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Jesse Jenkins

Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Website: https://mae.princeton.edu/people/faculty/jenkins

Email: jessejenkins@princeton.edu

Office: Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Room 214

Phone: 609-258-1257

Research interests: Propulsion and energy sciences

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