Bio: Prof. Lundquist is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy. She leads an interdisciplinary research group in EPS and Mechanical Engineering with a joint appointment at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (now known as the National Lab of the Rockies).…

Join the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative for an in-person seminar by Toros Arikan, assistant professor in Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, as he presents on, "Proposed Deep Learning-Based Sensing of Dynamic Ocean Parameters."

How can particulate matter in the air exert an influence on water resources in the Rocky Mountains? This presentation will review the physical, chemical and optical properties of aerosols that result in impacts on surface radiation and precipitation formation, and will present recent findings from our group on the factors influencing the annual cycle of aerosols in SAIL. A particular focus is on ice nucleating particles (INPs), the subset of atmospheric particles that are capable of nucleating ice at conditions that would not typically support the transition from liquid to solid.

Celebrating 20 years, the What Would You Fight For? (WWYFF) campaign has showcased Notre Dame’s fight to build a better world and the hope it inspires. Hear reflections on the enduring influence and future evolution of this storytelling.

David Sedlak, a professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, will join the Notre Dame community to discuss how population growth, economic development, and climate change are causing water crises worldwide. Increasingly, the effects…

In honor of World Water Day, join the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative (ND-ECI) for an afternoon of service dedicated to our beautiful campus ecosystem. ND-ECI's annual lake clean-up will take place Friday, March 20, 2026 from 2:30-4:30 PM.

Rick Flagan is the McCollum/Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science and Engineering. He received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan. He completed his SM and PhD from MIT, also in Mechanical Engineering, with a thesis on the formation of gaseous pollutants in combustion. Upon joining the Caltech faculty, he shifted his focus to aerosols. He is a leader in the broad field of aerosol science whose research focuses on atmospheric aerosols and their impacts on climate, air quality, and human health, and on the development of methods for measurement of aerosol particles from many micrometers to 1 nm in size. He has invented numerous instruments and experimental methods for measuring fine airborne particles, including one, the Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer (SMPS), that has become the primary instrument worldwide for the measurement aerosol particles smaller than 1 µm.