Forrest

Meggers

Associate Professor of Architecture and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Co-Director of the Architecture and Engineering Program, Co-Chair of Princeton Sustainability Committee

Research interests: Building systems design and integration; sustainable systems; renewable energy; optimization of energy systems; geothermal; seasonal energy storage; low temp hybrid solar; building materials; energy systems modeling; exergy analysis; thermodynamics and heat transfer; and heat pumps

Two women and a man standing in front of an auto-rickshaw on a city street. — Anu Ramaswami with Dhanasree Durairaj, a local Chennai intern with Princeton University, and Amir, an auto- rickshaw driver. Photos courtesy of the researchers

Measuring the human impacts of extreme heat to guide cities’ climate action plans

Forrest Meggers presents research on energy-efficient heating and cooling and describes energy-saving measures in place at Princeton during an academia-industry retreat on the built environment. Photo by Adena Stevens

Impact close to home

A person (face not visible) wearing a white lab coat and blue disposable gloves holds a square lab plate in their left hand. Their right hand holds a pair of tweezers which they are using to pick up one of several small green plants on the plate. — Jonathan Conway, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, received an innovation grant for the project “Engineering symbiotic plant-microbe interactions for sustainable agriculture.” Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy

Since 2008, innovation funds have fostered research in AI fairness, sustainable agriculture, drug discovery and more

Dense rows of low crops growing in a field, with trees in the distance and a clear blue sky.

Princeton IP Accelerator funding awarded to support promising new technologies

Freddie Furia, a junior in computer science and an Andlinger Center summer intern in 2022, sits inside the final project – an outdoor study space for two that utilizes a heat pump to both heat and cool its occupants. Photos by Bumper DeJesus

For this class final, bring a wrench

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

Faculty member, seated at end of row of colleagues, leads panel discussion.

Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Decarbonizing the world while increasing energy access worldwide

Forrest Meggers