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Alexander
Glaser

Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and International Affairs, Co-Director of the Program in Science and Global Security

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Research interests: Nuclear energy; climate change; nuclear reactor technologies; neutronics calculations; nuclear fuel cycle analysis and modeling; nuclear arms control and disarmament verification; projects in partnership with the Program in Science and Global Security and the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy of the Woodrow Wilson School.

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Vivian Chen holds large QR code as Vasumathi Venkat, Aaron Serianni, and Alex Glaser look on, and the robot dog faces the QR code.
SPOT, a Boston Dynamics robot, performs tasks in response to QR codes. Vivian Chen ’25 holds the code, while Vasumathi Venkat ’25, Aaron Serianni ’25 and Prof. Alexander Glaser observe. Photo by Aaron Nathans

Meet SPOT the ‘bot: Course explores learning to live with robots

Students in virtual reality course
Students explored ways to apply virtual and augmented reality to a range of disciplines. Photos by Frank Wojciechowski

Students implement visions through virtual reality

Tamara Patton and Alexander Glaser
Alexander Glaser, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering engineering, and recent Ph.D. graduate Tamara Patton served as executive producers for a virtual reality project/documentary that will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski

Virtual reality project on nuclear threats to premiere at Sundance Film Festival

Princeton's small commuter line
Princeton's small commuter line, "the Dinky," helped improve arms control monitoring.

Princeton’s “Dinky” train helps nuclear arms control researchers

Vintage Apple computer system
Researchers propose using vintage electronics to help verify the dismantling of nuclear weapons. Photos by Frank Wojciechowski

Pac-Man-era microchip could help gobble up nuclear warheads

World map of simulated nuclear war
Video still of a simulation developed to depict nuclear war between the United States and Russia using realistic nuclear force postures, targets and fatality estimates. It is estimated that there would be more than 90 million people dead and injured within the first few hours of the conflict. Video available at https://www.youtube.com/embed/2jy3JU-ORpo. Image courtesy of the Program on Science and Global Security

Project to build a diverse coalition of researchers to confront nuclear dangers

Affiliations

Student uses drill press while others observe.

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Solving problems in energy, combustion, fluids, lasers, materials science, robotics and control systems, and nuclear security

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