Mechanical and Aerospace engineers at Princeton have played leading roles in combustion, fluid flow modeling and measurement, laser technologies and materials, propulsion, environmental science, and aerospace dynamics over the past half century. With ties to many other areas of science and engineering, MAE faculty also have a major impact in control and dynamical systems; materials science; satellite technology and propulsion; stability and control of vehicles; robotics; aircraft performance; pollution and alternative fuels; energy conversion and storage; nuclear security; biomechanics; and instrumentation.

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News

  • Two men in lab coats and goggles pose in a lab setting.

    Engineers use moisture to pull carbon dioxide out of the air

  • Three men pose in front of a cement wall.

    Engineers use AI to wrangle fusion power for the grid

  • A drilling rig in Nevada.

    Flexible geothermal power approach combines clean energy with a built-in ‘battery’

  • Daniel Cohen (right) and research team

    Raising bioelectric sheepdogs to herd flocks of cells

  • Two researchers looking at petri dish under miscroscope illuminated by blue light.

    Channeling the cell’s cytoskeleton into a nimble nanomachine

  • Microscope image of tin crystals, showing protruding, jagged, smooth, and stunted 3-dimensional features.

    Researchers harness large language models to accelerate materials discovery

Events

  • March 22

    11:00 am

    Unlocking Agility, Safety, and Resilience for Legged Navigation: Addressing Real-world Challenges in Uncertain Environments

  • April 05

    11:00 am

    Ensuring Robot Safety Through Safety Index Synthesis