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Grad Students Mohammad Allouche and Dazhi Xi Receive School Of Engineering And Applied Science Awards For Excellence
Nov. 19, 2021
The department is proud to announce that Graduate Students Mohammad Allouche and Dazhi Xi will receive School of Engineering and Applied Science Awards for Excellence for 2021.
Professor Eric F. Wood, In his memory
Nov. 3, 2021
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Written by Catherine Peters

November 3, 2021 -- Today we received the sad news that Eric Wood died last night, after three years fighting cancer. 

Eric Franklin Wood was the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was born in Vancouver, Canada in 1947. He joined Princeton's faculty in 1976. He transferred to emeritus status…

Graduate student Shengzhe (Jackson) Wang wins prestigious award from the Graduate School
Oct. 18, 2021
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Written by Prof. Maria Garlock
Shengzhe (Jackson) Wang, Ph.D. Candidate ’22, has been awarded an Honorific Fellowship, specifically the Wallace Memorial Fellowship, for the 2021-22 academic year.  
Jason Ren Granted the Paul L. Busch Award for Decarbonizing the Water Industry
Sept. 30, 2021

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…

Tenure-track faculty positions
Sept. 23, 2021

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…

Moini Lab receives NSF support on Additive Manufacturing of Concrete Infrastructure
Aug. 13, 2021

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…

Projects that blaze new trails in research will receive Dean for Research Innovation funding
July 21, 2021
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Written by Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research

Detoxifying persistent chemicals:
Through a collaboration with a leading chemical company, researchers at Princeton will explore a promising mechanism for breaking down long-lived contaminants in wastewater treatment plants.  Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which may have human health implications, contain carbon-fluorine…

Technique inspired lace-making could someday weave structures space
June 1, 2021
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Written by Rachell Nuwer

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…

Acot mixes engineering and neuroscience to better understand head injuries
May 11, 2021
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Written by Branko Glisic

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…

CEE Graduate Student Julie Kim wins the DOE Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Award
April 29, 2021
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Written by Catherine Peters

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.

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Science has selected 78…