Emily A. Carter
Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment
Senior Strategic Advisor and Associate Laboratory Director for Applied Materials and Sustainability Sciences at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Founding Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment (2010-2016)
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and Applied and Computational Mathematics
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: D430 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5391
Email Address: eac@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Development of efficient and accurate quantum mechanics simulation techniques, including embedded correlated wave function and orbital-free density functional theories; discovery and design of materials and processes for eletrical production of chemicals, materials, and fuels; carbon dioxide utilization; ammonia/hydrogen conversion.
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion|Renewable Energy>Fuel Cells|Energy Storage>Fuels|Nuclear Energy>Fusion|Renewable Energy>Solar|Energy Efficiency>Transportation
Chung Law
Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: D325 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5271
Email Address: cklaw@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Fundamentals of combustion, with applications in propulsion, energy and environmental issues; combustion of fuel droplets and sprays; incineration of hazardous wastes; chemistry of flame-generated pollutants; formulation of high-performance propulsion fuels
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion|Pollutant Detection & Remediation
Richard Miles
Robert Porter Patterson Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Emeritus
TEES Distinguished Research Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
Location:
Phone Number: 979-458-2534
Email Address: miles@princeton.edu
Research Description:
High-sensitivity detection of pollutants and environmental contaminants (CO, NO, etc); combustion and aerodynamic control by lasers and microwaves, and plasma based energy conversion.
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion|Pollutant Detection & Remediation
Herschel Rabitz
Charles Phelps Smyth '16 *17 Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 253 Frick Laboratory
Phone Number: 609-258-3917
Email Address: hrabitz@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Accelerated discovery of new materials and radiation-matter interactions expressed in an optimal control context. Theoretical and experimental analysis of control landscape topology to guide the latter control-based perspectives in the energy sciences
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion|Energy Systems Analysis|Renewable Energy
Michele L. Sarazen
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A319 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-8331
Email Address: msarazen@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Mechanistic investigations of heterogeneous catalysis, carbon capture, and environmental separations via combined synthetic, kinetic, and theoretical techniques; improving efficiencies for conversions of conventional feedstocks to fuels and chemicals and developing renewable alternatives to fuels and chemicals
Research Areas: Clean, Efficient Fuel Combustion|Energy Storage>Fuels|Energy Efficiency>Industrial Processes|Renewable Energy