Princeton Engineers
Each member of our community comes to Princeton Engineering with unique goals, passions, and life stories that fuel their learning, teaching, and research.
Celebrating our Community
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Undergraduate
Simón Andres Gotera: Building a robot for reforestation
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate Alumni
Ben Laufer ’19: Improving accountability and trustworthiness in AI
Read on Cornell Tech
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Faculty
Lynn Loo: Moving decarbonization from lab to industry
Read on GovInsider
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Faculty
Margaret Martonosi on the National Science Foundation and the value of public service
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Graduate Student
Jinyue (Jerry) Jiang: The role of water in decarbonization
Read on Andlinger Center
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Undergraduate Alumni
Vichi Jagannathan ’10: Innovation for healing, equity and justice
Read in Forbes EQ
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Undergraduate
Gina Arnau: A summer of spacecraft systems and exploring a new city
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Ben Eysenbach: Teaching robots to do complex tasks
Read on Computer Science
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Graduate Alumni
Christa Peters-Lidard *97: From soil sampling to leading NASA science
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Anherutowa Calvo: Early experiences galvanize commitment to engineering solutions
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Mengdi Wang: Using language models to decode disease
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Undergraduate Alumni
Adam Lichtenstein ’95 *10: Tapping into the alumni community’s love for Princeton
Read on Princeton University Alumni
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Staff
Manish Bhardwaj: Innovation as a moral undertaking
Read on Keller Center
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Faculty
Jerelle Joseph: Simulating droplets that drive life’s functions
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Graduate Alumni
Zhihua Wang *11: Pioneering studies on urban climate dynamics
Read in ASU News
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Undergraduate Alumni
Mason Rocca ’00: Professional basketball player and cyclist with engineering roots
Read in Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Faculty
Parastoo Abtahi: Building tech to ‘extend people’s abilities and augment their intelligence’
Read on Computer Science
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Postdoc
Hungtang Ko: Delving into underwater collectives
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate Alumni
Juan Albanell ’15: Testing autonomous drones for a range of scenarios
Read in Inside Unmanned Systems
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Faculty
Craig Arnold: The three Bs of innovation
Read in Haverford Magazine
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Postdoc
Victoria Muir: Using biophysics to understand microbial communities
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate Alumni
Rebecca Portnoff ’12: Protecting children from AI exploitation
Read in Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Postdoc
Jake Snell: Making deep learning models more adaptive and reliable
Read on Princeton Correspondents on Undergraduate Research
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Faculty
Aditya Sood: Probing ultrafast phenomena in materials
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Graduate Student
Valeria Saro-Cortes: Learning from a robotic model of flying fish
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Undergraduate Alumni
Janet Blume ’82 on her introduction to engineering at Princeton
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Faculty
Marcel Dall’Agnol on theoretical computer science and ‘really cool math’
Read on Computer Science
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Faculty
Andrés Monroy-Hernández: Making technology work for workers and consumers in the gig economy
Read in Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Undergraduate Alumni
Emily de Jong ’19: Creativity in climate modeling
Listen on Science in Parellel
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Undergraduate
Vinay Konuru: Uniting the next generation of energy leaders
Read on Andlinger Center
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Postdoc
Carolina Trenado Yuste: Combining computation and experiments to study cells’ 3D movements
Read on Instagram
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Graduate Alumni
Lillian Tay ’86 *90: Design with an eye toward sustainability and cultural heritage
Read in Tatler Asia
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Graduate Student
Marcel Louis: Sports and music, and now fluid mechanics for health care
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Graduate Student
Austin Fan: Tech for sustainable energy, and international networking
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Claire Gmachl: Laser transition is ‘a beautiful thing to watch’
Read on Princeton Correspondents on Undergraduate Research
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Undergraduate
Sullivan Meyer: Bringing theory to life through electric racing
Read on Instagram
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Graduate Student
Christina Kim: Mapping the human microbiome, and reviving the campus #OutinSTEM community
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Daniel Cohen: Herding cells like sheepdogs herd sheep
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Graduate Alumni
Corey Toler-Franklin *11: Using computer vision to advance medicine and reconstruct lost history
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Janice Kankolongo: Turning to chemistry as ‘a beacon of hope’
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Undergraduate Alumni
Phil Chang ’15: Transforming basketball through data
Read in Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Staff
Surya Mattu: Jumpstarting the public imagination around algorithms
Read on Princeton International
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Faculty
Celeste Nelson: Upending assumptions about developmental biology
Read in Discovery: Research at Princeton
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Undergraduate Alumni
Ankush Gola ’15: The confidence to pursue entrepreneurship
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Nathan Gage on curiosity, teamwork and electric racing
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Lilianna Gittoes: Optimizing energy systems
Read on Andlinger Center
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Graduate Student
Allison Chen: Connecting computer vision with cognitive science
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Andrew Houck: Quantum science is like looking at the world with new eyes
Watch on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Sophia Colmenares: Simulating nanoparticles for precision medicine
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Amir Ali Ahmadi: Optimization as a way of thinking about the universe
Read in Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Postdoc
Nathaniel Wei: Understanding atmospheric impacts on wind energy
Read on Andlinger Center
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Graduate Student
José de Jesus Montaño Lopez: Designing yeasts to make cleaner fuels
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Postdoc
Sara Kacmoli *23: Engineering lasers and imaging zebrafish development
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Eshaan Govil: Pursuing leadership, from engineering autonomous vehicles to playing cricket
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Undergraduate Alumni
Fei-Fei Li ’99: Asking audacious questions, and making AI a force for good
Read in The Wall Street Journal
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Faculty
Iain McCulloch: A solar energy innovator takes the helm of Princeton’s Andlinger Center
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Undergraduate
Leena Memon: Solving real-world problems with math — and leading a community of women engineers
Read on Instagram
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Postdoc
Alina Emeilianova: Exploring the intricate world of cellular processes
Read on NJIT
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Graduate Student
Eric Lepowsky: Applying robotics to make nuclear inspections less invasive
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Graduate Alumni
Chin-Tay Shih *75: Transforming Taiwan into an electronics powerhouse
Read on BBC News
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Undergraduate
Evelyn Taliaferro: Digital electronics, STEM outreach, and academic exploration
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate Alumni
Lester Mackey ’07: Pioneering data science methods for medicine, climate and more
Read/Watch on MacArthur Foundation
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Postdoc
Camilo Hernández: The power of small interactions
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Faculty
Peter Henderson: Working at the intersection of machine learning and public policy
Read on Center for Information Technology Policy
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Graduate Alumni
Jen-Tang (JT) Lu *17: Using AI to evaluate cancer drugs
Read on Princeton Enterepreneurship Council
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Undergraduate
Sabrina Nicacio: Testing technologies for 3D-printed rocket turbines
Read on Instagram
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Postdoc
Nusrat Molla: Understanding the social dynamics of the energy transition
Read on Andlinger Center
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Graduate Student
Evelyn Navarro Salazar: Creating new models for lung disease and development
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Staff
Peter Bogucki: Uncovering the ancient world, dig by dig
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Postdoc
Camilo Jaramillo-Correa: Building a capsule to hold asteroid dust
Read in Forbes
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Undergraduate Alumni
Megan Ogawa ’23: Making connections through computer science, engineering and linguistics
Watch on Princeton's YouTube channel
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Undergraduate
Vivek Kolli: Connecting students to opportunities through TigerResearch
Read on Princeton Correspondents on Undergraduate Research
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Faculty
Wei Peng: Modeling the human dimensions of clean energy solutions
Read on Andlinger Center
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Undergraduate Alumni
Jose Yanez ’20 *22: Expanding possibilities for DACA students
Read on Instagram
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Graduate Alumni
Maxine Perroni-Scharf *23: Fabricating art with algorithms
Read/Watch on Computer Science
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Faculty
Pablo Debenedetti: Finding a ‘highly collegial intellectual home’ at Princeton
Read in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B
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Undergraduate
Frida Ruiz: Bringing young people into environmentalism
Read/Watch on In The Know
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Graduate Alumni
Jay Famiglietti *92: Bringing everyone to the table to solve water challenges
Read in ASU News
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Undergraduate
David Opong: A mindset beyond problem sets
Read on Princeton University News
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Graduate Student
Hannah Wiswell: Studying bird flight to improve aircraft
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Faculty
Alice Kogan: Fostering students’ creativity
Read on Keller Center
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Undergraduate Alumni
Anna Broome ’18: Using radar to peer beneath ice sheets
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Faculty
Arvind Narayanan: Leading in a challenging time for tech
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Graduate Student
Camila Llerena-Olivera: Researching water quality in Peru and beyond
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Undergraduate
Ruby Jacobs: Combining deep interests in art, design and STEM
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Graduate Alumni
David L. Evans *66: Championing diversity in higher education
Read on Princeton University Alumni
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Faculty
Jesse Jenkins: Helping guide billions in climate spending
Read in The Wall Street Journal
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Graduate Student
Ananya Chakravarti: Tackling ‘Big Problems’ through an interdisciplinary approach
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Undergraduate Alumni
John Dabiri ’01: Learning fluid dynamics from jellyfish
Listen on Quanta Magazine's podcast "The Joy of Why"
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Faculty
Ryan Kingsbury: Advancing high-tech filters for water and energy needs
Read on Andlinger Center
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Graduate Student
Francisco Sáenz: Studying liquid metals for nuclear fusion
Read on Andlinger Center
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Undergraduate Alumni
Donna Riley ’93: Taking risks and transforming engineering education
Read in the Albuquerque Journal
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Faculty
Professor Ning Lin *10: Calculating the compound risks of extreme weather
Read in Princeton Alumni Weekly
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Faculty
Olga Russakovsky: Creating a positive future for AI
Read on Princeton University Alumni
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Undergraduate
Darius Rudasingwa Ganza: Exploring new materials for carbon capture
Read on Andlinger Center
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Graduate Student
Isabel de Oliveira: Discovering the world of lightweight structures
Read on Instagram
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Graduate Student
Susan Redmond: Exploring the origins of the universe through engineering
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Staff
Benedikt Lehnert: Bridging design and entrepreneurship
Read on Keller Center
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Undergraduate
Reha Mathur: Parsing the complexity of biology to improve health care
Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering
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Graduate Student
Felix Ackon: Adapting market models for renewable energy
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Undergraduate
Bryan Boyd: Seeing the engineering applications of physics
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Faculty
Radhika Nagpal: Illuminating collective intelligence, expanding capabilities of robots
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Undergraduate Alumni
Cato Laurencin ’80: Pioneering a tool kit for regenerative engineering
Read in Chemical & Engineering News
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Undergraduate
Alison Lee: Finding freedom and making the most of your time
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Aimy Wissa: Engineering solutions inspired by nature
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Graduate Student
Anna Hancock: Probing bacterial behavior for medicine, the environment and more
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Undergraduate Alumni
Frances Arnold ’79: The importance of a foundational education
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Emerson Tiwang: Business, basketball and data-driven decisions
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Katie Baldwin: Exploring music’s ‘STEM-like undercurrents’
Read on Department of Music
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Graduate Student
Wilson Ricks: Sustaining the energy of our future
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Faculty
Jessica Leung: Teaching design with empathy at its core
Read on Keller Center
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Undergraduate Alumni
Siddhartha Jayanti ’17: Overcoming linguistic barriers to broaden computer science access in India
Read on MIT News
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Undergraduate
Michelle Ho: Advancing robotics for space missions
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Forrest Meggers: Saving energy while keeping comfortable in a “Cold Tube”
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Undergraduate
Eddie Zhang: Pursuing water resources engineering — along with violin and piano
Read on Department of Music
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Undergraduate Alumni
Marian Croak ’77: Creating technologies “in service of humanity”
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Kaushik Sengupta: Rethinking how we move data across the airwaves
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Undergraduate
Arielle Rivera: Lighting Puerto Rico’s energy future
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Faculty
Ludovic Tangpi: Casting new models of uncertainty for a changing world
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Graduate Alumni
Jackie Ying *91: Pioneering nanotechnology for human health
Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering
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Undergraduate
Karla Soto Cuevas: Finding community as a first-gen student
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate Alumni
Robert Long ’79: Nurturing others is the best investment
Read on 3BL CSRwire/Kimberly-Clark
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Graduate Student
Lila Rodgers: ‘Fearlessly’ tackling challenges in quantum systems
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Faculty
Ruth Fong: Teaching the creativity of computer science
Read on Computer Science
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Undergraduate
Emilio Cano Renteria: Exploring fission as a source of clean energy
Read on Instagram
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Postdoc
Sofia Quinodoz: Pursuing mysteries within living cells
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Postdoc
Tubagus Aryandi Gunawan: Sizing up carbon capture technologies
Read on Instagram
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Faculty
Adji Bousso Dieng: Computing as empowerment
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Undergraduate
Michal Kozlowski: Joining the next agricultural revolution
Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering
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Graduate Student
Einara Zahn: Investigating exchanges between plants and the atmosphere
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate Alumni
Katy Milkman ’04: Tackling tough goals with ‘temptation bundling’
Read on Instagram
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Undergraduate
Kevin Tong: Designing CubeSats and space infrastructure
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Postdoc
Lucia Stein-Montalvo: Bringing shape-shifting structures to architectural scales
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Faculty
Assistant Professor Jaime Fernández Fisac: Equipping students for modern robotics
Watch video on Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Faculty
Professor H. Vincent Poor *77: ‘Technical visionary’ of wireless communications
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Undergraduate
Archika Dogra: Finding a voice in computer science
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Undergraduate
Eleni Retzepis: Testing bridge designs in the Makerspace
Read on Princeton University Library
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Postdoc
Hongbo Zhao: Collaborating at the frontier of biophysics and engineering
Read on Instagram
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Graduate Student
Joanna Schneider: Building nanoparticles for clean water
Read on Chemical & Biological Engineering
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Undergraduate Alumni
Bryton Shang ’12: Teaching the world a better way to fish
Read on Princeton University Alumni
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Graduate Student
Meghan Booker: Making memory frameworks for robots
Read on Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
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Faculty
Professor Brian Kernighan *69: “Hello, World!” and the genesis of Unix
Read on Instagram
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Graduate Alumni
Caroline Trippel *19: Evaluating security in hardware designs
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Graduate Alumni
Yair Shenfeld *20: Understanding optimal convex structures
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Graduate Alumni
Aleena Patel *21: Harnessing light for developmental biology
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Graduate Alumni
J. Clay Hamill Jr. *21: Optimizing thin-film solar cells
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Graduate Alumni
Noah Apthorpe ’14 *20: Finding vulnerabilities in network privacy and security
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Graduate Alumni
Anastasia Bizyaeva *22: Modeling group dynamics