25T10:00:00-04:002023-08-25T10:07:12-04:00Now Open: Naughton Fellowships to study or conduct research in Ireland<p>Today, at a special symposium in Dublin, Ireland, the University of Notre Dame officially opened its annual competition for the Naughton Fellowships.</p>
<p>Now in its fifteenth year, the prestigious fellowship program provides Notre Dame undergraduate and masters-level students the opportunity to conduct research or complete a program of study in Ireland as well as for Irish students to study or complete research at Notre Dame. The program also offers the opportunity for faculty members at Notre Dame and Irish universities to partner on advanced research projects.…</p><p>Today, at a special symposium in Dublin, Ireland, the University of Notre Dame officially opened its annual competition for the Naughton Fellowships.</p>
<p>Now in its fifteenth year, the prestigious fellowship program provides Notre Dame undergraduate and masters-level students the opportunity to conduct research or complete a program of study in Ireland as well as for Irish students to study or complete research at Notre Dame. The program also offers the opportunity for faculty members at Notre Dame and Irish universities to partner on advanced research projects.</p>
<p>Naughton Fellowship Committee Chair and Coleman Professor of Life Sciences in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry <a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/brian-m-baker/">Brian Baker</a>, said, “In this fifteenth year of the Naughton Fellowships, we are expecting bigger and better things—deeper collaborations, more impactful discoveries, more transformative learning experiences. We encourage all well-qualified faculty and students to apply to be a part of this tradition and continue to strengthen connections between Irish universities and the University of Notre Dame.”</p>
<p>One of the most prestigious experiences abroad offered by the University, the Naughton Fellowships enable students and faculty to engage in groundbreaking research and scholarship in fields related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).</p>
<p>The following opportunities are currently open for applications.</p>
<p><a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/undergraduate/">Research Experience for Undergraduates</a></p>
<p>Ten-week STEM research experiences for ND students are available at Dublin City University (DCU), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), University College Cork (UCC), University College Dublin (UCD), and the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). Fellowships include airfare, accommodation, health insurance, a stipend, and cultural enrichment programming. All applications are due by December 15, 2023.</p>
<p>Ten-week STEM research experiences for Irish students from DCU, NUIG, TCD, UCC, and UCD are available at ND. Fellowships include a stipend for travel and living expenses. To be considered, please contact your faculty supervisor in Ireland, as they will select students to put forward. All student names must be submitted by December 15, 2023.</p>
<p><a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/masters/">Masters</a></p>
<p>ND students can apply for an instructional (taught) or research STEM master’s degree at DCU, NUIG, TCD, UCC, or UCD. Fellowships include a full tuition waiver as well as a $20,000 USD stipend for living expenses, plus cultural enrichment programming. All applications are due by January 29, 2024.</p>
<p>Irish students from DCU, NUIG, TCD, UCC, or UCD can apply for a master’s degree in Notre Dame’s <a href="https://esteem.nd.edu/">Engineering, Science, and Technology Entrepreneurship Excellence Master’s (ESTEEM) Program</a>. Fellowships include a full tuition waiver, a full health insurance subsidy for the sponsored student insurance plan, and a $17,000 USD stipend for living expenses, plus access to cultural enrichment programming. All applications are due by January 29.</p>
<p><a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/faculty/">Faculty</a></p>
<p>Now in its fourth year, the Faculty Research Accelerator Program is also accepting applications. This program aims to catalyze and support faculty collaborations in order to advance collaborative STEM research, enhance training for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and foster deeper and stronger ties between Irish research institutions and ND, as well as between the two countries.</p>
<p>Proposals may request up to $120,000 USD in funding. To best facilitate joint research, a variety of uses may be proposed. Full details are available at <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">naughton.nd.edu</a>. Regardless of intended use, research excellence, the scope of the cross-institutional participation, and the potential for sustained collaborations will be guiding principles and key review criteria for the faculty program. All applications are due by April 5, 2024.</p>
<p>The Naughton Fellowships allow researchers with a background in, or aptitude for, STEM fields to experience international research and educational opportunities through a funded exchange program involving the University of Notre Dame and some of Ireland’s leading research universities. Irish undergraduates and master’s students can come to Notre Dame on the fellowship, while Notre Dame undergraduates and master’s students can travel to Ireland to study and complete research. Faculty from the two countries can also participate in funded research collaborations. For more information, including full application details on each of the available programs, please see <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">naughton.nd.edu</a>.</p>
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<p>research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch</p>Brett Beasleytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1553392023-08-25T10:00:00-04:002023-08-25T10:07:52-04:00The Naughton Fellowship program marks its fifteenth year with a symposium in Dublin, Ireland<figure class="image-right"><img src="https://naughton.nd.edu/assets/528602/attendees_at_naughton_fellowship_program_symposium.jpeg" alt="Attendees At Naughton Fellowship Program Symposium"></figure>
<p>Today, at a symposium and networking event, the Naughton Fellowship program celebrated its fifteenth year of connecting the University of Notre Dame with Ireland’s leading research universities.</p>
<p>The event was part of the 2023 Aer Lingus College Football Classic, and it drew nearly 40 alumni and over 150 guests from around the globe. Speakers included Una Brosnan, Head of Offshore Strategy and New Markets, Mainstream Renewable; Robert Piconi, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Vault SA; and Simon Todd, Managing Director, Causeway Energies.…</p><figure class="image-right"><img src="https://naughton.nd.edu/assets/528602/attendees_at_naughton_fellowship_program_symposium.jpeg" alt="Attendees At Naughton Fellowship Program Symposium"></figure>
<p>Today, at a symposium and networking event, the Naughton Fellowship program celebrated its fifteenth year of connecting the University of Notre Dame with Ireland’s leading research universities.</p>
<p>The event was part of the 2023 Aer Lingus College Football Classic, and it drew nearly 40 alumni and over 150 guests from around the globe. Speakers included Una Brosnan, Head of Offshore Strategy and New Markets, Mainstream Renewable; Robert Piconi, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Vault SA; and Simon Todd, Managing Director, Causeway Energies.</p>
<p>The speakers discussed how university research is leading to major technological breakthroughs in power generation, microelectronics, and sustainability.</p>
<p>The symposium also featured a question and answer session moderated by Linda Doyle, Provost and President of Trinity College Dublin and an expert in wireless communications, cognitive radio, reconfigurable networks, spectrum management, and creative arts practices.</p>
<p>Michael Hildreth, vice president, associate provost, and dean of the Graduate School at Notre Dame, said, “the Naughton Fellowship in all of its various forms provides tremendous training opportunities for scholars at all levels, and is bringing cutting-edge research to the people of this world.” Hildreth, who is also a professor of physics and astronomy noted that the program has provided annual summer research experiences for more than 100 undergraduates, almost 90 masters students, and 20 doctoral fellows.</p>
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<p>“The deep relationships that this program has fostered, and the amazing experiences its participants have had are all truly remarkable,” Hildreth said. “It has been a great joy to see the variety of research and learning experiences that this partnership between the Naughton family and the University has fostered. You only have to talk to any of the current and former participants who are here today to understand the benefits, and the enthusiasm that this program has generated.”</p>
<p>The event also marked the official opening of the annual competition for the Naughton Fellowships for undergraduate research, graduate programs, and faculty research collaborations. For more information, including full application details for each of the available programs, please see <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/news-and-social/news/now-open-naughton-fellowships-to-study-or-conduct-research-in-ireland-strong/">naughton.nd.edu</a>.</p>
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<p>Brett Beasley / Writer and Editorial Program Manager</p>
<p>Notre Dame Research / University of Notre Dame</p>
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<p>research.nd.edu / @UNDResearch</p>Brett Beasleytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1550112023-08-09T16:07:10-04:002023-08-09T16:07:10-04:00Robotic sea turtle mimics uniquely adaptable gait<p>Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, electrical engineering doctoral student Nnamdi Chikere<strong> </strong>and undergraduate John Simon McElroy, a Naughton Fellow from University College Dublin, have designed and built a robotic sea turtle, which they are testing in varied environments on Notre Dame’s campus. Their robot mimics a real sea turtle’s propulsion: its front flippers move it forward while its smaller hind flippers allow it to change direction.</p><p><iframe width="1200" height="673" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/OvLqA5dm7PI" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>Sea turtles can glide majestically through ocean waters and maneuver like armored vehicles over rocks and sand on land. Their locomotive adaptability makes them particularly interesting to robotics experts, who seek to learn the secrets of their gait and propulsion.</p>
<p>“The sea turtle’s unique body shape, the morphology of their flippers and their varied gait patterns makes them very adaptable,” said <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/yasemin-ozkan-aydin/">Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin</a>, assistant professor of <a href="https://ee.nd.edu/">electrical engineering</a> at the University of Notre Dame and a roboticist.</p>
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<p>“Mimicking this adaptability is challenging because it requires an intricate understanding of how morphology, flexibility and gait interact with the environment. Studying how sea turtles adapt their gaits to traverse complex and varied terrains can help us design more versatile robots.”</p>
<p>Ozkan-Aydin, electrical engineering doctoral student Nnamdi Chikere<strong> </strong>and undergraduate John Simon McElroy, a Naughton Fellow from University College Dublin, have designed and built a robotic sea turtle, which they are testing in varied environments on Notre Dame’s campus. Their robot mimics a real sea turtle’s propulsion: its front flippers move it forward while its smaller hind flippers allow it to change direction.</p>
<p>The key components of their turtle-robot are an oval-shaped body, four independently radio-controlled flippers, an electronic onboard control unit, a multi-sensor device and a battery. The body frame and flipper connectors are 3D printed using a rigid polymer. The flippers are molded from silicone to provide both flexibility and stiffness.</p>
<p>The robot was designed using data from zoological studies on the morphology, gait patterns and flipper flexibility of multiple sea turtle species. “To maximize adaptability and versatility, we studied the locomotion patterns of different species and incorporated the most effective aspects from each,” Ozkan-Aydin said.</p>
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<p>Ozkan-Aydin modeled the robot on the size and structure of sea turtle hatchlings. Sea turtle babies are particularly vulnerable — only one in a thousand survive to adulthood. Hatchlings must run a gauntlet of predator sea birds on their journey from nest to ocean, and that journey has become more perilous by a disorienting landscape of beach development and debris.</p>
<p>“Our hope is to use these baby sea turtle robots to safely guide sea turtle hatchlings to the ocean and minimize the risks they face during this critical period,” Ozkan-Aydin said.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Karla Cruise</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/robotic-sea-turtle-mimics-uniquely-adaptable-gait/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">August 07, 2023</span>.</p>Karla Cruisetag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1544552023-07-13T08:00:00-04:002023-07-13T08:28:11-04:002023 Naughton Fellowships awarded to 31 students and faculty<p>The University of Notre Dame’s Naughton Fellowship program has announced 31 faculty members and students as awardees in its 2023-2024 cohort.</p>
<p>Funded by a gift from the Naughton family in 2008, Naughton Fellowships foster leadership through international partnerships and stimulate collaborative research efforts. Fellows from Ireland have the opportunity to study and conduct research at the University of Notre Dame. Fellows from Notre Dame complete their fellowship at a leading Irish research university.…</p><p>The University of Notre Dame’s Naughton Fellowship program has announced 31 faculty members and students as awardees in its 2023-2024 cohort.</p>
<p>Funded by a gift from the Naughton family in 2008, Naughton Fellowships foster leadership through international partnerships and stimulate collaborative research efforts. Fellows from Ireland have the opportunity to study and conduct research at the University of Notre Dame. Fellows from Notre Dame complete their fellowship at a leading Irish research university.</p>
<p>Brian M. Baker, the Coleman Professor of Life Sciences at Notre Dame, said, “We are delighted to see the growth of the Naughton Fellowship Program. By bringing deeper levels of collaboration and exchange between our University and Ireland’s finest research institutions, it is having a greater impact each year.” Baker, who serves as the Naughton Fellowship Committee Chair, added, “We are grateful to the Naughton family for the ability to offer such a transformative opportunity to our students and faculty members, both at Notre Dame and in Ireland.”</p>
<p>Among the awardees are faculty members, graduate students, and undergraduate researchers from the University of Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, Technological University Dublin, and the University of Galway.</p>
<p><strong>Faculty</strong></p>
<p>Faculty from leading Irish research universities and Notre Dame have come together to work on three different projects as a part of the Naughton Fellowship program.</p>
<p>Xin Lu, the John M. and Mary Jo Boler Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Notre Dame will be joined by Eva Szegezdi, an associate professor of biochemistry in the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of Galway. Claire Robinson, a senior researcher and honorary lecturer in cancer biology at the Apoptosis Research Centre within the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at the University of Galway, will also serve as a principal investigator for the project. Their project, “Synthetic essentiality of TRAIL/TNFSF10 in VHL-deficient renal cell carcinoma,” will determine the role of TRAIL (tumor necrosis factor related apoptosis-inducing ligand) in the most common form of kidney cancer, clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC).</p>
<p>Pinar Zorlutuna, the Roth-Gibson Professor of Bioengineering in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Notre Dame will be joined by co-principal investigator Michael Monaghan, an associate professor of biomedical engineering in the Department of Mechanical, Manufacturing, and Biomedical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. Zorlutuna and McMonaghan will conduct a project titled “Engineering Innate Immunometabolism in the Maturation of in vitro Cardiac Models.” The project builds on a mission shared by both labs: to improve treatments for cardiac disease and develop the best models of myocardial infarction in vitro.</p>
<p>Chris Hinkle, the Bettex Collegiate Chair and professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Notre Dame will be joined by Brian Rodriguez, a professor in the School of Physics and Conway Institute of Biomolecular & Biomedical Research at University College Dublin. Hinkle and Rodriguez will use new tools and techniques coupled with machine learning data analysis to identify the materials necessary for creating the next generation of microelectronics.</p>
<p><strong>Masters</strong></p>
<p><em>From Notre Dame</em></p>
<p>Molly Doerfler, a mechanical engineering major, will complete a master’s degree in food and biosystems engineering at University College Dublin.</p>
<p>Elizabeth Jarocki, an environmental engineering major, will complete a master’s degree in environmental resource management at University College Dublin.</p>
<p>Julia McKenna, a sociology major, will complete a master’s degree in smart and sustainable cities at Trinity College Dublin.</p>
<p>Daniel Pronko, a civil engineering major, will complete a master’s degree in structural engineering at Trinity College Dublin.</p>
<p><em>From Ireland</em></p>
<p>Ciara Dillon, who majored in mechanical engineering at University College Dublin, will complete a master’s degree in engineering, science, and technology entrepreneurship excellence (ESTEEM) at Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Seán Roche, who majored in physics at University College Dublin, will complete the ESTEEM master’s degree at Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Tighernán Shaffrey, who majored in mechanical engineering at Technological University Dublin, will complete the ESTEEM master’s degree at Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Dylan Walsh, who majored in computer and electronic engineering at University College Dublin, will complete the ESTEEM master’s degree at Notre Dame.</p>
<p><strong>Undergraduate</strong></p>
<p>Sixteen undergraduate students have been awarded summer Naughton Fellowships as part of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.</p>
<p><em>From Notre Dame</em></p>
<p>Amanda Arnold, a biological sciences major, will study at the University of Galway with Eoin McEvoy, an assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Arnold’s project is titled “Agent-based modeling of immune cell activity and myelin regeneration in Multiple Sclerosis.”</p>
<p>Lauren Beede, a psychology and statistics major, will study at Trinity College Dublin with Vinny Cahill, a professor and chair in the Department of Computer Science. Beede’s project is entitled “The ClearWay Project.”</p>
<p>Declan Creaney, a biochemistry major, will study at Trinity College Dublin with Matthias Senge, professor and chair in the Department of Organic Chemistry. Creaney’s project focuses on porphyrin-based singlet oxygen carrying materials.</p>
<p>Emma Laboe, a physics and gender studies major, will study at Trinity College Dublin with Michael Coey, a professor in the Department of Physics. Laboe’s project focuses on the influence of magnetic fields on the evaporation of water.</p>
<p>Madeline Laude, a chemical and biomolecular engineering major, will study at the University of Galway with Eimear Dolan, a research fellow in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Laude’s project is titled, “Development of Biomimetic Cell Cargo for Macroencapsulation Devices for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes.”</p>
<p>Nicholas Johannes Nufer, a mechanical engineering major, will study at University College Dublin with Daniel McCrum, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. Nufer’s project focuses on cold-formed steel (CFS) modular construction.</p>
<p>Aryanna Maria Perez will study at Trinity College Dublin with Michael Gibbons, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Perez’s project focuses on a flexible heat pipe for waste heat recovery.</p>
<p>Caroline Rose, a civil engineering major, will study at University College Dublin with Daniel McCrum, an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. Rose’s project focuses on cold-formed steel (CFS) modular construction.</p>
<p><em>From Ireland</em></p>
<p>Maria Corcoran, a student at Trinity College Dublin, will spend the summer studying with Ningyuan Cao, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Electrical Engineering. Corcoran’s project is titled “In-sensor data security via advanced algorithm/circuit co-design.”</p>
<p>Ultan Fallon, a biomedical engineering major at the University of Galway, will spend the summer studying with Margaret Coad, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Fallon’s project is titled “Soft Robots for Confined Space Exploration or Human Assistance.”</p>
<p>Alexander Farren, a student at Trinity College Dublin, will spend the summer studying with Ragnar Stroberg, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Physics & Astronomy. Farren’s project is titled “Isospin Symmetry-Breaking in Ab Initio Nuclear Theory for Tests of the Standard Model.”</p>
<p>Aisling Hanrahan, a biomedical engineering major at the University of Galway, will spend the summer studying with Donny Hanjaya-Putra, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Hanrahan’s project is titled “Designing Biomaterials for Stem Cell Morphogenesis.”</p>
<p>Brian Lawlor, a cell and molecular biology major at University College Dublin, will spend the summer studying with Meenal Datta, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Lawlor’s project is titled “Exploring the role of vascular pericytes in the glioblastoma microenvironment.”</p>
<p>Darragh McAndrew, a biomedical engineering major at the University of Galway, will spend the summer studying with Edgar Bolívar-Nieto, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. McAndrew’s project is titled “Estimation of socket-stump pressure in transfemoral amputees combining electronic fabrics and pressure models.”</p>
<p>John McElroy, a mechanical engineering major at University College Dublin will spend the summer studying with Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Electrical Engineering. McElroy’s project is titled “Sea Turtle Robot Locomotion in Complex Environments.”</p>
<p>Bethany McKittrick, a student at Trinity College Dublin, will spend the summer studying with Kaiyu Fu, an assistant professor in Notre Dame’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. McKittrick’s project is titled “Biocompatible membrane coated nanoelectrode for sweat analyte measurements.”</p>
<p>Applications for the Naughton Fellowships, including undergraduate, masters, and faculty fellowships, will open for submissions in the fall of 2023. To learn more, please visit naughton.nd.edu.</p>
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<p><a href="http://research.nd.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research.nd.edu</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@UNDResearch</a></p>Brett Beasleytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1537912023-06-02T11:16:00-04:002023-06-02T11:16:37-04:00A Bog's Life<p>As Ireland contemplates its energy future, a Notre Dame student works to restore its ecological past.</p>
<p>On a typical gray, rainy day along Ireland’s west coast, Tom Nee leads a group of Notre Dame students around the grounds of his sheep farm along the Killary Fjord. On the far side of the inlet are steep hills, with hints of jagged stone peeking out through a blanket of green. On the near side, the students watch as Nee leads a sheepherding demonstration. He gently vocalizes commands to his sheepdog, Holly, who in turn jogs on either side of the herd, moving and coaxing the animals into the desired position.…</p><p>As Ireland contemplates its energy future, a Notre Dame student works to restore its ecological past.</p>
<p>On a typical gray, rainy day along Ireland’s west coast, Tom Nee leads a group of Notre Dame students around the grounds of his sheep farm along the Killary Fjord. On the far side of the inlet are steep hills, with hints of jagged stone peeking out through a blanket of green. On the near side, the students watch as Nee leads a sheepherding demonstration. He gently vocalizes commands to his sheepdog, Holly, who in turn jogs on either side of the herd, moving and coaxing the animals into the desired position.</p>
<p>When the demonstration is over, Nee guides the group over a gentle incline some 200 yards away, stopping at a small cliff that looks as though it had been chiseled into existence. Layer upon layer of dark matter is exposed beneath the green of the topsoil. As the spongy ground beneath them likely signaled, this is a bog. The near-black soil is peat.</p>
<p>There are peculiar rectangular indentations cut into the earthen wall, and soon Nee shows how those features came to be. He takes a tool known as a slean — a sort of mix between hoe and shovel and post digger — and pushes it into the soil. When Nee draws the slean from the earth, he deposits a rectangular log of peat onto a pile. The logs are stacked by the pit to dry.</p>
<p>Read more <a href="https://www.nd.edu/stories/ireland-series/a-bogs-life/">here</a>.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Kristi Flaherty</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/a-bogs-life/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 21, 2023</span>.</p>Kristi Flahertytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1525422023-04-18T09:42:00-04:002023-04-18T09:42:45-04:00Naughton Fellowship Committee Member Michael Hildreth appointed vice president, associate provost and dean of Notre Dame’s Graduate School<p><a href="https://physics.nd.edu/people/mike-hildreth/">Michael Hildreth</a>, professor of physics and astronomy and senior associate dean for research and graduate studies in the <a href="https://science.nd.edu/">College of Science</a> at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed vice president, associate provost and dean of the <a href="https://graduateschool.nd.edu/">Graduate School</a> effective July 1.</p><figure class="image-right"><img alt="Michael Hildreth, professor of physics and astronomy, vice president, associate provost and dean of the Graduate School, effective July 1." src="https://graduateschool.nd.edu/assets/511691/500x/michael_hildreth_resized.jpg" width="500">
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<p style="margin-bottom:11px"><a href="https://physics.nd.edu/people/mike-hildreth/">Michael Hildreth</a>, professor of physics and astronomy and senior associate dean for research and graduate studies in the <a href="https://science.nd.edu/">College of Science</a> at the University of Notre Dame, has been appointed vice president, associate provost and dean of the <a href="https://graduateschool.nd.edu/">Graduate School</a> by Notre Dame’s president, <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">“From a pool of extraordinary candidates, Mike quickly rose to the top,” <a href="https://provost.nd.edu/about/charles-and-jill-fischer-provost/">John McGreevy</a>, the University’s Charles and Jill Fischer Provost, said. “He is admired by his peers on and off campus for his research expertise, creative energy and administrative acumen. He is poised to take our research and graduate studies programs to new heights.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">“In addition, we are exceptionally grateful to electrical engineering professor <a href="https://graduateschool.nd.edu/about/">Tom Fuja</a>, who has served since last summer as interim vice president, associate provost and dean. Tom has taken on multiple leadership roles at Notre Dame and in each of these roles he has excelled. All of us at Notre Dame are in his debt.”</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">Father Jenkins added: “Mike is a renowned researcher, an award-winning educator and an experienced administrator with a deep passion for the mission of Notre Dame, making him the ideal person to lead our efforts with regard to graduate studies. Graduate students represent the next generation of researchers and innovators, and are the mentors and instructors of the future. I am delighted to be able to work with Mike in this important leadership role.”</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">A member of the Notre Dame faculty since 2000, Hildreth is widely recognized for his contributions to particle physics, its software infrastructure and the technology and policies of open data. He and other physicists at Notre Dame played a significant role in the Higgs boson discovery in 2012 by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN near Geneva. Hildreth is the co-coordinator of the software and computing research and development effort for the U.S. operations program of the CMS (Compact Muon Solenoid) experiment.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">A fellow of the American Physical Society, Hildreth has served on the national High Energy Physics Advisory Panel and the National Science Foundation’s Advisory Committee on Cyberinfrastructure. He is the co-author of more than 1,700 publications and also is a highly regarded teacher, receiving the College of Science’s Rev. James L. Shilts, C.S.C./Doris and Eugene Leonard Teaching Award in 2014, the Thomas P. Madden Award for first-year teaching in 2010, and a Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C., Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2008.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">As senior associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Science, Hildreth directs the research and strategic planning efforts for the college and serves as its primary liaison to Notre Dame Research and the Graduate School. He has supervised more than $2 billion in grant submissions from science faculty, the creation of two new graduate programs, the establishment of interdisciplinary and inter-college partnerships, and numerous other strategic initiatives. He has played a significant role in the conception and planning of the new east campus research building, and in 2021 he served as interim dean of the college.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">“I am incredibly excited and humbled by this opportunity,” Hildreth said. “I hope to build on strong existing programs to create a truly excellent set of opportunities for our graduate students and postdocs. I look forward to working with the other deans, the Graduate School team and faculty across the University to advance our research mission by bringing in the best young minds to campus while creating new initiatives to make graduate education at Notre Dame distinctive.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px"> “I, too, would like to thank Tom Fuja for stepping in under extraordinary circumstances to guide the Graduate School this year. He has done an excellent job, and I look forward to working with him on the transition.”</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:11px">Hildreth earned his doctorate in physics from Stanford University after receiving a bachelor’s degree in the field from Princeton University. Before coming to Notre Dame, he was a scientific associate and staff physicist at CERN.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Dennis Brown</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/physicist-michael-hildreth-appointed-vice-president-associate-provost-and-dean-of-notre-dames-graduate-school/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">April 05, 2023</span>.</p>Dennis Browntag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1518142023-03-17T09:25:00-04:002023-03-20T09:25:35-04:00East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland Episode 2: Common Home<p>In episode two, we explore Notre Dame students' work on environmental issues in Ireland. None is more pressing than the role of bogs, a quintessential feature of the Irish landscape. They've been plowed over for generations to harvest the underlying peat for fuel. As the practice is phased out, one Notre Dame graduate student is studying how to restore these crucial pieces of carbon-storing habitat.</p><p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="no" height="20" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1468182475&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true" width="100%"></iframe></p>
<p>In episode two, we explore Notre Dame students' work on environmental issues in Ireland. None is more pressing than the role of bogs, a quintessential feature of the Irish landscape. They've been plowed over for generations to harvest the underlying peat for fuel. As the practice is phased out, one Notre Dame graduate student is studying how to restore these crucial pieces of carbon-storing habitat.</p>
<p>But her work is only part of the University's effort to care for our common home.</p>
<p>East and West, Notre Dame in Ireland is produced by the Office of Public Affairs and Communications. Producer, Writer, Host: Andy Fuller. Original music by Alex Mansour.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Andy Fuller</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/east-and-west-notre-dame-in-ireland-episode-2-common-home/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">March 17, 2023</span>.</p>Andy Fullertag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1506702023-02-01T09:35:00-05:002023-02-01T09:35:34-05:00Naughton Committee member, Yih-Fang Huang, honored by AAAS<p class="BasicParagraph">Five faculty members at the University of Notre Dame have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as lifetime fellows. The fellows include Patricia A. Champion, Jon P. Camden, Yih-Fang Huang, Ahsan Kareem and Rebecca Surman. All are being recognized for scientifically and socially distinguished achievements in their respective fields of study.</p><p class="BasicParagraph">Five faculty members at the University of Notre Dame have been elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) as lifetime fellows.</p>
<p class="BasicParagraph">The fellows include Patricia A. Champion, Jon P. Camden, Yih-Fang Huang, Ahsan Kareem and Rebecca Surman. All are being recognized for scientifically and socially distinguished achievements in their respective fields of study.</p>
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<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Patricia Champion" height="300" src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/502028/patricia_champion.jpg" width="300">
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/patricia-champion/">Patricia A. Champion</a>, professor in the <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/">Department of Biological Sciences</a> and director of postdoctoral studies in the <a href="https://science.nd.edu/">College of Science</a>, is being honored for her contributions to the field of bacterial genetics, particularly for identifying mechanisms of bacterial protein transport across membranes in mycobacterial pathogenesis. Champion is an affiliated member of Notre Dame’s <a href="https://globalhealth.nd.edu/">Eck Institute for Global Health</a>, <a href="https://precisionhealth.nd.edu/">Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health</a> and the <a href="https://crnd.nd.edu/">Boler-Parseghian Center for Rare and Neglected Diseases</a>.</p>
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<figcaption>Jon Camden</figcaption>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/jon-camden/">Jon P. Camden</a>, professor of chemistry and biochemistry and director of undergraduate studies in the <a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/">Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry</a>, is being honored for his distinguished contributions to the field of physical chemistry, and in particular for his study of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and the properties of plasmonic nanostructures. Camden is also an affiliated member of the <a href="https://precisionhealth.nd.edu/">Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health</a>, <a href="https://energy.nd.edu/">ND Energy</a>, <a href="https://nano.nd.edu/">Notre Dame Nanoscience and Technology</a> and the <a href="https://drugdiscovery.nd.edu/">Warren Center for Drug Discovery</a>.</p>
<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Yih Fang Huang" height="300" src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/502035/yih_fang_huang.jpg" width="300">
<figcaption>Yih Fang Huang</figcaption>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/yih-fang-huang/">Yih-Fang Huang</a>, Naughton Fellowship committee member, professor and senior associate dean for education and undergraduate programs in the <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/">College of Engineering</a>, is being honored for contributions to the field of adaptive filtering and its applications to wireless communications and distributed sensor networks. Huang’s expertise includes statistical communications and signal processing, signal detection and estimation, parameter estimation, adaptive and array signal processing, interference suppression for wireless communications, set-membership filtering and identification. He is an affiliated member of <a href="https://energy.nd.edu/">ND Energy</a> and a life fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.</p>
<figure class="image-left"><img alt="Ahsan Kareem" src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/502036/ahsan_kareem.jpg">
<figcaption>Ahsan Kareem</figcaption>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/ahsan-kareem/">Ahsan Kareem</a>, the Robert M. Moran Professor of Engineering, is being recognized for his contributions and achievements in advancing the safety and resilience of civil infrastructure exposed to natural hazards. Kareem is director of the NatHaz Modeling Laboratory. His research includes using synergistic approaches such as computer models, laboratory and full-scale experiments to better understand and predict the impact of natural hazards on the constructed environment and to develop measures to enhance their performance.</p>
<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Rebecca Surman" height="300" src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/502037/rebecca_surman.jpg" width="300">
<figcaption>Rebecca Surman</figcaption>
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<p class="BasicParagraph"><a href="https://physics.nd.edu/people/rebecca-surman/">Rebecca Surman</a>, professor in the <a href="https://physics.nd.edu/">Department of Physics and Astronomy</a>, is being honored for her distinguished contributions to nuclear astrophysics, and for investigating and exploiting the relationship between nuclear properties and astrophysics to elucidate the origins of the heaviest elements. Surman is an affiliated member of the <a href="https://physics.nd.edu/research/research-centers-facilities/center-for-astrophysics/">Center for Astrophysics</a> and the Institute for Structure and Nuclear Astrophysics at Notre Dame, as well as the NSF Physics Frontier Center <a href="https://n3as.berkeley.edu/">Network for Neutrinos, Nuclear Astrophysics and Symmetries</a> and the NSF Focused Research Hub <a href="https://np3m.org/">Nuclear Physics from Multi-Messenger Mergers</a>.</p>
<p class="BasicParagraph">Regarding Camden, Champion, and Surman, <span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">"The work of all three researchers in Notre Dame’s College of Science has reached the level of international importance,” said Santiago Schnell, William K. Warren Foundation Dean of College of Science.“They are very deserving of the honor of being inducted as AAAS Fellows.”</span></span></p>
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<p class="BasicParagraph">AAAS fellowships date back to 1874 — which included <a href="https://science.nd.edu/events/lectures/the-rev-joseph-carrier-c-s-c-science-medal-and-lecture/">Rev. Joseph Celestine Basile Carrier, C.S.C.</a>, the first director of the science program at the University of Notre Dame in 1865, when the College of Science was established as a department.</p>
<p class="BasicParagraph"><strong><em>Contact:</em></strong><em> Jessica Sieff, assistant director of media relations, 574-631-3933, <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=jsieff@nd.edu" target="_blank">jsieff@nd.edu</a></em></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Jessica Sieff</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/researchers-in-chemistry-engineering-physics-and-biological-sciences-honored-by-aaas/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">January 31, 2023</span>.</p>Jessica Siefftag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1489862022-11-02T16:36:00-04:002022-11-02T16:36:51-04:002022 Naughton Fellowships awarded to 33 students and faculty<p>The University of Notre Dame’s Naughton Fellowship program has announced 33 faculty member and student awardees in its 2022-2023 cohort.</p>
<p>Funded by a gift from the Naughton family in 2008, Naughton Fellowships foster leadership through international partnerships and stimulate collaborative research efforts. Fellows from Ireland have the opportunity to study and conduct research at the University of Notre Dame. Fellows from Notre Dame complete their fellowship at one Ireland’s leading research universities.…</p><p>The University of Notre Dame’s Naughton Fellowship program has announced 33 faculty member and student awardees in its 2022-2023 cohort.</p>
<p>Funded by a gift from the Naughton family in 2008, Naughton Fellowships foster leadership through international partnerships and stimulate collaborative research efforts. Fellows from Ireland have the opportunity to study and conduct research at the University of Notre Dame. Fellows from Notre Dame complete their fellowship at one Ireland’s leading research universities.</p>
<p>Among the awardees are faculty members, Masters students and undergraduate researchers from the University of Notre Dame, Trinity College Dublin (TCD), University College Dublin (UCD), Dublin City University (DCU), and National University of Ireland - Galway (NUIG).</p>
<p>The 2022 Naughton awardees are as follows:</p>
<h2>Faculty</h2>
<p>Faculty from leading Irish research universities and Notre Dame have come together to work on three different projects as a part of the Naughton Fellowship program.</p>
<p>One project will investigate climate, storm inundation, and coastal boulder deposits in Western Ireland. Andrew Kennedy and Melissa Berke from Notre Dame will work at TCD, UCD, and DCU. Mary Bourke from TCD, Niamh Cullen from DCU, James Herterich, Ronadh Cox, and Frederic Dias from UCD will contribute to the project at Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Investigating a novel strategy for managing Cystic Fibrosis lung infections will be Rob Nerenberg and Al Cerrone from Notre Dame and Marta Martins from TCD.</p>
<p>In a collaboration between Notre Dame and UCD, scientists will be investigating the effects of subconcussive head impacts on dynamic balance performance. Edgar Bolívar-Nieto and James Schmiedler from Notre Dame and Brian Caulfield from UCD will contribute at each of the partner universities.</p>
<h2>Masters</h2>
<p><strong><em>From Notre Dame</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Samuel Bosio, an environmental sciences major and sustainability minor, will complete a master in the biodiversity and conservation program at TCD.</li>
<li>Chemical engineering major and energy studies minor Emma Kerr will study at TCD and complete a master in energy science.</li>
<li>Arianna Latuda is a Notre Dame environmental engineering major and French minor. Latuda will travel to TCD to complete a master in sustainable energy engineering.</li>
<li>Biological sciences and English major Caroline Pitts will complete a master in public health at UCD.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><em>From Ireland</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Sophie Cairns, who majored in biomedical engineering at TCD, will come to Notre Dame to complete a Master of Science in Engineering, Science, and Technology Entrepreneurship Excellence (ESTEEM) program.</li>
<li>Economics major from DCU Cathal Canavan will come to Notre Dame to complete the ESTEEM program.</li>
<li>Harry Crowley will complete the ESTEEM program at Notre Dame. Crowley was a mechanical engineering major at TCD.</li>
<li>From NUIG, Laura Hession will complete the ESTEEM program at Notre Dame. Hession received her degree in biotechnology.</li>
<li>Also from NUIG, Daniel Johnson was a biomedical engineering major. Johnson will complete the ESTEEM program at Notre Dame.</li>
<li>Darren O’Hara Duggan, a nanoscience major from TCD, will come to Notre Dame to complete the ESTEEM program.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Undergraduate</h2>
<p>Ten undergraduate students have been awarded summer Naughton Fellowships as part of a Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program.</p>
<p><strong><em>From Notre Dame</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Thomas Baldwin, an aerospace and mechanical engineering major, will study at UCD under faculty member John Sheridan. Baldwin’s project is aimed at investigating new computational techniques for measuring sub-pixel displacements in images.</li>
<li>Biological sciences major Claire Bass will spend the summer at DCU under Brian Kelleher. Her project will investigate Bull Island, a low-lying island off the Dublin Bay, as a functioning blue carbon ecosystem.</li>
<li>Jack Drey is also a biological sciences major who will spend the summer at DCU. Drey will work with Silvia Giordani to look at the use of carbon nano-onions as drug delivery systems for the targeted delivery of anticancer therapeutics.</li>
<li>Mechanical engineering major Joshua Hernandez’s project will center around cold-formed steel (CFS) modular construction subject to progressive collapse loading. He will study at UCD with Daniel McCrum.</li>
<li>Dominic Stoner is a biochemistry major who will study at UCD under Siobhán McClean. His project will aim to determine the host response to novel vaccine antigens.</li>
<li>Biological sciences major Meghan Swantkowski will spend her summer researching injectable and conductive hydrogels as biomaterial scaffolds for cardiac tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Her project will take place at TCD with mentor Michael Monaghan.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><em>From Ireland</em></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Josh Buckley, a biomedical engineering major from NUIG, will spend his summer at Notre Dame under Yasemin Ozkan-Aydin in the Department of Electrical Engineering. Buckley’s project will investigate the role of tail flexibility in the movement of a quadrupedal robot.</li>
<li>Lorcan O’Rourke is an electrical and electronic engineering major from UCD. O’Rourke will spend the summer at Notre Dame with Maria Holland in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering studying comparative neuroanatomy in non-human primates.</li>
<li>Seán Roche, a physics major from UCD, will study at Notre Dame with Graham Peaslee from the Physics Department.</li>
<li>Biomedical engineering major Aoife Sidaway is from NUIG. She will work with Notre Dame faculty Ed Kinzel in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering. Sidaway’s project centers around additive manufacturing of glass and optical materials.</li>
</ul>
<p>On Monday, October 3, 2022, the applications for the Naughton Fellowships, including undergraduate, masters, and faculty, will open for submissions. To learn more, please visit naughton.nd.edu.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Bella Laufenberg and Brett Beasley</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/2022-naughton-fellowships-awarded-to-33-students-and-faculty/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">September 22, 2022</span>.</p>Bella Laufenberg and Brett Beasleytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1466212022-07-07T19:01:52-04:002022-07-07T19:01:52-04:00Notre Dame researchers’ “backpacks” restore damaged stem cells<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">The new drug delivery system could help infants born from complicated pregnancies.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Within a newborn’s umbilical cord lie potentially life-saving </span></span><a href="https://stemcell.nd.edu/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">stem cells</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> that can be used to fight diseases like lymphoma and leukemia. That is why many new parents elect to store (“bank”) their infant’s stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood. But in the 6-15% of pregnancies affected by gestational diabetes, parents lack this option because the condition damages the stem cells and renders them useless.</span></span>…</p><p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:italic">The new drug delivery system could help infants born from complicated pregnancies.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Within a newborn’s umbilical cord lie potentially life-saving </span></span><a href="https://stemcell.nd.edu/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">stem cells</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> that can be used to fight diseases like lymphoma and leukemia. That is why many new parents elect to store (“bank”) their infant’s stem cell-rich umbilical cord blood. But in the 6-15% of pregnancies affected by gestational diabetes, parents lack this option because the condition damages the stem cells and renders them useless.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Now, in a study forthcoming in </span></span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-03578-4"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><em style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Communications Biology</span></span></em></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, bioengineers at the University of Notre Dame have shown that a new strategy can restore the damaged stem cells and enable them to grow new tissues again.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">At the heart of this new approach are specially engineered nanoparticles. At just 150 nanometers in diameter—about a quarter of the size of a red blood cell—each spherical nanoparticle is able to store medicine and deliver it just to the stem cells themselves by attaching directly onto the stem cells’ surface. Due to their special formulation or “tuning,” the particles release the medicine slowly, making it highly effective even at very low doses.</span></span></p>
<p><a href="https://dhplab.nd.edu"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Donny Hanjaya-Putra</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">, an assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, bioengineering graduate program at Notre Dame who directs the lab where the study was conducted, describes the process using an analogy. “Each stem cell is like a soldier. It is smart and effective; it knows where to go and what to do. But the ‘soldiers’ we are working with are injured and weak. By providing them with this nanoparticle ‘backpack,’ we are giving them what they need to work effectively again.”</span></span><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"></span></span></p>
<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Hanjaya-Putra and Bioengineering Ph.D. student Eva Hall" height="561" src="https://research.nd.edu/assets/477030/hanjaya_putra_and_bioengineering_ph.d._student_eva_hall_inspect_stem_cells_under_the_microscope..jpeg" width="600">
<figcaption>Hanjaya-Putra and bioengineering Ph.D. student Eva Hall inspect stem cells under the microscope.</figcaption>
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<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The main test for the new “backpack”-equipped stem cells was whether or not they could form new tissues. Hanjaya-Putra and his team tested damaged cells without “backpacks” and observed that they moved slowly and formed imperfect tissues. But when Hanjaya-Putra and his team applied “backpacks,” previously damaged stem cells began forming new blood vessels, both when inserted in synthetic polymers and when implanted under the skin of lab mice, two environments meant to simulate the conditions of the human body.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Although it may be years before this new technique reaches actual healthcare settings, Hanjaya-Putra explains that it has the clearest path of any method developed so far. “Methods that involve injecting the medicine directly into the bloodstream come with many unwanted risks and side effects,” Hanjaya-Putra explains. In addition, new methods like gene editing face a long path to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. But Hanjaya-Putra’s technique used only methods and materials already approved for clinical settings by the FDA.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Hanjaya-Putra attributes the study’s success to a highly interdisciplinary group of researchers. “This was a collaboration between chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, biology, and medicine—and I always find that the best science happens at the intersection of several different fields.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The study’s lead author was a former Notre Dame postdoctoral Loan Bui, now a faculty member at the University of Dayton in Ohio; stem cell biologist Laura S. Haneline and former postdoctoral fellow Shanique Edwards from the Indiana University School of Medicine; </span></span><a href="https://bioengineering.nd.edu"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none"><span style="text-decoration-skip-ink:none">Notre Dame Bioengineering</span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal"> Ph.D. students Eva Hall and Laura Alderfer; Notre Dame undergraduates Pietro Sainaghi, Kellen Round, and 2021 valedictorian and <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">Naughton Fellow</a> Madeline Owen; Prakash Nallathamby, research assistant professor, aerospace and mechanical engineering; and Siyuan Zhang from the UT Southwestern Medical Center. <span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Hanjaya-Putra and Nallathamby are both affiliated with the <a href="https://precisionhealth.nd.edu/">Berthiaume Institute for Precision Health</a>, the <a href="https://harpercancer.nd.edu/">Harper Cancer Research Institute</a>, and <a href="https://nano.nd.edu/">NDnano</a>.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The researchers hope their approach will be used to restore cells damaged by other types of pregnancy complications, such as preeclampsia. “Instead of discarding the stem cells,” Hanjaya-Putra says, “in the future we hope clinicians will be able to rejuvenate them and use them to regenerate the body. For example, a baby born prematurely due to preeclampsia may have to stay in the NICU with an imperfectly formed lung. We hope our technology can improve this child’s developmental outcomes.”</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The study was made possible by funding from Notre Dame’s Advancing Our Vision Initiative in Stem Cell Research, Notre Dame’s Science of Wellness Initiative, the <a href="https://indianactsi.org/">Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute</a>, the American Heart Association, and the National Institutes of Health.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Find out more about how Notre Dame conducts (non-embryonic) stem cell research in accordance with Catholic ethics at <a href="https://stemcell.nd.edu/ethics/">https://stemcell.nd.edu/ethics/</a>.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Contact:</span></span></p>
<p><a href="https://research.nd.edu/people/brett-beasley/"><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">Brett Beasley / Writer and Editorial Program Manager</span></span></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">About Notre Dame Research:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-style:normal">The University of Notre Dame is a private research and teaching university inspired by its Catholic mission. Located in South Bend, Indiana, its researchers are advancing human understanding through research, scholarship, education, and creative endeavor in order to be a repository for knowledge and a powerful means for doing good in the world. For more information, please see <a href="http://research.nd.edu">research.nd.edu</a> or <a href="https://twitter.com/UNDResearch">@UNDResearch</a>.</span></span></p>
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<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Brett Beasley</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/notre-dame-researchers-backpacks-restore-damaged-stem-cells/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">July 05, 2022</span>.</p>Brett Beasleytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1464742022-06-29T11:30:00-04:002022-06-29T11:47:19-04:00Crossing the Ocean: Cancer Research on Both Sides of the Atlantic<p>When Sarah Nano decided to pursue a PhD and continue her studies in Bioengineering, she never expected to be not only traveling halfway across the USA to the University of Notre Dame to work with Professor Glen Niebur, but also across the Atlantic Ocean to the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway) to work with Professor Laoise McNamara.</p><p>When Sarah Nano decided to pursue a PhD and continue her studies in Bioengineering, she never expected to be not only traveling halfway across the USA to the University of Notre Dame to work with Professor Glen Niebur, but also across the Atlantic Ocean to the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI, Galway) to work with Professor Laoise McNamara. Sarah grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, and attended Northeastern University in Boston, where she studied Bioengineering and worked closely with Professor Sandra Shefelbine in her lab. Prof. Shefelbine first brought the PhD programme at Notre Dame to Sarah's attention. "I never really thought about moving to the Midwest," says Sarah. "Notre Dame was not on my radar too much until [Sandra] connected me with [Prof. Niebur]."</p>
<p>While in Galway, Sarah has been working closely with Prof. McNamara, someone very familiar with Notre Dame due to her <a href="https://kylemore.nd.edu/news-stories/news/engineering-across-the-globe-connection-between-notre-dame-and-galway/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" target="_blank">collaboration</a> with Prof. Niebur. According to Glen Neibur, Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering at Notre Dame, the partnership began over ten years from his sabbatical visit to NUI Galway. "Since then, we have had several collaborative projects related to the interactions of mechanical forces and biology in bone that led us to this vexing problem of cancer metastasis. We were fortunate to get funding for our project from the Naughton Family Foundation, which has been extremely supportive of Notre Dame's engineering research. Beyond supporting the important science, they have allowed Sarah to work with Laoise and the NUIG Mechanobiology Lab, which will greatly benefit her Ph.D. studies and future career."</p>
<p>This Galway component was a significant factor in why Sarah chose the PhD programme at Notre Dame. Hearing not only about Prof. Niebur's research in bioengineering with a focus on bone but also Prof. McNamara's cancer metastasis work at NUI, Galway sealed the deal; "everything kind of fell into place," says Sarah. </p>
<p>Learn more about Sarah Nano, her current PhD research project funded by a <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">Naughton Fellowship</a>, and her journey at the <a href="https://www.nd.edu/">University of Notre Dame</a> and the <a href="https://www.nuigalway.ie/">National University of Ireland, Galway</a> in the full story below:</p>
<p><script id="asp-embed-script" data-zindex="1000000" type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="https://express.adobe.com/page-embed.js"></script><a class="asp-embed-link" href="https://express.adobe.com/page/MMN7bQlHykVeg/" target="_blank"><img alt="Crossing the Ocean: Cancer Research on Both Sides of the Atlantic" border="0" src="https://express.adobe.com/page/MMN7bQlHykVeg/embed.jpg?buster=1650833969872" style="width:100%"></a></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Zoë Langsdale</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://research.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/crossing-the-ocean-cancer-research-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantican-interview-with-phd-student-sarah-nano/">research.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">June 24, 2022</span>.</p>Zoë Langsdaletag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1410812021-11-01T08:00:00-04:002021-10-22T14:44:06-04:00Faculty and students are encouraged to apply for a Naughton Fellowship<p>The prestigious international fellowship program provides funding for exceptional undergraduate and masters students with an aptitude for the STEM disciplines to complete research or study in Ireland or at Notre Dame.</p><p>The University of Notre Dame has opened its annual competition for the <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">Naughton Fellowships</a>. The prestigious international fellowship program provides funding for exceptional undergraduate and masters students with an aptitude for the STEM disciplines to complete research or study in Ireland or at Notre Dame (ND). Faculty are also encouraged to apply through the research accelerator program, which aims to catalyze and support research collaborations between ND and Ireland. </p>
<p>The following opportunities are currently open for applications.</p>
<p><a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/undergraduate/"><strong>Research Experience for Undergraduates</strong></a></p>
<p>Ten-week research experiences for ND students are available at Dublin City University (DCU), Trinity College Dublin (TCD), University College Cork (UCC), University College Dublin (UCD), and the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG). Fellowships include airfare, accommodation, health insurance, a stipend, and cultural enrichment programming. All applications are due by Friday, February 18, 2022.</p>
<p>Ten-week research experiences for Irish students from DCU, NUIG, TCD, UCC, and UCD are available at ND. Fellowships include a stipend for travel and living expenses. To be considered, please contact your faculty supervisor in Ireland, as they will select students to put forward. All student names must be submitted by Friday, February 18, 2022.</p>
<p><a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/masters/"><strong>Masters</strong></a></p>
<p>ND students can apply for an instructional (taught) or research master’s degree at DCU, NUIG, TCD, UCC, or UCD. Fellowships include a full tuition waiver, as well as a $20,000 USD stipend for living expenses, plus cultural enrichment programming. All applications are due by Friday, February 18, 2022.</p>
<p>Irish students from DCU, NUIG, TCD, UCC, or UCD can apply for a master’s degree in Notre Dame’s <a href="https://esteem.nd.edu/">Engineering, Science, and Technology Entrepreneurship Excellence Master’s (ESTEEM) Program</a>. Fellowships include a full tuition waiver, a full health insurance subsidy for the sponsored student insurance plan, and a $17,000 USD stipend for living expenses, plus access to cultural enrichment programming. All applications are due by Monday, January 31, 2022.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/faculty/">Faculty</a></strong></p>
<p>Now in its second year, the Faculty Research Accelerator Program is also accepting applications. This program aims to catalyze and support faculty collaborations in order to advance collaborative research and foster deeper and stronger ties between Irish research institutions and ND, as well as between the two countries. <br>
Proposals may request up to $120,000 USD in funding. To best facilitate joint research, a variety of uses may be proposed and full details are available at <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">naughton.nd.edu</a>. Regardless of intended use, research excellence, the scope of the cross-institutional participation, and the potential for sustained collaborations will be guiding principles and key review criteria for the faculty program. All applications are due by Friday, February 18, 2022.</p>
<p>Speaking about the program, Naughton Fellowship Committee Chair and Coleman Professor of Life Sciences in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry <a href="https://chemistry.nd.edu/people/brian-m-baker/">Brian Baker</a>, said, “While we recognize there is still a long road ahead of us in the fight against COVID-19, we remain committed to the importance of international exchange. Therefore, I am thrilled to see the return of the Naughton Fellowship Program to its full capacity this year and encourage interested and well-qualified applicants to apply.”</p>
<p>The Naughton Fellowships allow researchers with a background in, or aptitude for, STEM fields to experience international research and educational opportunities through a funded exchange program involving the University of Notre Dame and some of Ireland’s leading research universities. Irish undergraduates and master’s students can come to Notre Dame on the fellowship, while Notre Dame undergraduates and master’s students can travel to Ireland to study and complete research. Faculty from the two countries can also participate in funded research collaborations. For more information, including full application details on each of the available programs, please see <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">naughton.nd.edu</a>.<br>
</p>Joanne Faheytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1377592021-05-18T10:00:00-04:002023-02-15T15:10:57-05:00Notre Dame students selected for a Naughton Fellowship to complete a master’s degree in Ireland<p>Five University of Notre Dame students, representing the Colleges of Arts and Letters, Engineering, and Science, have been selected for a Naughton Fellowship Award for 2021-2022. Offered annually, the Naughton Fellowships provide opportunities for students from some of Ireland's leading research universities and the University of Notre Dame to experience international education in the STEM disciplines. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the only opportunity offered for the 2021-2022 academic year was the master’s in Ireland program. </p><p>Five University of Notre Dame students, representing the Colleges of Arts and Letters, Engineering, and Science, have been selected for a Naughton Fellowship Award for 2021-2022. Offered annually, the Naughton Fellowships provide opportunities for students from some of Ireland's leading research universities and the University of Notre Dame to experience international education in the STEM disciplines. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the only opportunity offered for the 2021-2022 academic year was the master’s in Ireland program. </p>
<p>The awardees are as follows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Matthew Donahue, a biological sciences and theology major, as well as a member of the Glynn Family Honors Program, will complete a master of science in environmental science at University College Dublin (UCD).</li>
<li>Gwenyth Gasper, a neuroscience and behavior major, will complete a master of science in diagnostics and precision medicine at Dublin City University.</li>
<li>Theresa Rogers, a mechanical engineering major with a minor in philosophy, will complete a master of science in biomedical engineering at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).</li>
<li>Mariana Silva, an environmental engineering major with a theology minor, as well as a Brennan Family Merit Scholar, will complete a master’s of engineering in environmental engineering at TCD.</li>
<li>Abigail White, an environmental sciences major with a minor in theology, will complete a master of science in environmental science at TCD.</li>
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<p>The students will be joined by Gemma Stanton, ‘19, who was awarded the Fellowship in 2020 but deferred due to the pandemic. She will complete a master of engineering science in water, waste, and environmental engineering at UCD.</p>
<p>Additionally, four students from Ireland joined the ESTEEM program: Aisling Cahill, Ali Hill, and Shay O'Malley.</p>
<p>“In these challenging times, we are even more grateful to the Naughtons for supporting the University’s ability to offer this transformative opportunity to our students,” said Brian Baker, Rev. John A. Zahm Professor, Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Naughton Fellowship Committee Chair. “It is heartening to witness the passions these students have for their respective and important fields. I am confident this will be a life-changing experience for them and, in turn, their research will lead to learning and growth in their chosen fields of study.” </p>
<p>The fellowships, which were created with a generous gift from the Naughton family of Ireland in 2008, facilitate cross-cultural training for exceptional students with leadership potential in STEM fields, stimulate collaborative research among the engineers and scientists who train these students, and forge deeper and stronger ties between Ireland and the U.S. Typically offered at undergraduate, master’s, and faculty level, more information can be found at <a href="https://naughton.nd.edu/">naughton.nd.edu</a>. </p>Joanne Faheytag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1376572021-05-13T19:00:00-04:002021-05-13T19:42:21-04:00Naughton alumna, Madeline Owen, named valedictorian<p><span style="background:white">Madeline Owen of Columbus, Ohio, has been named valedictorian and Alexis Waldschmidt from Naperville, Illinois, was selected salutatorian of the 2021 University of Notre Dame graduating class.</span></p><p><span style="background:white">Madeline Owen of Columbus, Ohio, has been named valedictorian and Alexis Waldschmidt from Naperville, Illinois, was selected salutatorian of the 2021 University of Notre Dame graduating class.</span></p>
<p><span style="background:white">The 176th University Commencement Ceremony will be held in-person May 23 (Sunday) in Notre Dame Stadium for graduates and a limited number of guests. During that ceremony, Owen will present the valedictory address and Waldschmidt will offer words of welcome and thanks on behalf of the graduating class and introduce the valedictorian.</span></p>
<figure class="image-right"><img alt="Class of 2021 Valedictorian Madeline Owen (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame)" height="400" src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/429749/madeline_owen_2_crop.jpg" width="300">
<figcaption>Class of 2021 Valedictorian Madeline Owen</figcaption>
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<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="background:white">A neuroscience/pre-med major in the <a href="https://science.nd.edu/">College of Science</a>, Owen minored in poverty studies and was a <a href="https://glynnhonors.nd.edu/">Glynn Family Honors</a> scholar. She is the recipient of Notre Dame’s prestigious <a href="https://stampsscholars.nd.edu/">Stamps Scholarship</a>, a full merit scholarship based on academics, character, leadership and service. She carries a 4.0 grade point average, was an early inductee into <a href="https://sites.nd.edu/pbk/">Phi Beta Kappa honor society</a>, has been a member of the University’s Dean’s List since fall 2017 and was named 2019 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher in the bioengineering research department. </span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:13px"><span style="background:white">Owen was a research aide in three labs during her tenure, including the <a href="https://engineering.nd.edu/faculty/donny-hanjaya-putra/">Donny Hanjaya-Putra</a> lab where she studied stem cell therapies in vascular regeneration for diabetic patients. She was also the recipient of the Naughton Fellowship Award, enabling her to research bone marrow stem cells in bone formation at Trinity College Dublin. She has presented at academic conferences and published works in international journals associated with her research. </span></p>
<p><span style="text-autospace:none">Owen’s Notre Dame immersion experiences include Global Medical Brigades service in Panama, assisting migrants in Texas border towns in the Rio Grande Valley and homeless shelter service in Washington, D.C.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-autospace:none">As an undergraduate, she was a campus tour guide and student-athlete tutor for four years and was involved with numerous service activities including Memorial Hospital patient volunteer, Aquatic Relief for Kids, Breen-Phillips Hall council and Notre Dame Red Cross Club. She is also the founder of Summer Camp Youth Project, an organization providing supplies to camps serving disabled and disadvantaged youth. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background:white">After graduation, Owen will attend Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Her goals include serving patients through surgical repair, regeneration and prevention of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular diseases or disorders. She is also passionate about serving Shriners Hospitals for Children, veterans’ health care needs, rural mountain west communities, and international medical organizations such as Operation Walk.</span></p>
<figure class="image-left"><img alt="Class of 2021 Salutatorian Alexis Waldschmidt (Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame)" height="400" src="https://news.nd.edu/assets/429700/alexis_waldschmidt_final_051221_crop.jpg" width="300">
<figcaption>Class of 2021 Salutatorian Alexis Waldschmidt</figcaption>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background:white">Waldschmidt,<strong> </strong>a biological sciences and Chinese double major, is a member of the University’s <a href="https://sites.nd.edu/pbk/">Phi Beta Kappa honor society</a> and Dean’s List. She carries a 4.0 grade point average, was named valedictorian of the biological sciences class of 2021, received the department’s Paul F. Ware, M.D., Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award and was chosen as the College of Science’s Dean’s Award winner. She is also a Fulbright Scholarship recipient.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background:white">Throughout her time at Notre Dame, Waldschmidt worked as an undergraduate research assistant in four laboratories, including <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/joseph-e-o-tousa/">Joseph E. O’Tousa’s</a> lab studying genes responsible for normal visual function in mosquitos. She served as a teaching assistant for several courses, including <a href="https://biology.nd.edu/people/michelle-a-whaley/">Michelle Whaley’s</a> lab where she was the lead teaching assistant. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background:white">Over the past four years, she has worked as a tutor for student athletes and first-year students in genetics and general biology and served as a certified nursing assistant at a residential nursing and rehabilitation facility. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background:white">Waldschmidt has presented a number of academic works and has been involved in the University’s annual Chinese Speech contest, where she won first place in 2018 and second place the following year. A volunteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters, she also volunteered on the Notre Dame first aid services team and played violin in the Notre Dame Symphony Orchestra. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Her plans include <span style="background:white">continuing to work with the O’Tousa Lab as a full-time laboratory technician and continuing her studies in biology, with the goal of becoming a professor of biological sciences. Waldschmidt plans to incorporate her love for Chinese language and culture into these plans by either conducting research in or studying in mainland China or Taiwan in the future.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background:white">In her role as salutatorian, Waldschmidt will also be prepared to deliver a valedictory address should the valedictorian be unable to do so.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background:white">The Notre Dame valedictorian and salutatorian selection process begins by identifying<span style="background:white"> the top three students with the highest grade point averages in each college or school. Those students then complete an application process that includes letters of recommendation from faculty members and a draft of their commencement speech. A selection committee chooses finalists who are approved by University President <a href="https://president.nd.edu/about/">Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.</a></span></span></p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Sue Ryan</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://news.nd.edu/news/madeline-owen-named-valedictorian-alexis-waldschmidt-selected-salutatorian/">news.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">May 13, 2021</span>.</p>Sue Ryantag:naughton.nd.edu,2005:News/1376582021-05-13T19:00:00-04:002021-05-13T19:42:37-04:00Notre Dame to resume study abroad for fall 2021<p>The University is moving forward with fall 2021 undergraduate study abroad programs, as well as graduate and professional programs.</p><p>The University of Notre Dame is moving forward with plans to send students abroad for the fall 2021 semester. An <a href="https://international.nd.edu/news-stories/coronavirus-updates/messages-sent-to-study-abroad-students/">email</a> was sent out to all affected students on May 13.</p>
<p>“We’re thrilled to be able to resume study abroad after such a long disruption, and our students soon will have culturally and intellectually rich opportunities for engagement worldwide,” says Michael Pippenger, vice president and associate provost for internationalization. “Though the experience will be different than what students may normally expect, the University is optimistic that students can have a healthy and meaningful experience abroad this fall and beyond.”</p>
<p>Since the beginning of the pandemic, Notre Dame International’s health and safety and study abroad teams have been closely monitoring program locations around the world and keeping in touch with partner institutions. The recommendation was made after examining various factors, including the continued rollout of the vaccines in the United States and increasingly abroad and the overall public health situations in the University’s program host countries.</p>
<p>“Notre Dame follows a holistic approach for assessing health and safety risks associated with international travel and education abroad programs,” says Jaime Signoracci, associate director of international travel and safety. “This has continued throughout the pandemic, leading to the fact-based decisions to ultimately resume an abbreviated version of the Rome Architecture program this summer and study abroad programs later this fall.”</p>
<p>The University is moving forward with fall 2021 undergraduate study abroad programs, as well as graduate and professional programs. Notre Dame International continues to monitor and communicate closely with colleagues abroad as the pandemic may continue to affect international travel. Students will be notified of any changes in health and safety situations or in their host institution’s policies or offerings.</p>
<p>View the latest information and FAQs on the <a href="https://studyabroad.nd.edu/programs/faqs-for-study-abroad/">study abroad</a> website.</p>
<p class="attribution">Originally published by <span class="rel-author">Colleen Wilcox</span> at <span class="rel-source"><a href="https://international.nd.edu/news-stories/news/notre-dame-to-resume-study-abroad-for-fall-2021/">international.nd.edu</a></span> on <span class="rel-pubdate">May 13, 2021</span>.</p>Colleen Wilcox