Dr. Z. Jason Ren is the winner of the 2021 Paul L. Busch Award. With the $100,000 research prize, Dr. Ren will develop an inventory and digital tools to easily measure and track greenhouse gas emissions from the wastewater sector. On October 7 at 3 PM ET join the webcast showcasing Dr. Ren’s research and the work he will conduct using the...
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The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at Princeton University invites applications for tenure track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor with a focus on three emerging areas: (1) environmental engineering with a focus on water, climate, or environmental biotechnology, (2) robotics with a focus on autonomous...
The research focuses on the development of a new generation of 3D-printed cementitious materials with enhanced performance. Layered, 3D-printed concrete components are being developed in infrastructure and housing construction. However, broad adoption of these components by the construction industry is impeded by less-than-satisfactory...
Detoxifying persistent chemicals:
Lauren Dreier was paging through a 19th century book by the German architect Gottfried Semper when she spotted some intriguing patterns inspired by lace. A professional artist and designer who often incorporates technology into her work, Dreier, who is also a doctoral candidate at the School of Architecture at Princeton University, decided to...
Concussions are widespread form of injury in sports medicine with life-long consequences. Recent discoveries demonstrated long-term neurodegenerative diseases in former football players related to concussions occurred earlier in their life. While context for occurrence of concussion is known (hit in the head), its exact mechanism of occurrence...
We are pleased to announce that CEE Graduate student Julie Kim wins DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Award. She is one of the 78 outstanding U.S. Graduate Students and the selection was based on merit peer review by external scientific experts.
Our department welcomes Glaucio Paulino who will join the CEE Faculty and the PRISM Institute as the Sin-I Cheng Professor of Engineering Science on September 1st 2021. Paulino will be a superb addition to CEE and complement the unique position of Princeton in structural engineering research and education.
Associate Professor Ning Lin has been awarded the 2021 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize for “research that has led to significant advances in understanding risks associated with hurricanes and their impact on coastal infrastructure.”