Princeton Engineers

In the course “Robotic and Autonomous Systems Lab,” known as Car Lab, Princeton juniors majoring in electrical and computer engineering work in small teams to create autonomous vehicles that carry out specialized tasks. Photo by Tori Repp/Fotobuddy

Each member of our community comes to Princeton Engineering with unique goals and passions that fuel their learning, teaching and research. Read some of their stories below.

Celebrating our Community

  • Undergraduate Alumni

    Anna Broome ’18: Using radar to peer beneath ice sheets

    Read on Instagram

  • Faculty

    Arvind Narayanan: Leading in a challenging time for tech

  • Graduate Student

    Camila Llerena-Olivera: Researching water quality in Peru and beyond

    Read on Instagram

  • Undergraduate

    Ruby Jacobs: Combining deep interests in art, design and STEM

    Read on Instagram

  • Graduate Alumni

    David L. Evans *66: Championing diversity in higher education

    Read on Princeton University Alumni

  • Faculty

    Jesse Jenkins: Helping guide billions in climate spending

    Read in The Wall Street Journal

  • Graduate Student

    Ananya Chakravarti: Tackling ‘Big Problems’ through an interdisciplinary approach

    Read on Instagram

  • Undergraduate Alumni

    John Dabiri ’01: Learning fluid dynamics from jellyfish

    Listen on Quanta Magazine's podcast "The Joy of Why"

  • Faculty

    Ryan Kingsbury: Advancing high-tech filters for water and energy needs

    Read on Andlinger Center

  • Graduate Student

    Francisco Sáenz: Studying liquid metals for nuclear fusion

    Read on Andlinger Center

  • Undergraduate Alumni

    Donna Riley ’93: Taking risks and transforming engineering education

    Read in the Albuquerque Journal

  • Faculty

    Professor Ning Lin *10: Calculating the compound risks of extreme weather

    Read in Princeton Alumni Weekly

  • Faculty

    Olga Russakovsky: Creating a positive future for AI

    Read on Princeton University Alumni

  • Undergraduate

    Darius Rudasingwa Ganza: Exploring new materials for carbon capture

    Read on Andlinger Center

  • Graduate Student

    Isabel de Oliveira: Discovering the world of lightweight structures

    Read on Instagram

  • Graduate student with open arms in the air, surrounded by equipment.

    Graduate Student

    Susan Redmond: Exploring the origins of the universe through engineering

  • Staff

    Benedikt Lehnert: Bridging design and entrepreneurship

    Read on Keller Center

  • Undergraduate

    Reha Mathur: Parsing the complexity of biology to improve health care

    Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering

  • Graduate Student

    Felix Ackon: Adapting market models for renewable energy

    Read on Instagram

  • Undergraduate

    Bryan Boyd: Seeing the engineering applications of physics

    Read on Instagram

  • Faculty

    Radhika Nagpal: Illuminating collective intelligence, expanding capabilities of robots

  • Portrait of Cato Laurencin

    Undergraduate Alumni

    Cato Laurencin ’80: Pioneering a tool kit for regenerative engineering

    Read in Chemical & Engineering News

  • Portrait of Alison Lee

    Undergraduate

    Alison Lee: Finding freedom and making the most of your time

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of Aimy Wissa

    Faculty

    Aimy Wissa: Engineering solutions inspired by nature

    Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

  • Graduate Student

    Anna Hancock: Probing bacterial behavior for medicine, the environment and more

    Read on Instagram

  • Undergraduate Alumni

    Frances Arnold ’79: The importance of a foundational education

    Read on Instagram

  • Undergraduate

    Emerson Tiwang: Business, basketball and data-driven decisions

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of Katie Baldwin.

    Undergraduate

    Katie Baldwin: Exploring music’s ‘STEM-like undercurrents’

    Read on Department of Music

  • Portrait of Wilson Ricks.

    Graduate Student

    Wilson Ricks: Sustaining the energy of our future

    Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

  • Portrait of Jessica Leung.

    Faculty

    Jessica Leung: Teaching design with empathy at its core

    Read on Keller Center

  • Portrait of Siddhartha Jayanti

    Undergraduate Alumni

    Siddhartha Jayanti ’17: Overcoming linguistic barriers to broaden computer science access in India

    Read on MIT News

  • Portrait of student Michelle Ho

    Undergraduate

    Michelle Ho: Advancing robotics for space missions

    Read on Instagram

  • Professor Forrest Meggers in the laboratory

    Faculty

    Forrest Meggers: Saving energy while keeping comfortable in a “Cold Tube”

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of Eddie Zhang

    Undergraduate

    Eddie Zhang: Pursuing water resources engineering — along with violin and piano

    Read on Department of Music

  • Portrait of Marian Croak

    Undergraduate Alumni

    Marian Croak ’77: Creating technologies “in service of humanity”

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of Kaushik Sengupta

    Faculty

    Kaushik Sengupta: Rethinking how we move data across the airwaves

  • Portrait of Arielle Rivera

    Undergraduate

    Arielle Rivera: Lighting Puerto Rico’s energy future

  • Portrait of Ludovic Tangpi

    Faculty

    Ludovic Tangpi: Casting new models of uncertainty for a changing world

  • Portrait of Jackie Ying

    Graduate Alumni

    Jackie Ying *91: Pioneering nanotechnology for human health

    Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering

  • Portrait of student Karla Soto Cuevas

    Undergraduate

    Karla Soto Cuevas: Finding community as a first-gen student

    Read on Instagram

  • Photo of Robert Long with his four children

    Undergraduate Alumni

    Robert Long ’79: Nurturing others is the best investment

    Read on 3BL CSRwire/Kimberly-Clark

  • Portrait of graduate student Lila Rodgers

    Graduate Student

    Lila Rodgers: ‘Fearlessly’ tackling challenges in quantum systems

  • Portrait of Ruth Fong

    Faculty

    Ruth Fong: Teaching the creativity of computer science

    Read on Computer Science

  • Portrait of student Emilio Cano Renteria

    Undergraduate

    Emilio Cano Renteria: Exploring fission as a source of clean energy

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of postdoctoral researcher Sofia Quinodoz

    Postdoc

    Sofia Quinodoz: Pursuing mysteries within living cells

  • Portrait of Tubagus Aryandi Gunawan

    Postdoc

    Tubagus Aryandi Gunawan: Sizing up carbon capture technologies

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of researcher Adji Bousso Dieng

    Faculty

    Adji Bousso Dieng: Computing as empowerment

  • Michal Kozlowski

    Undergraduate

    Michal Kozlowski: Joining the next agricultural revolution

    Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering

  • Graduate student Einara Zahn

    Graduate Student

    Einara Zahn: Investigating exchanges between plants and the atmosphere

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of Princeton alumna Katy Milkman

    Undergraduate Alumni

    Katy Milkman ’04: Tackling tough goals with ‘temptation bundling’

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of student Kevin Tong

    Undergraduate

    Kevin Tong: Designing CubeSats and space infrastructure

    Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

  • Portrait of postdoctoral researcher Lucia Stein-Montalvo

    Postdoc

    Lucia Stein-Montalvo: Bringing shape-shifting structures to architectural scales

    Read on Instagram

  • Portrait of Jaime Fernández Fisac

    Faculty

    Assistant Professor Jaime Fernández Fisac: Equipping students for modern robotics

    Watch video on Electrical & Computer Engineering

  • Portrait of H. Vincent Poor

    Faculty

    Professor H. Vincent Poor *77: ‘Technical visionary’ of wireless communications

  • Portrait of student Archika Dogra

    Undergraduate

    Archika Dogra: Finding a voice in computer science

    Read on Instagram

  • Student Eleni Retzepis with 3D printer

    Undergraduate

    Eleni Retzepis: Testing bridge designs in the Makerspace

    Read on Princeton University Library

  • Portrait of postdoctoral scholar Hongbo Zhao

    Postdoc

    Hongbo Zhao: Collaborating at the frontier of biophysics and engineering

    Read on Instagram

  • Graduate student Joanna Schneider working in the laboratory

    Graduate Student

    Joanna Schneider: Building nanoparticles for clean water

    Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering

  • Photo of alumnus Bryton Shang

    Undergraduate Alumni

    Bryton Shang ’12: Teaching the world a better way to fish

    Read on Princeton University Alumni

  • Portrait of graduate student Meghan Booker holding small robot

    Graduate Student

    Meghan Booker: Making memory frameworks for robots

    Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

  • Portrait of Professor Brian Kernighan

    Faculty

    Professor Brian Kernighan *69: “Hello, World!” and the genesis of Unix

    Read on Instagram

  • Graduate student Caroline Trippel

    Graduate Alumni

    Caroline Trippel *19: Evaluating security in hardware designs

  • Graduate student Yair Shenfeld

    Graduate Alumni

    Yair Shenfeld *20: Understanding optimal convex structures

  • Graduate student Aleena Patel

    Graduate Alumni

    Aleena Patel *21: Harnessing light for developmental biology

  • Portrait of J. Clay Hamill Jr.

    Graduate Alumni

    J. Clay Hamill Jr. *21: Optimizing thin-film solar cells

  • Graduate student Noah Apthorpe speaking at panel discussion

    Graduate Alumni

    Noah Apthorpe ’14 *20: Finding vulnerabilities in network privacy and security

  • Photo of graduate student Anastasia Bizyaeva, flanked by robots in the lab

    Graduate Alumni

    Anastasia Bizyaeva *22: Modeling group dynamics