With its uncanny ability to converse like humans, ChatGPT has ignited people’s imaginations and concerns. At Princeton Engineering, we see AI as a powerful tool that can enhance human capability to achieve what humans could never do on their own.
That is, after all, what inventors and engineers have done for millennia — build new technologies that enhance human capabilities and improve lives, from the wheel to spacecraft.
In this magazine, we show some of the many ways Princeton engineers are building the fundamental tools of AI and applying them to pressing societal challenges, such as the quests for clean energy, better medicines, new materials, and safer robots.
The key to these strengths — and the strategy behind major ongoing investments by Princeton — is our inter-disciplinary approach. Each of our six engineering departments is using AI to accelerate their work, often in colla-boration with each other and with the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and the arts.
This interdisciplinary spirit drives our growth in many areas, including bioengineering, quantum engineering, robotics, sustainability, and next-generation wireless networks. At Princeton our engineers work collaboratively with a relentless drive toward harnessing technology to benefit humanity.
Andrea Goldsmith
Dean | Arthur LeGrand Doty
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
