History of Research at Notre Dame
Since the early days of Notre Dame, research has been an important
part of the academic life of the University. The faculty's long-standing
commitment to research has yielded many significant firsts:
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Professor Albert Zahm built the first
wind tunnel for comparing lift to drag of aeronautical models
(1882)
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Professor Jerome J. Green was the
first American to send a wireless message (ca 1899)
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Father Julius Nieuwland performed
the early work on basic reactions involving vinyl-acetylene
that was later used by Du Pont chemists to create the synthetic
rubber, neoprene (1931)
Other respected researchers at Notre Dame include:
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J. Arthur Reynier for his advances
in the area of germ-free life (1928)
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George B. Craig, Jr., an entomologist,
whose work with mosquitoes is internationally renowned. After
his death in 1995, the faculty residence at Notre Dame's environmental
research site near Land O'Lakes, Wisconsin, was named after
him.
The tradition of significant research continues to flourish at
Notre Dame and some current projects can be reviewed at Notre Dame
Research Activity. Each day brings recognition and acclaim to faculty
members—too numerous to mention here—who are committed
to the generation and communication of new knowledge in their disciplines.
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