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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.

News

Five panelists share a laugh onstage before an audience

Asking for help is easy, and expected, engineering students tell first-year families

Graphic with text "Commendation for Outstanding Teaching".

Faculty commended for outstanding teaching

A researcher holds up a circular disc with tweezers

New materials make high-performance membranes the filters of the future

Portrait of Craig Arnold

Craig B. Arnold honored by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey

A large school of silver fish swims in unison through clear blue ocean water, viewed from below with sunlight filtering through the surface.

Fish schools prefer to swim in ladder shape, study reveals

Enhanced geothermal systems plant in the desert.

Enhanced geothermal systems: An underground tech surfaces as a serious clean energy contender

Events

December 05

3:00 pm

Shaping Efficient Aircraft with Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

Faculty

Christine Allen-Blanchette

Craig Arnold

Ryne Beeson

Emily A. Carter

Edgar Choueiri

Daniel J. Cohen

Luc Deike

Michelle DiBenedetto portrait

Michelle DiBenedetto

Portrait of Alison Ferris

Alison Ferris

Alexander Glaser

Portrait of Mikko Haataja

Mikko Haataja

Kelsey Hatzell

Marcus Hultmark

Marcus Hultmark

Portrait of Jesse Jenkins

Jesse Jenkins

Yiguang Ju portrait

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