Study on Drought and Climate by Eric Wood and Justin Sheffield Published
Dec. 17, 2012
CEE Professor Eric Wood and Research Scholar Justin Sheffield have received coverage in the December 1 issue of The Economist for a study they recently published in Nature with Michael Roderick of the Australian National University in Canberra.
"Crowdsourcing" a Tool for Mapping African Farmlands
Dec. 14, 2012
Article in the Daily Princetonian on mapping effort in Africa.
Congrats to Profs Kelly Caylor and Branko Glisic for Outstanding Teaching for Spring 2012
Dec. 3, 2012
The School of Engineering and Acting Dean Pablo Debenedetti are pleased to announce that both Professor Kelly Caylor and Professor Branko Glisic received commendations for their outstanding teaching during the 2012 Spring semester.
Pre-cast Concrete Shell by Serguei Bagrianski Completed!
Nov. 28, 2012
Serguei Bagrianski completed his large-scale prototype of a segmental concrete shell on November 23, 2012. This project, currently located in the EQuad courtyard, is the realization of a methodology he developed while completing his Masters degree under the supervision of Professor Sigrid Adriaenssens.
Media Coverage of Storm Surge Study by Ning Lin and Michael Oppenheimer Featured After Hurricane Sandy
Nov. 21, 2012
Professor Ning Lin, lead author along with Woodrow Wilson School Professor Michael Oppenheimer and other scientists at Princeton and MIT, recently published a study, "Physically based assessment of hurricane surge threat under climate change", using New York City as a case study
Princeton Power-in-a-Box team wins national sustainable design competition
Nov. 13, 2012
A multidisciplinary team of students designed, built and tested new technology for shipping a sustainable electric power generator to recovering and off-the-grid communities, serving to replace diesel generators.
Graduate Student, David Pal, Establishes Scholarship in Honor of His Mother
Nov. 9, 2012
Marna’s Pals, in honor of David Pal's mother who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2008, will award seven scholarships this year to New Jersey students whose parents or siblings are either currently battling, survived, or passed away from cancer.
Justin Sheffield Receives the Plinius Medal from the European Geosciences Union
Oct. 22, 2012
The department is pleased to announce that Justin Sheffield is the recipient of the 2013 Plinius Medal from the European Geosciences Union (EGU) for his research on drought.
This medal was established by the EGU Natural Hazards (NH) Division to recognize interdisciplinary natural hazard research. The name of…
Princeton engineering graduate students lead air-quality sensor research
Oct. 19, 2012
A team of five Princeton engineering graduate students is leading a yearlong field research project using new laser sensors to measure pollutants with unprecedented sensitivity.
"What Is the Use of Elephant Hair?" is a newly published paper by Prof. Elie Bou-Zeid and his colleagues
Oct. 16, 2012
The department is very pleased that a newly published paper by CEE faculty member Elie Bou-Zeid along with MAE faculty member Howard Stone and MIT Technology Review contributor Conor L. Myhrvold is generating significant international media attention. The paper discusses how elephant hair works to help regulate the animal’s…