James Smith
William and Edna Macaleer Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
E413 Engineering Quad E-Wing
609-258-4615
jsmith@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Urban environments, hydrology and meteorology; extreme floods, including the impact of urban environments, environmental sensor systems
Robert Socolow
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus
139 Guyot Hall
609-258-5446
socolow@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Global energy system response to global and local environmental and security constraints; carbon dioxide capture from fossil fuels and storage in geological formations; nuclear power; energy efficiency in buildings; advanced technologies in developing countries
Erik Sorensen
Arthur Allen Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
132 Chemistry Building
609-258-8135
ejs@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Green methods for achieving efficient chemical syntheses by approximating the efficiency with which nature creates architecturally complex, biologically active natural products
Anatoly Spitkovsky
Professor of Astrophysical Sciences
123 Peyton Hall
609-258-2307
anatoly@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Modeling and experiments related to inertial confinement fusion and high energy density physics
Howard Stone
Donald R. Dixon '69 and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
D326 Engineering Quad D-Wing
609-258-9493
hastone@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Erosion/corrosion in water flows for cooling in fusion reactors; fluid dynamics of lithium for protecting inner walls of fusion reactors; microfluidic studies relevant to water purification; electrokinetic effects relevant to energy storage devices
Sankaran Sundaresan
Norman John Sollenberger Professor in Engineering
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
A315 Engineering Quad A-Wing
609-258-4583
sundar@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Carbon capture technology planning through use of large-scale simulations of reacting multiphase flows on large computational platforms; plasma-assisted catalytic reactors for energy-efficient synthesis of chemicals
Diana Tamir
Professor of Psychology
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
329 Peretsman Scully Hall
609-258-7845
dtamir@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Studies how people think about their own minds and the minds of other people using a combination of behavioral, machine learning, and neuroimaging methods
Jeroen Tromp
Blair Professor of Geology
Professor of Geosciences and Applied and Coputational Mathematics
Director, Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
336 Lewis Library
609-258-4128
jtromp@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Numerical simulations and inversions of acoustic, elastic and poroelastic waves, with applications ranging from medical imaging and nondestructive testing to exploration geophysics to earthquake seismology.
Robert Vanderbei
Professor of Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
209 Sherrerd Hall
609-258-2345
rvdb@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Statistical modeling to examine evidence for global warming in local weather data
Gabriel A. Vecchi
Professor of Geosciences and the Princeton Environmental Institute
Director, High Meadows Environmental Institute
Deputy Director, Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Guyot Hall, Room 407
609-258-7813
gvecchi@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Understanding changes to the oceans and atmosphere, including the monsoons, El Niño, and the impact of climate on tropical cyclones, weather extremes, and global patterns of rainfall and drought. Climate modeling. Climate variability, change and predictability.