“The process is magical,” says Kiva Ford, who makes a living converting silica into liquid and then into exquisitely crafted glass forms — some pragmatically useful, and others valued for their artistic quality and on exhibit in museums and galleries.
Professionally, the 43-year-old glassblower…
Congratulations to Professor Prashant Kamat of the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory! He is the 2023 recipient of the Henry H. Storch Award in Energy Chemistry. The award is given annually to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution or contributions to fundamental or engineering energy…
Notre Dame Day, the University's annual day of giving, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. From April 25th to 26th, alumni, parents, students, and friends of Notre Dame will have the chance to support the causes, clubs, and residence halls that inspire them—including the University’s research…
Congratulations goes to Assistant Research Professor Aliaksandra Lisouskaya! She has been awarded funding through Notre Dame Research’s Internal Grants Program. She will be undertaking a study to address the question, "In what ways does the sun damage our skin barrier? The full story is at the link…
The Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory (NDRL) is a premier venue for research in radiation chemistry and solar photochemistry. Led by Ian Carmichael, Director of NDRL and professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the…
Professor Jay LaVerne of the Radiation Laboratory will be featured during the "What Would You Fight For" segment at the Clemson home football game on Saturday, November 7th. The YouTube link is below.
Congratulations to Professor David Bartels and Professor Alexandra Lisovskaya of the Radiation Laboratory. Their article titled "One-electron redox kinetics of aqueous transition metal couples Zn2+/+, Co2+/+, and Ni2+/+ using pulse radiolysis" was selected by Physical…
It is with sadness that the NDRL learned of this loss. Dick came to us from the Bushy Run Lab at Carnegie-Mellon University with Bob Schuler in 1976. He continued to make fundamental and significant advances in magnetic resonance and dielectric loss spectroscopies till his retirement in 1999, remaining…
Dr. Melissa Fairley, a Postdoctural Research Associate of the Radiation Laboratory, has been invited to give a lecture at the spring American Chemical Society meeting. Her talk is titled, "Radiation Induced Assembly of Uranyl Peroxide Clusters in Solid State."
Professor David Bartels has been invited to give a talk to the Nuclear Engineering Department at the University of Wisconsin this January, 2020. His talk is titled, "E-beam Acceleration of Zircalloy-4 Corrosion at PWR Conditions and v.s. Temperature."
Professor Sylwia Ptasinska will be presenting at the European Material Research Society Conference in Warsaw Poland this September. Her presentation is titled, "Oxidation Mechanisms onto Semiconductor Surfaces."
Dr. Jay LaVerne of the Radiation Laboratory will be giving a lecture at the Miller Conference in September of 2019. His paper is titled, "H2 and H2O2 Production from Water and Alumina."