research in energy and the environment

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment is a nexus at Princeton University for research that spans the technology-policy spectrum and aims to address today’s global energy and environmental challenges to ensure a sustainable future. Through a variety of programs, including grants and fellowships, the center supports collaborative, interdisciplinary research and sustains a community of scholars focused on developing technologies and solutions that will pave the way for a world less reliant on fossil fuels.

research programs and opportunities

Andlinger Center Funding Opportunities

The Center administers two funds: The Grant for Innovative Research in Energy and the Environment and the Fund for Energy Research with Corporate Partners.

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Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellows Program

Practitioners from industry, government, and not-for-profit sectors will bring different perspectives and urgency to the energy and environmental challenges that are central to the center’s mission.

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AI for Energy and Energy for AI – Our 2024 Annual Meeting

October 29, 2024: We will explore how we can harness the power of AI to make rapid progress in global decarbonization efforts and navigate the risks that AI will create for achieving a clean and just energy future.

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows Program

Fellows collaborate with Princeton faculty and/or senior researchers within an energy or environment-related field to articulate an interdisciplinary research plan that is aligned with the mission of the Center.

2024 New Light Summer Seminar Series

This series features the Andlinger Center’s Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows and early career researchers. There were three sessions featuring two researchers each:

research areas

Research at the Andlinger Center is advancing fundamental and applied sciences in several critical areas related to energy systems, infrastructure, and practices that can help mitigate human impacts on climate and the environment. These include developing renewable energy and energy storage technologies, optimizing energy systems transitions and process systems efficiencies, investigating novel approaches for sustainable manufacturing in various sectors, applying behavioral and decision sciences for environmental policy and technology adoption, solving critical problems at the water-energy nexus and developing resilient infrastructure in the face of a changing climate. A constellation of six interacting research areas forms the heart of the center’s focus:

built environment, transportation <span class="accent2">+</span> infrastructure

built environment, transportation + infrastructure

electricity production, transmission <span class="accent2">+</span> storage

electricity production, transmission + storage

fuels <span class="accent2">+</span> chemicals

fuels + chemicals

environmental sensing <span class="accent2">+</span> remediation

environmental sensing + remediation

decision <span class="accent2">+</span> behavioral science, policy, <span class="accent2">+</span> economics

decision + behavioral science, policy, + economics

environmental <span class="accent2">+</span> climate science

environmental + climate science

quick links

Research Directory

Energy Systems Analysis Group

Rapid Switch

Net-Zero America

featured research news

Harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to predict — and then avoid — the formation of a specific plasma problem in real time

Nine grants awarded to foster collaborative research with corporate partners

Revolutionizing lithium production on a string

growth by the numbers

From research projects to external grants awarded to graduate students and postdocs supported, below is a snapshot of cumulative growth at the Andlinger Center.