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, […]
The cover story of the March issue of Optics & Photonics News features research by Branko Glisic on a new wave of sensors that will help ensure the long-term safety of buildings and bridges.
Glisic, who is an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, along with colleagues installed pair […]
The United States Engineers Without Borders organization has named Princeton’s EWB chapter a 2013 Premier Project winner for its library project in Ashaiman, Ghana. In the summer of 2011, five students from Princeton Engineers Without Borders traveled to Ashaiman, to finish the construction of a community library. This trip was the culmination of […]
The Princeton Fung Global Forum conference on the future of the city takes place January 30 to February 1 this year in Shanghai, China. The conference showcases the work of a number of Princeton Engineering faculty and affiliated faculty, including Howard Stone, James Smith, Sigrid Adriaenssens, Branko […]
Behind the scenes: NYC’s Second Avenue Subway project
Phil Rice ’77 and Eve Glazer ’06 are coming to the Princeton campus to give their firsthand perspective of construction on the Second Avenue Subway project, New York City’s largest expansion of the subway system in more than 50 years. When completed, it will provide a new line on the east side of […]
Amruta Sarma ’08 wins Fulbright to India
Amruta Sarma, who graduated from Princeton with a degree in civil and environmental engineering in 2008, has won a Fulbright to India to study the implementation of a heat-wave “early warning system” for health officials so that they can help communities better anticipate and respond to extreme environmental conditions.
After conducting her […]
Princeton Energy & Climate Scholars have just returned from Rio+20, where they rubbed elbows with U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the president of Aruba, and Sir Richard Branson — all while gaining behind-the-scenes insights into environmental policy. The Princeton engineering students who attended the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development — the largest United Nations […]
In the video above Paul Hsieh, a research hydrologist with a specialty in underground water reserves, discusses his role in helping to contain the worst spill in U.S. history.
It’s an incredible story. In July 2010, a 75-ton containment cap was placed on the Deepwater Horizon well to stop the flow of oil, which […]
Times Higher Education has just published its world university rankings, with Princeton ranked third among engineering schools. The top five engineering schools are Caltech, MIT, Princeton, UC-Berkeley, and Stanford (in that order).
Princeton Engineering has experienced extraordinary growth of late. During the past six years, sponsored research […]
Kyle Meng ’05, along with colleagues from Columbia University, has published a cover article for Nature magazine on research linking El Niño weather events with civil wars in tropical countries.
Nature writes that this is the first quantitative study to link civil conflict with global climate fluctuations. The […]
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