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Q & A with Professor Dan Steingart
Daniel (Dan) Steingart joined the faculty in February 2013 as an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center. Previously, he was on the faculty of the City College of New York, where he was an assistant professor of chemical engineering with a specialization in energy systems. He was recently named a [...]
Maeder Graduate Fellowship Awarded
Warren Rieutort-Louis has been named the recipient of the Maeder Graduate Fellowship in Energy and the Environment for the academic year 2013-2014. Mr. Rieutort-Louis is a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering; see below for an abstract of the research he will conduct during the year. Selection for the Maeder Fellowship is based on the potential [...]
Growth of ‘distributed’ electricity generation could transform utility systems
The U.S. electric utility industry faces a critical juncture as new technology and declining prices allow a more “distributed” system of small-scale generators, renewable energy installations and energy-efficiency strategies, according to a group of high-level energy industry executives and regulators who met at Princeton University recently.
Claire White Appointed to Andlinger Center Faculty
The Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of three faculty members, including one full professor and two assistant professors. Claire White, in civil and environmental engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, will join the faculty Aug. 1, 2013, for a three-year term. White, a materials researcher currently serving [...]
Princeton Alumni Weekly: Up for a Challenge
Although the physical foundations of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment are still being laid, the center’s work has begun in earnest, thanks, in no small measure, to the talent and passion of its founding director, physical chemist and the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment Emily Carter. I have [...]
‘A better path’ toward projecting, planning for rising seas on a warmer Earth
More useful projections of sea level are possible despite substantial uncertainty about the future behavior of massive ice sheets, according to Princeton University researchers. In two recent papers in the journals Nature Climate Change and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the researchers present a probabilistic assessment of the Antarctic contribution to [...]
Funds for summer research awarded to five undergraduates
Five undergraduates have been awarded research funds from the Peter B. Lewis Fund for Student Innovation in Energy and the Environment. This competitive funding supports undergraduate research on energy- and environment-related projects, particularly field work and laboratory research. The recipients will spend eight weeks this summer working under the guidance of a faculty advisor. The students’ projects, [...]
‘Connections’ is the theme of Art of Science 2013
Submissions for the 2013 Princeton University Art of Science Competition are now being accepted. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m., Sunday, April 7, 2013. The Art of Science exhibition explores the interplay between science and art and consists of images produced during the course of scientific research that have aesthetic merit. The competition is [...]
Associate Director for Administration honored for dedication and service
Laura Strickler, Andlinger Center Associate Director for Administration, was one of six Princeton staff members recognized for their commitment to excellence and exceptional performance during the University’s annual Service Recognition Luncheon on March 19 in Jadwin Gymnasium. In addition, two staff members were honored for their leadership potential.
Princeton cuts energy use, costs through projects big and small
In a small room tucked in a corner of Princeton University’s MacMillan Building, computer screens cover the wall and line desktops, each displaying a colorful cornucopia of data used to monitor campus energy equipment and limit the University’s energy consumption.