PEI Urban Challenge awards $348,000 to new urban sustainability projects
September 18, 2017Extreme waves and cloudbursts: PEI’s Urban Grand Challenges program has funded three new urban-sustainability projects totaling $348,000.
Innovations in Building Intelligent Cities
March 13, 2017 ・ Bennett McIntosh for the Office of the Dean for ResearchInterdisciplinary work of faculty to find new ways to build urban infrastructures.
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: Probabilistic Coastal Hazards Mapping for the US
November 15, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzImproving coastal resiliency, and the adoption of natural infrastructure as part of a multiple lines of defense strategy, relies on effective coastal flood hazards and risk assessment and risk management. Current flood hazards maps do not adequately consider geomorphological, physical…
PEI Faculty Seminar Series Video: The Des Moines Farming Corridor
December 15, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzDowntown Des Moines once lacking in its 9 to 5 downtown a residential presence, has been radically restructured through a process that I developed 25 years ago with the Des Moines Vision Plan of 1990. The plan has fostered the…
Researchers Predict Growing Number of Hurricane Sandy-Like Storm Surges in Future
October 10, 2016 ・ Chris Emery for the Office of Engineering CommunicationsResearchers estimate that storm-related flooding along the east coast is likely to become more common.
Call for Proposals for Innovative Research, Teaching, Mentorship, and Service focused on Urban Sustainability
June 27, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzPrinceton Environmental Institute is pleased to announce a call for innovative research, teaching, mentorship and service proposals on behalf of the Urban Challenge.
Discovery Day 2015
May 28, 2015 ・ Holly WellesOn Friday, May 8th, the Princeton Environmental Institute hosted its annual Discovery Day—a multidisciplinary poster session celebrating undergraduate senior thesis research on environmental issues. Over 50 students from 16 academic departments showcased their work which was mentored by 34 faculty…
Artists Making Cities: Two Events with Three Dynamic Artists
February 4, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzFebruary 24, 2015 It s 2015 Do you know where your artists are? Increasingly, they’re heading out of the studio and into public spaces. They’re taking over sidewalks, revitalizing urban rivers, redesigning streets to be more people-friendly, and remediating industrial…
