University to Showcase Green Initiatives at Sustainability Open House
October 26, 2010 ・ Douglas Fischer, Daily ClimateThe latest campus and local community green initiatives will be showcased at Princeton University’s Sustainability Open House from 3 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 16, in the Chancellor Green Rotunda. Organized by the University’s Office of Sustainability, the event will…
Bocarsly’s Lab Seeks to Turn CO2 into Fuel
September 28, 2010 ・ Jane Soohoo, Civil and Environmental EngineeringCatherine Peters Leading Project to Evaluate Carbon Storage
September 21, 2010 ・ Jane Soohoo, Civil and Environmental EngineeringEmily Carter, Prominent Scientist and Engineer, Selected to Lead Andlinger Center
September 13, 2010 ・ Steven SchultzEmily Carter Emily Carter, a Princeton professor of engineering and applied mathematics, and eminent physical chemist, has been appointed the founding director of the University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. “Emily Carter is just the right leader…
Wagner Joins Nationwide Project to Boost Energy Efficiency of Buildings
September 9, 2010 ・ Chris Emery and Patti WieserPrinceton University researchers will participate in a $122 million research project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop technologies and educational programs to make buildings more energy efficient. Scientists from Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science…
First Prize Recipients of the 2010 Green Business Plan Competition Convert Garbage into Hope
June 21, 2010 ・ Chris EmeryThis woman and child are among the 2,000 people living in extreme poverty in Kachra Kundi, a landfill on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. A group of Princeton and Rutgers students have developed a plan that includes generating electricity to…
PEI Walbridge Fund Awards Three Graduate Research Grants
June 8, 2010 ・ Carol PetersThree graduate students were awarded the 2010 PEI Walbridge Fund Graduate Award in Energy and Environmental Research. The recipients include: Kevin Loutherback, Electrical Engineering; Dalin Shi, Geosciences; and Ann Carla Staver, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The PEI Walbridge Fund Graduate…
Princeton Junior and Grand Challenges Intern, Mathias Esmann, Receives the 2010 International Center International Service Award
May 19, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlioPrinceton junior Mathias Esmann will receive the 2010 International Service Award, which is presented annually by the Davis International Center to a student or student group in recognition of crosscultural humanitarian endeavors. Esmann will receive the award at a ceremony…
Research & Center Spring/Summer 2010
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersCarbon Mitigation Initiative CMI hosted its 9th annual meeting February 9 and 10, 2010. Stephen W. Pacala chairs National Academy Report on “Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions: methods to support international climate agreements released in March. Research in François Morel’s group…