Sigrid Adriaenssens

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Website: http://www.princeton.edu/cee/people/display_person/?netid=sadriaen

Office: E-Quad, E332

Phone: 609-258-4661

Research interests: Bridges: new structural (mobile) typologies; pre-stressed tension structures: splines and membranes; shells: textile reinforced shells, adaptable formwork, shape optimization; historic structures: restoration and upgrading methodologies; durability: life-cycle design of new infrastructure; efficiency: form-finding techniques, structural optimization, with applications in energy efficiency and human health.

News

  • A structure of looping ribbons

    A new twist on a classic math formula speeds work with looping structures

  • Episode 6: Dance Me to the End. "Composers & Computers" logo. The ampersand is a treble clef. There is a sound wave illustration

    Episode 6: Dance Me to the End

  • Robot show from within an arch made of glass blocks

    Building bots could brave harsh environments, create new types of structures

  • shapes made with ribbon-like strips

    Technique inspired by lace making could someday weave structures in space

  • Two women as seen through an arch, backlit by picture window, bare trees visible through it.

    Robots and humans collaborate to revolutionize architecture

  • Dancers in a net

    Funding the next big idea: New projects receive Dean for Research Innovation awards

Research

  • Art, Architecture, and Multimedia

  • Robotics

  • Cities and the Future Metropolis

Primary affiliations

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

    Civil and Environmental Engineering