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Flood risk study receives $2.3 million Rockefeller Foundation grant

By Teresa Riordan On September 11, 2013 · In Andlinger Center, civil engineering

Princeton researchers are part of a flood risk study that has received $2.3 million in funding from the Rockefeller Foundation.

The project, “New Directions in Coastal Resilient Design Strategies—Four Integrated Designs,”  is a comprehensive study of the flood risks of vulnerable coastal populations in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy.

The Princeton project team, […]

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Dream team of materials scientists wins DOE grant to tackle fusion challenges

By Teresa Riordan On July 30, 2012 · In Andlinger Center, chemical engineering, energy, mechanical and aerospace, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Uncategorized

Princeton engineers have won a highly competitive grant of $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to collaborate with the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab in order to tackle materials science challenges in the creation of fusion energy.

One key challenge is how to contain the hot plasma that fuels fusion power […]

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World Economic Forum names Lynn Loo a Young Global Leader

By Teresa Riordan On March 6, 2012 · In Andlinger Center, chemical engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Lynn Loo, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton, has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for 2012. Loo is one of 192 young leaders from 59 countries honored this year for their outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments and commitment to society.

Past Young Global […]

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Socolow examines lessons learned in essay on landmark climate change paper

By Teresa Riordan On September 27, 2011 · In Andlinger Center, mechanical and aerospace

In an essay published today on Climate Central and in The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Robert Socolow revisits the revolutionary “wedges” approach to climate change that he and Steve Pacala laid out in the journal Science back in 2004.

Socolow’s conclusion: the […]

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Emily Carter on how quantum mechanics can help solve the energy crisis

By Teresa Riordan On September 8, 2011 · In Andlinger Center, electrical engineering, energy, mechanical and aerospace

Princeton’s Andlinger Center director Emily Carter was in Bremen, Germany, earlier this week to receive an award from the

German Chemical Society. The plenary lecture she gave associated with the award ceremony was boldly titled “How Quantum Mechanics Can Help Solve the World’s Energy Problems.”

In the video above, […]

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PPPL’s Prager explains how ‘seawater can power the world’ in Times op-ed

By Teresa Riordan On July 12, 2011 · In Andlinger Center

Yesterday’s New York Times featured an op-ed by Stewart Prager, director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, on the future of nuclear fusion, which he describes as an abundant, safe and clean energy source that may be closer to becoming a reality than many think.

“Fusion energy generates zero greenhouse gases,” […]

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Art of Science featured on Time, der Spiegel, MSNBC, L’espresso, io9, FOXNews, Lenta, Discovery News

By Teresa Riordan On June 10, 2010 · In Andlinger Center, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Today both Time magazine online and the popular Russian online magazine Lenta launched galleries featuring images from Princeton’s 2010 Art of Science exhibit.

AoS 2010 also has been recently featured by Spiegel online, MSNBC, FOXNews, […]

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Princeton researchers push the frontiers of next-generation fuels

By Teresa Riordan On March 24, 2010 · In Andlinger Center, energy, innovation, mechanical and aerospace

The current issue of PRISM magazine features the research of Chung "Ed" Law, who is the director of a  $20 million energy research center at Princeton whose mission is to spur the invention of new, cleaner fuels for the 21st century.

"Think the internal combustion engine is dead?" writes Charles Q […]

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Emily Carter appears with Speaker Pelosi to highlight Recovery Act-funded research

By Teresa Riordan On November 18, 2009 · In Andlinger Center, mechanical and aerospace, PACM, School of Engineering and Applied Science

Princeton Engineering’s Emily Carter appeared yesterday at a Capitol Hill news conference with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt to announce a new initiative that will highlight scientific research made possible […]

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Dryer outlines energy ideas for aviation industry in BBC essay

By Teresa Riordan On August 12, 2009 · In Andlinger Center, mechanical and aerospace

This week the BBC posted a guest editorial by Princeton’s Fred Dryer, who outlines different ways the aviation industry can become more energy-efficient.

"Bio-derived fuels must be fully compatible with petroleum fuels, particularly for aircraft applications, because of the international nature of the aviation industry," writes Dryer, who is professor of […]

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