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PEI Gives Climate and Energy Research at Princeton a $1.1 Million Boost

October 17, 2011 ・ Pascale Maloof Poussart

The Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) has announced $1.1 million in new awards to support climate and energy research at Princeton University. The new endeavors will engage faculty investigators with expertise spanning nuclear energy policy, wind energy technology, carbon capture and…

Report: Direct Removal of Carbon Dioxide from Air Likely Not Viable

May 9, 2011 ・ Steven Schulz

Technologies for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are unlikely to offer an economically feasible way to slow human-driven climate change for several decades, according to a report issued by the American Physical Society and led by Princeton engineer Robert…

Two New Investigator Awards Support Research on Desalination Technology and Metabolic Rate Processes of Plants

May 2, 2011 ・ Pascale Maloof Poussart

First-year graduate student Lichao Cai looking at a small vial containing a slurry of clathrate hydrates. The Grand Challenges Program has awarded two New Investigator Grants for 2011-2012. One will support a proposal by Michael Bender to develop new methods…

Water is Life

January 19, 2011 ・ Carol Peters

PEI Visiting Professor George Hawkins ’83 Promotes Sustainability as Head of The District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority “I’ve loved every job I’ve had, but this has been the most rewarding, exciting and fascinating work of my career— even…