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New tool streamlines the creation of moving pictures
October 24, 2018
It’s often easy to imagine balloons soaring or butterflies fluttering across a still image, but realizing this vision through computer animation is easier said than done. Now, a team of researchers has developed a new tool that makes animating such images much simpler.
On the road in Hawaii, Princeton team seeks clearer picture of volcanic air quality
October 23, 2018
Mark Zondlo’s research team monitored air quality on Hawaii’s Big Island during the large eruption of the Kilauea volcano.
‘Focused Research Teams’ take on emerging opportunities in biotechnology and robotics
October 22, 2018
In an initiative to boost collaborations on subjects too new to fit into existing departments and centers, the School of Engineering and Applied Science has created a program to fund small, cross-disciplinary groups of researchers called Focused Research Teams.
‘Startup immersion’ places students at heart of new ventures
October 17, 2018
Having a direct impact on a startup venture is one of the key ideas behind the Princeton Startup Immersion Program run by the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education.
Felten confirmed as member of U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
October 12, 2018
The U.S. Senate confirmed on Thursday the appointment of Professor of Computer Scienceand Public Affairs Ed Felten to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, a bipartisan agency within the executive branch.
She Roars: Celebrating Women in Princeton Engineering
October 10, 2018
The 'She Roars' alumni conference, from Oct. 4-6, featured presentations, discussion groups and social events. Dean Emily A. Carter told attendees that the future for women in engineering is bright.
'Day of Optimization' explores forefront of data science and machine learning
October 09, 2018
Princeton's inaugural Day of Optimization grappled with difficult questions including: should there be marketplaces for data in the near future and how should these markets be run? How should society decide who gets a liver transplant? If a driverless car kills someone, who is at fault?
Brangwynne named 2018 MacArthur Fellow for work in bioengineering
October 04, 2018
Bioengineer Clifford Brangwynne, who explores the interior structures of cells, has been awarded 2018 MacArthur Fellowship.
Princeton engineering alumna Frances Arnold wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
October 04, 2018
The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Princeton alumna Frances Arnold “for the directed evolution of enzymes.” She received half of the award, while the other half was divided between George Smith of the University of Missouri-Columbia and Sir Gregory Winter of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology at the University of Cambridge “for the phage display of peptides and antibodies.”
Wide collaborations and a 'close-knit community of scholarship' catalyze advances
October 03, 2018
Athanassios Panagiotopoulos, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and chair of the department, highlights developments in bioengineering and materials science, and new efforts to optimize the learning environment for students.