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.
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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
Celebrating our Community
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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
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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
Read on Instagram
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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
Read on Instagram
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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
Read on Instagram
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Undergraduate Alumni
Katy Milkman ’04: Tackling tough goals with ‘temptation bundling’
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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
Read on Instagram
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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
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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