Sigrid Adriaenssens
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Director, Program in Mechanics, Materials and Structures
Director of the Keller Center
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: E332 Engineering Quadrangle
Phone Number: 609-258-4661
Email Address: 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
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Paul Chirik
Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 292 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone Number: 609-258-4130
Email Address: pchirik@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design and synthesis of earth abundant catalysts (particularly iron & cobalt) for applications in pharmaceutical, fine, commodity and petrochemical industries; Reduction of N2 and CO2 compatible with renewable hydrogen and alternative energy sources.
Research Areas: Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Stephen Chou
Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: B412 Engineering Quad, B-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-4416
Email Address: chou@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design and synthesis of earth abundant catalysts (particularly iron & cobalt) for applications in pharmaceutical, fine, commodity and petrochemical industries; Reduction of N2 and CO2 compatible with renewable hydrogen and alternative energy sources.
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Waste Heat Recovery
Emily Davidson
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: A407 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-5416
Email Address: edavidson@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Functional, hierarchical materials featuring structural control; molecular-level polymer design, controlled local self-assembly, and structural integration and alignment; polymer synthesis, characterization, physics and self-assembly, and additive manufacturing; stimuli-responsive and actuating elastomers and gels; sustainable and degradable polymers and block copolymers.
Research Areas: Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Maria Garlock
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Co-Director, Program in Architecture and Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: E307 Engineering Quad E-Wing
Phone Number: 609-258-2728
Email Address: mgarlock@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Resilient and sustainable structural design, and efficient structural systems and forms that minimize construction materials.
Research Areas: Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Kelsey Hatzell
Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: 224 Andlinger Center
Phone Number: 609-258-2980
Email Address: kelsey.hatzell@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Solid ion conductors for advanced energy storage and conversion applications; solid state devices for electrochemical fuel production and energy storage systems for electric vehicles; thermal energy storage systems for concentrated solar power integration and production; carbon capture materials and processes.
Research Areas: Batteries, Carbon Capture & Storage, Climate Change, Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Fuels, Renewable Energy, Solar, Supercapacitors, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Transportation, Waste Heat Recovery, Water Desalination
Jyotirmoy Mandal
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: E414 Engineering Quadrangle
Phone Number: 609-258-4615
Email Address: jm3136@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design of optical materials across geometric to metamaterial scales for control of thermal radiation, with applications in building and environmental thermal management.
Research Areas: Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Iain McCulloch
Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Gerhard R. Andlinger '52 Professor in Energy and Environment
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: 118 Andlinger Center
Phone Number: 609-258-9340
Email Address: iain@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Design, synthesis and development of semiconducting small molecules and polymers for use as transistors for display, solar cells and biological sensing. Toics include organic photovoltaics, photo- and electrocatalysis for fuel production, carbon capture and conversion, biological sensing and electrochemical devices, solid-state optical semiconducting sensors for ions, and semiconducting polymers for organic electrochemical transistors.
Research Areas: Renewable Energy, Solar, Superconducting Materials, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Rodney Priestley
Dean of the Graduate School
Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 109 110 Prospect Ave
Phone Number: 609-258-5721
Email Address: rpriestl@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Nanoscale processing and characterization of polymers and soft matter with an emphasis on thin films, colloids, and nanocomposites; glass formation and glassy behavior of polymer thin films and nanocomposites; physical vapor deposition of macromolecules; scalable and sustainable formation, and application of polymer-based colloids.
Research Areas: Solar, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry, Water Desalination
Joshua Rabinowitz
Professor of Chemistry and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Director, Ludwig Princeton Branch
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 241 Carl C. Icahn Laboratory
Phone Number: 609-258-8985
Email Address: joshr@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Novel methods for probing metabolism, metabolic flux and regulation in bacteria and yeast, application to metabolic engineering and bioenergy
Research Areas: Biofuels, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Richard Register
Director, Princeton Materials Institute
Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: A423 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-4691
Email Address: register@princeton.edu
Research Description:
Synthesis, processing, and reprocessing/recycling of polymeric materials, as part of a larger research effort focused on microstructured and nanostructured polymers
Research Areas: Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Erik Sorensen
Arthur Allen Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: 132 Frick Chemistry Lab
Phone Number: 609-258-8135
Email Address: 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
Research Areas: Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
David Wentzlaff
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Andlinger Center Associated Faculty
Location: B228 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-7781
Email Address: 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.
Research Areas: Energy Efficiency, Energy Systems Analysis, Information Technology, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry
Claire White
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Associate Director for Research, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Andlinger Center Executive Committee
Location: E326 Engineering Quad
Phone Number: 609-258-6263
Email Address: 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. 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.
Research Areas: Carbon Capture & Storage, Sustainable Manufacturing/Chemistry