PEI researchers among recipients of Dean for Research Innovation Funds
April 24, 2018PEI faculty and associated faculty were among several Princeton faculty to receive 2018 Dean for Research Innovation Funds
PEI-STEP fellow Ryan Edwards awarded fellowship to take geosciences to D.C.
April 24, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyRyan Edwards, CEE graduate student and PEI-STEP fellow, will spend 12 months in Washington, D.C., as a William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellow
PEI awards $515,000 to projects studying our changing climate and environment
April 23, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyPEI’s Climate and Energy Challenges program has funded five new projects totaling $515,000 to study our changing climate and environment
Swamp microbe has pollution-munching superpower
April 12, 2018 ・ Chris EmeryPrinceton researchers discovered bacterium in a New Jersey wetland that has the surprising ability to degrade pollutants without using oxygen.
Bourg receives NSF CAREER grant to study fine-grain soil hydrology, mechanics
March 13, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyIan Bourg has received a five-year NSF CAREER award to study the hydrology and mechanics of fine-grained soils and sedimentary rocks.
So much depends on the velocity of tiny droplets cast upward
March 8, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyNew research describes the velocity of aerosols cast upward as bubbles on a liquid’s surface burst. Above the ocean, these droplets transfer moisture, salt, and even toxins such as algae from water to air.
Princeton climate scientist Balaji selected for French climate initiative
January 11, 2018Climate modeler and PEI associated faculty Venkatramani Balaji is one of 18 researchers worldwide selected to participate in French President Emmanuel Macron’s prestigious “Make Our Planet Great Again” climate initiative.
Spotty coverage: Climate models underestimate cooling effect of daily cloud cycle
January 9, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyPrinceton University researchers found that climate models underestimate the cooling effect that clouds have on a daily basis, which results in warmer, drier conditions than might actually occur.
Room for Growth: Princeton’s Vertical Farming Project harvests knowledge for a budding industry
October 31, 2017Princeton researchers and students launched the Princeton Vertical Farming Project in April in an effort to optimize the increasingly popular field of vertical farming.
