Ning

Lin

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research interests: Natural hazards and risk assessment, stochastic modeling, wind engineering, coastal engineering, climate change impact and adaptation, built environment and sustainability.

A house floating across an inlet on a barge with marsh grass and telephone poles in the foreground — A house, being relocated to higher ground, is transported by barge through Little Egg Inlet along New Jersey’s southeastern coast. Photos by Matthew Drews, Rutgers University

AI technique boosts climate change defenses

A rustic dirt road with damaged power lines. — Hurricane Maria ravaged the town of Vega Alta in Puerto Rico. Photo by alejandrophotography/iStock

Predictive models could prevent post-hurricane power failures

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

Satellite photo of hurricanes — Princeton researchers explored the increasing risk of multiple destructive storms hitting locations on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. In this image, three storms formed in the Atlantic basin in 2017. Photo by NASA

One is bad enough: Climate change raises the threat of multiple hurricanes

hurricane scene — Climate change could make heat waves a dangerous hazard of future hurricanes. Photo by iStock

Burying short sections of power lines would drastically reduce hurricanes’ future impact on coastal residents

Photo of a city from afar, with grass in foreground. This is the Meadowlands. — Mario Gandelsonas, Princeton’s Class of 1913 Lecturer in Architecture, professor of architecture, and director of the Program in Urban Studies, has been leading an assessment of the New Jersey Meadowlands (pictured) as a potential national climate park that would mitigate the effects of climate change.

Princeton research is pursuing a sustainable future for New Jersey and the world

Three students look closely at a model of an architectural structure.

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Fundamental insights into the built and natural environments, and interactions between the two

Ning Lin