Chemical and Biological Engineering

Chemical and biological engineering addresses a range of problems in human health, energy, materials science, and industrial processes. Areas of excellence at Princeton include: applied and computational mathematics, bioengineering, environmental and energy science and technology, materials synthesis and processing, process engineering and science, thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, and transport phenomena.

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An origami crane folds and unfolds — Researchers combined their expertise in materials science and and origami to create durable, programmable robot that moves without a motor. (The image’s speed is increased 40 times from the original.) Image by the researchers.

This soft robot has no problem moving with no motor and no gears

Six images of tumor samples show branching growth in the final image. — Researchers observed tumor growth in a variety of environmental conditions including high fat and high sugar. High-fat conditions were observed to show the highest rate of invasion into surrounding tissue. (Photo illustration by Princeton University.)

New evidence that fat promotes tumor growth in aggressive breast cancer

Rodney Priestley and Z. Jason Ren. — Dean of the Graduate School and engineering professor Rodney Priestley and engineering professor Z. Jason Ren Photo of Priestley by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy, photo of Ren by Bumper DeJesus

Rodney Priestley, Z. Jason Ren named AAAS Fellows

Aerial view of three tropical storms forming in the Atlantic basin. — Three storms formed in the Atlantic basin in 2017. Photo by NASA

Six research projects receive Sustainability of Our Planet funding

Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

Two researchers in lab equipment examine a vial with solution.

The proteins that could turn corn stalks into fuel

April 15

4:00 pm

AI-assisted Design of Functional Polymers for a Sustainable World

April 22

4:00 pm

Engineering Fluid-Fluid Interfaces Through Composition and Processing for Control of Complex Soft Materials

May 06

4:00 pm

Shared Mechanobiological Programs Governing Valvular Morphogenesis, Disease Pathogenesis, and Tissue Engineering

José Avalos

Clifford Brangwynne

Mark Brynildsen

Jonathan Conway

Emily Davidson

Pablo Debenedetti

Portrait of Dimitrios Fraggedakis

Dimitrios Fraggedakis

David Graves

Jerelle Joseph

A. James Link

Lynn Loo

Marcella Lusardi

Christos Maravelias

Celeste Nelson

Portrait of Athanassios Panagiotopoulos

Athanassios Panagiotopoulos

Rodney Priestley

Portrait of Richard A. Register

Richard A. Register

Portrait of Andrew Rosen

Andrew S. Rosen

Michele L. Sarazen

Charles Schroeder portrait

Charles Schroeder III

Sankaran Sundaresan

Michael A. Webb