Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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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Portrait of man in front of machinery with large metal coils. — Egemen Kolemen. Photo by David Kelly Crow

Stabilizing fusion reactions is a learning process — for AI systems and the engineers who design them

Two micrographs, one with little spheres covered in speckles, the other with similar spheres looking cleaner. — A new method for direct battery recycling uses low-temperature plasma to remove contaminants from aged lithium nickel cobalt manganese cathode materials (left), commonly used in electric vehicle batteries, and transform them directly into active cathode materials (right). Images copyright Princeton NuEnergywater

Princeton startup recycles rare minerals from lithium batteries

Man points at chart on a table while several two women and a man watch. — Jesse Jenkins leads a team of energy executives and leaders through a game challenging players to ramp up energy production by 2050 without increasing net carbon emissions. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

Guiding energy transitions across the globe

Andlinger Center conference unpacks AI’s double-edged role in the clean energy transition

Jesse Jenkins named as top 100 climate leader, receiving a second TIME accolade

A model airplane with flaps raised sits on the runway — Princeton researchers equipped the wings of an RC plane with wing feather-inspired flaps, and flew it at Princeton’s Forrestal Campus to prove that the flaps help prevent airplanes from stalling. Photos by Lori M. Nichols

Bird wings inspire new approach to flight safety

January 31

3:00 pm

Energy Efficient Morphogenic Manufacturing in Space and on Earth

February 07

3:00 pm

Leading Innovation: Exploring Optimistic Futures – Crocco Colloquium

February 14

3:00 pm

Policy Optimization for Control: Geometry and Algorithms

March 07

3:00 pm

Exquisite Energetics of the Ultrafast: An Interdisciplinary Nexus of Discovery

March 28

3:00 pm

The Era of Autonomy in Space Exploration – It’s Finally Here!

April 04

3:00 pm

Solar Simulations in the Shadows of Racial Capitalism

Christine Allen-Blanchette

Craig Arnold

Ryne Beeson

Emily A. Carter

Edgar Choueiri

Daniel J. Cohen

Luc Deike

Portrait of Alison Ferris

Alison Ferris

Alexander Glaser

Mikko Haataja

Kelsey Hatzell

Marcus Hultmark

Jesse Jenkins

Yiguang Ju

Portrait of Egemen Kolemen

Egemen Kolemen

Andrej Kosmrlj

Chung Law

Naomi Leonard portrait

Naomi Ehrich Leonard

Michael Littman

Anirudha Majumdar

Luigi Martinelli

Julia Mikhailova

Michael Mueller

Radhika Nagpal

Daniel Nosenchuck

Clarence Rowley

Aditya Sood portrait

Aditya Sood

Howard Stone

Aimy Wissa portrait

Aimy Wissa