Pathways to Graduate School program equips applicants with tools for success
January 19, 2022
Pathways to Graduate School for Rising College Seniors provides high-achieving students in science, engineering and math a series of interactive workshops aimed at breaking down barriers and boosting success in applying for doctoral programs.
Part Sixteen: Creating, Inspiring, Transforming
January 4, 2022
In this final installment of #PrincetonE100, we reflect on the thoughts of four of our deans. They include Arthur Greene, who first stated our mission and values; and current Dean Andrea Goldsmith, who charts a path for where we’re headed.
Humble lizards offer surprising approach to engineering artificial lungs
December 23, 2021
Lizard lungs are yielding insights for engineers designing advanced biotechnology.
Part Fifteen: Engineering the Future
December 21, 2021
What we do today, from supporting industry to saving lives, is at the heart of Princeton’s role in serving humanity. From expanding our faculty and student body, to building a new neighborhood that will provide modern facilities located closer to the heart of campus, Princeton Engineering has big plans for the century ahead.
Part Fourteen: Hello, World
December 17, 2021
From making cities more sustainable and cooler, to combatting climate change and a global pandemic, to raising the next generation of programmers, Princeton Engineering carries on a hundred-year tradition of global impact.
Part Thirteen: Today’s Princeton Engineering
December 17, 2021
Breaking barriers in fields such as bioengineering, artificial intelligence and materials science requires breaking barriers in welcoming and developing the brightest, most creative minds from a wide diversity of backgrounds.
Carter recognized with Materials Theory Award
December 17, 2021
Emily Carter, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton, was recognized for advances applying quantum mechanical simulation techniques that have led to discoveries and designs for technologies furthering sustainable energy and carbon mitigation.
Virtual reality project on nuclear threats to premiere at Sundance Film Festival
December 13, 2021
Nuclear security: A virtual reality project executive produced by researchers at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security and Games for Change will premiere its first chapter at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival in January 2022.
Part Twelve: Math in the Service of Society
December 10, 2021
The newest department at Princeton Engineering is also one of the most popular and influential — it’s been home to the University’s two most recent valedictorians, and has produced creative and visionary graduates in recent decades. But it’s also perhaps the least understood form of engineering we offer. What exactly is operations research and financial engineering?
Part Eleven: Building Big, Building Small
December 10, 2021
Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering… That’s what they are known by today, but over time the departmental names have shifted with the needs of society. Electrical engineers from Princeton have built the smallest microchips and the biggest companies. Civil engineers here have built “structural art” that combines high functionality with dazzling beauty.