Each member of our community comes to Princeton Engineering with unique goals, passions, and life stories that fuel their learning, teaching, and research.
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Daniel Tan: Exploring biology through physics and computation
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Elke Weber: Bringing behavioral science into environmental policy
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Megan Leftwich *10: Learning about fluid dynamics from swimming sea lions
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Prerna Ramachandra ’14: Integrating technology and storytelling
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Alec Gallimore *92: Pioneering electric propulsion
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Chi Luc: An evolving focus on structural design
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Nathan Nguyen: Harmonizing research and a cappella
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Mae Milano: Building better programming languages
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Sarina Hasan: On biotech, leadership and perseverance
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Allan Chang *04: Clearing the path to everyday hydrogen power
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Assistant Professor Lydia Liu '17: The social impacts of machine learning
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David Van Velden: A blend of technical skills and a holistic outlook
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Noah Stein: A passion for hands-on mechanical design and problem solving
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Ellen Toberman: Lessons from the unpredictability of research
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Akanksha Thawani *20: Illuminating 'the dark matter of the human genome'
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Lilia Xie: New materials for advanced electronics
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Tom Griffiths: Studying AI to better understand how humans think
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Caridad Estrada Cardona: On the impacts of natural disasters and improving pollution cleanup
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Zoe Koniaris: Pushing boundaries in rugby and aerospace
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Tenzing Sherpa: A U.S. Air Force veteran blazing a trail from rural Nepal to Princeton
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Kat Tarasova: Food, fermentation, and founding a startup
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Yifan Rao: Enabling rapid, remote control of origami-inspired robots
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Naveen Verma: Connecting intelligence to the real world
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Juan M. Jiménez *07: Merging fluid mechanics and vascular biology to study disease
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Barry Zhang *94: Fiber optics for the future
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Amy Honnig Bassett: Developing new materials for energy storage and electronics
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Cindy Han ’22: Protecting artists from theft by AI
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Alison Ferris: 'Redesigning jet fuel as we know it'
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Lilian Tsang: The joy of collaboration and creativity
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Clifford Brangwynne: The materials scientist who upended cell biology
Kirsten Pardo ‘24: On family, sacrifices and aspirations
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Simón Andres Gotera: Building a robot for reforestation
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Ben Laufer '19: Improving accountability and trustworthiness in AI
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Lynn Loo: Moving decarbonization from lab to industry
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Margaret Martonosi on the National Science Foundation and the value of public service
Jinyue (Jerry) Jiang: The role of water in decarbonization
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Vichi Jagannathan '10: Innovation for healing, equity and justice
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Gina Arnau: A summer of spacecraft systems and exploring a new city
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Ben Eysenbach: Teaching robots to do complex tasks
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Christa Peters-Lidard *97: From soil sampling to leading NASA science
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Anherutowa Calvo: Early experiences galvanize commitment to engineering solutions
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Mengdi Wang: Using language models to decode disease
Adam Lichtenstein ’95 *10: Tapping into the alumni community’s love for Princeton
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Can ‘forever’ chemicals become less so?
For Marcel Louis, Sports, Music and, Eventually, a PhD Focus
This senior thesis used AI to analyze Dante
Manish Bhardwaj: Innovation as a moral undertaking
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Jerelle Joseph: Simulating droplets that drive life's functions
Zhihua Wang *11: Pioneering studies on urban climate dynamics
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Margaret Martonosi on the National Science Foundation
Mason Rocca ’00: Professional basketball player and cyclist with engineering roots
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Parastoo Abtahi: Building tech to 'extend people's abilities and augment their intelligence'
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Hungtang Ko: Delving into underwater collectives
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Juan Albanell '15: Testing autonomous drones for a range of scenarios
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Craig Arnold: The three Bs of innovation
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Victoria Muir: Using biophysics to understand microbial communities
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Rebecca Portnoff ’12: Protecting children from AI exploitation
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Jake Snell: Making deep learning models more adaptive and reliable
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Aditya Sood: Probing ultrafast phenomena in materials
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Valeria Saro-Cortes: Learning from a robotic model of flying fish
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Janet Blume ’82 on her introduction to engineering at Princeton
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Marcel Dall’Agnol on theoretical computer science and 'really cool math'
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Andrés Monroy-Hernández: Making technology work for workers and consumers in the gig economy
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Emily de Jong '19: Creativity in climate modeling
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Vinay Konuru: Uniting the next generation of energy leaders
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Carolina Trenado Yuste: Combining computation and experiments to study cells' 3D movements
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Lillian Tay '86 *90: Design with an eye toward sustainability and cultural heritage
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Marcel Louis: Sports and music, and now fluid mechanics for health care
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Austin Fan: Tech for sustainable energy, and international networking
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Claire Gmachl: Laser transition is 'a beautiful thing to watch'
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Sullivan Meyer: Bringing theory to life through electric racing
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Christina Kim: Mapping the human microbiome, and reviving the campus #OutinSTEM community
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Daniel Cohen: Herding cells like sheepdogs herd sheep
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Corey Toler-Franklin *11: Using computer vision to advance medicine and reconstruct lost history
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Janice Kankolongo: Turning to chemistry as 'a beacon of hope'
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Phil Chang ’15: Transforming basketball through data
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Surya Mattu: Jumpstarting the public imagination around algorithms
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Celeste Nelson: Upending assumptions about developmental biology
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Ankush Gola ’15: The confidence to pursue entrepreneurship
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Nathan Gage on curiosity, teamwork and electric racing
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Lilianna Gittoes: Optimizing energy systems
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Allison Chen: Connecting computer vision with cognitive science
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Andrew Houck: Quantum science is like looking at the world with new eyes
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Sophia Colmenares: Simulating nanoparticles for precision medicine
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Amir Ali Ahmadi: Optimization as a way of thinking about the universe
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Nathaniel Wei: Understanding atmospheric impacts on wind energy
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José de Jesus Montaño Lopez: Designing yeasts to make cleaner fuels
Sara Kacmoli *23: Engineering lasers and imaging zebrafish development
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Eshaan Govil: Pursuing leadership, from engineering autonomous vehicles to playing cricket
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Fei-Fei Li '99: Asking audacious questions, and making AI a force for good
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Iain McCulloch: A solar energy innovator takes the helm of Princeton's Andlinger Center
Leena Memon: Solving real-world problems with math — and leading a community of women engineers
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Alina Emeilianova: Exploring the intricate world of cellular processes
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Eric Lepowsky: Applying robotics to make nuclear inspections less invasive
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Chin-Tay Shih *75: Transforming Taiwan into an electronics powerhouse
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Evelyn Taliaferro: Digital electronics, STEM outreach, and academic exploration
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Lester Mackey '07: Pioneering data science methods for medicine, climate and more
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Camilo Hernández: The power of small interactions
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Peter Henderson: Working at the intersection of machine learning and public policy
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Jen-Tang (JT) Lu *17: Using AI to evaluate cancer drugs
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Sabrina Nicacio: Testing technologies for 3D-printed rocket turbines
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Nusrat Molla: Understanding the social dynamics of the energy transition
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Evelyn Navarro Salazar: Creating new models for lung disease and development
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Peter Bogucki: Uncovering the ancient world, dig by dig
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Camilo Jaramillo-Correa: Building a capsule to hold asteroid dust
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Megan Ogawa '23: Making connections through computer science, engineering and linguistics
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Vivek Kolli: Connecting students to opportunities through TigerResearch
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Wei Peng: Modeling the human dimensions of clean energy solutions
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Jose Yanez ’20 *22: Expanding possibilities for DACA students
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Maxine Perroni-Scharf *23: Fabricating art with algorithms
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Pablo Debenedetti: Finding a 'highly collegial intellectual home' at Princeton
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Frida Ruiz: Bringing young people into environmentalism
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Jay Famiglietti *92: Bringing everyone to the table to solve water challenges
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David Opong: A mindset beyond problem sets
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Hannah Wiswell: Studying bird flight to improve aircraft
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Alice Kogan: Fostering students' creativity
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Anna Broome ’18: Using radar to peer beneath ice sheets
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Arvind Narayanan: Leading in a challenging time for tech
Camila Llerena-Olivera: Researching water quality in Peru and beyond
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Ruby Jacobs: Combining deep interests in art, design and STEM
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David L. Evans *66: Championing diversity in higher education
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Jesse Jenkins: Helping guide billions in climate spending
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Ananya Chakravarti: Tackling 'Big Problems' through an interdisciplinary approach
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John Dabiri '01: Learning fluid dynamics from jellyfish
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Ryan Kingsbury: Advancing high-tech filters for water and energy needs
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Francisco Sáenz: Studying liquid metals for nuclear fusion
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Donna Riley '93: Taking risks and transforming engineering education
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Professor Ning Lin *10: Calculating the compound risks of extreme weather
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Olga Russakovsky: Creating a positive future for AI
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Darius Rudasingwa Ganza: Exploring new materials for carbon capture
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Isabel de Oliveira: Discovering the world of lightweight structures
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Susan Redmond: Exploring the origins of the universe through engineering
Benedikt Lehnert: Bridging design and entrepreneurship
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Reha Mathur: Parsing the complexity of biology to improve health care
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Felix Ackon: Adapting market models for renewable energy
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Bryan Boyd: Seeing the engineering applications of physics
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Radhika Nagpal: Illuminating collective intelligence, expanding capabilities of robots
Cato Laurencin '80: Pioneering a tool kit for regenerative engineering
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Alison Lee: Finding freedom and making the most of your time
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Aimy Wissa: Engineering solutions inspired by nature
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Anna Hancock: Probing bacterial behavior for medicine, the environment and more
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Frances Arnold '79: The importance of a foundational education
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Emerson Tiwang: Business, basketball and data-driven decisions
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Katie Baldwin: Exploring music's 'STEM-like undercurrents'
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Wilson Ricks: Sustaining the energy of our future
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Jessica Leung: Teaching design with empathy at its core
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Siddhartha Jayanti '17: Overcoming linguistic barriers to broaden computer science access in India
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Michelle Ho: Advancing robotics for space missions
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Forrest Meggers: Saving energy while keeping comfortable in a "Cold Tube"
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Eddie Zhang: Pursuing water resources engineering — along with violin and piano
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Marian Croak '77: Creating technologies "in service of humanity"
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Kaushik Sengupta: Rethinking how we move data across the airwaves
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Arielle Rivera: Lighting Puerto Rico’s energy future
Ludovic Tangpi: Casting new models of uncertainty for a changing world
Jackie Ying *91: Pioneering nanotechnology for human health
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Karla Soto Cuevas: Finding community as a first-gen student
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Robert Long '79: Nurturing others is the best investment
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Lila Rodgers: 'Fearlessly' tackling challenges in quantum systems
Ruth Fong: Teaching the creativity of computer science
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Emilio Cano Renteria: Exploring fission as a source of clean energy
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Sofia Quinodoz: Pursuing mysteries within living cells
Tubagus Aryandi Gunawan: Sizing up carbon capture technologies
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Adji Bousso Dieng: Computing as empowerment
Michal Kozlowski: Joining the next agricultural revolution
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Einara Zahn: Investigating exchanges between plants and the atmosphere
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Katy Milkman ’04: Tackling tough goals with 'temptation bundling'
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Kevin Tong: Designing CubeSats and space infrastructure
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Lucia Stein-Montalvo: Bringing shape-shifting structures to architectural scales
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Assistant Professor Jaime Fernández Fisac: Equipping students for modern robotics
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Professor H. Vincent Poor *77: ‘Technical visionary’ of wireless communications
Archika Dogra: Finding a voice in computer science
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Eleni Retzepis: Testing bridge designs in the Makerspace
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Hongbo Zhao: Collaborating at the frontier of biophysics and engineering
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Joanna Schneider: Building nanoparticles for clean water
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Bryton Shang ’12: Teaching the world a better way to fish
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Meghan Booker: Making memory frameworks for robots
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Professor Brian Kernighan *69: “Hello, World!” and the genesis of Unix
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Caroline Trippel *19: Evaluating security in hardware designs
Yair Shenfeld *20: Understanding optimal convex structures
Aleena Patel *21: Harnessing light for developmental biology
J. Clay Hamill Jr. *21: Optimizing thin-film solar cells
Noah Apthorpe '14 *20: Finding vulnerabilities in network privacy and security
Anastasia Bizyaeva *22: Modeling group dynamics
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