Sigrid Adriaenssens
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Program in Mechanics, Materials and Structures
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
E332 Engineering Quad E-Wing
609-258-4661
sadriaen@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design of adaptive structural systems for building energy efficiency, design of large span complex curved structures for minimum material use, reclaimed material construction, circular economy
Craig Arnold
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Vice Dean for Innovation
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
320 Bowen Hall/D410 Engineering Quad D-Wing
609-258-0250
cbarnold@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Improved batteries, energy storage; materials recycling and sustainability, water purification, catalysis, advanced manufacturing, light-matter interactions.
Robert Austin
Professor of Physics
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
122 Jadwin Hall
609-258-4353
austin@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Directed evolution of algae for biofuel production, specifically the fast, consistent and high-volume production of oils; reduction in need for external nutrients such as nitrogen for biofuel production
José Avalos
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
101 Hoyt Chemical Laboratory
609-258-9881
javalos@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Application and development of technologies in synthetic biology and metabolic engineering; development of microorganisms for the production of advanced biofuels, commodity chemicals, specialty chemicals, and bioplastics; biosensor and metabolic engineering for bioremediation
Research Description:
Glacial-interglacial climate change, photosynthesis and respiration in phytoplankton and plants
Jay Benziger
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Emeritus
A407 Engineering Quad A-Wing
609-258-5416
benziger@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Optimal configurations for improved fuel cell operation (producing electricity from hydrogen); hydrogen production; efficient electrochemical pumps for hydrogen purification; gasification to produce fuels from organic materials
Andrew Bocarsly
Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
388 Frick Chemistry Lab
609-258-3888
bocarsly@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Improving membrane fuel cells that convert H2 and O2 or alcohols into electricity; exploring proton exchange polymer membranes; charge transfer processes and materials chemistry for alternate energy schemes including solar photochemistry and electrochemistry; electrochemical and semiconductor based photoelectrochemical conversion of CO2 to liquid fuels and syngas; water splitting for hydrogen production
Elie Bou-Zeid
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
E414 Engineering Quad E-Wing
609-258-5429
ebouzeid@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Measurements and simulations of heat and water exchanges between buildings and the atmosphere; urban microclimatology and hydrology; boundary layer meteorology; environmental fluid mechanics and turbulence; wind energy forecasting, wind farm design
Ian Bourg
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
E416 Engineering Quad
609-258-4541
bourg@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Research examines the fundamental properties of interfacial water and their impact on geochemistry, mechanics, and mass fluxes in soils and sedimentary environments. Current projects focus on understanding how clay minerals control hydraulic permeability and the fate and transport of organic compounds.
M. Christine Boyer
Professor, Urbanism
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism
Director, Undergraduate Urban Studies Certificate Program
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
S116A Architecture Building
609-258-1446
mcboyer@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Urban history; city planning and preservation planning