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Robert  Vanderbei

Robert Vanderbei

Professor Emeritus, Operations Research and Financial Engineering

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

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.

Naveen  Verma

Naveen Verma

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Director, Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education

Associate Director, Program in Robotics and Intelligent Systems

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

B226 Engineering Quad B-Wing
609-258-1424
nverma@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Environmental sensors and computation platforms (low-power circuits and systems)

Sigurd Wagner

Sigurd Wagner

Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus



wagner@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Environmental aspects of electrical engineering; solar energy conversion; devices, processes, and materials for large-area electronics; sensor skins for civil infrastructure

Michael A. Webb

Michael A. Webb

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

A325 Engineering Quad A-Wing
609-258-4595
mawebb@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Utilization of theory, simulation, and data science to characterize, understand, and guide the design of novel soft materials for health and sustainability applications; interests are motivated by the use of both natural and synthetic polymers in technologies like batteries, fuel cells, water treatment, tissue engineering, and drug-delivery

Elke U.Weber

Elke U. Weber

Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment

Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Associate Director for Education, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

86 Olden Street
646-896-9410
eweber@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Questions at the intersection of psychology, economics, engineering, and policy that address the importance and role of descriptive/behavioral models of judgment and decision-making under risk and uncertainty and for decisions with long time horizons in environmental and energy-related decision making and policy. Psychologically appropriate ways to measure and model individual, group, or cultural differences in risk taking and time discounting across domains.

David Wentzlaff

David Wentzlaff

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

B228 Engineering Quad B-Wing
609-258-7781
wentzlaf@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Energy efficient design of computing architectures and software systems; green computing; minimization of computer systems’ environmental impact; sustainable service and decommissioning of computer components; biodegradable computers.

Claire White

Claire White

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Andlinger Center Executive Committee

E326 Engineering Quad E-Wing
609-258-6263
whitece@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Sustainable cements and related engineering systems including alkali-activated materials, blended Portland cements, carbonate-based cements and influence of additives on cement-based materials. Research focus includes thermodynamics and kinetics of cement phases, chemical durability (e.g., carbonation and sulfate), pore structure and permeability, and non-destructive measurements of sub-micron processes, with a focus on combining experiments and simulation techniques.

David Wilcove

David Wilcove

Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute

Andlinger Center Associated Faculty

3-C-10 Green Hall
609-258-7118
dwilcove@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Environmental policy; conservation of biodiversity; effects of land-use change and climate change on biodiversity; impact of agriculture on biodiversity

Gerard Wysocki

Gerard Wysocki

Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

B324 Engineering Quad B-Wing
609-258-8187
gwysocki@princeton.edu

Research Description:

Laser spectroscopic sensing for energy and environmental applications; environmental trace-gas sensor networks; active and passive remote atmospheric sensing