Today is the Andlinger Center's 2025 Annual Meeting. This year's theme: Strategies for Circularity: Prospects and Challenges. How do we close the loop on the traditional “take-make-dispose” linear economic model? We'll see you in Maeder Hall! bit.ly/4h0d5oZ

Wastewater could power the hydrogen economy. Researchers at Princeton University found that treated wastewater—once acidified—can replace ultrapure water in hydrogen electrolysis, cutting water treatment costs by ~47% and enabling greener hydrogen for hard-to-electrify industries. 🧪 bit.ly/3WtgPpU

Researchers in Kelsey Hatzell’s lab at Princeton are developing MXene membranes — ultra-thin, electrically conductive, water-loving materials — to separate ions more efficiently even in messy, real-world solutions. 🧪 acee.princeton.edu/acee-news/ne...

The Fund for Energy Research with Corporate Partners exemplifies the University's commitment to pioneering sustainable energy solutions by supporting faculty-led projects that bridge academia and industry. Read this and more in our October newsletter. mailchi.mp/princeton.ed...

New AI tech developed at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab and Princeton continues to revolutionize fusion energy. Diag2Diag can fill in missing sensor data with synthetic insights that aligns with real-world data and is more detailed than what an actual sensor could provide. bit.ly/42OaM2P

Our Annual Meeting on Oct 30th will explore opportunities and challenges for implementing circular approaches, with the goal of identifying priorities for research, policy, and industry for a more sustainable and resource-efficient future. Register today: acee.princeton.edu/2025-annual-...

A new study published in Psychological Science, by @sandrajgeiger.bsky.social from @acee.princeton.edu, highlights how people around the world often overestimate climate skepticism and presents ways to push back on this misperception. #ClimateChange

Happy to announce that @salibaenergy.bsky.social has joined the Andlinger Center as a Visiting Fellow! Saliba aims to improve the long-term stability and sustainability of high-performance #perovskite #solar cells and tandem technologies through advanced diagnostics. bit.ly/3ImFvwz

September newsletter highlights: • New visiting fellow to improve perovskite solar cells and tandem technologies • Net-Zero Korea announced • Annual Meeting registration opens mailchi.mp/princeton.ed...

Today at 12:15pm: Mike Schmidt, founding Director of the CHIPS Program Office, shares lessons from inside the process: how industrial policy is crafted, how it’s executed, and what it takes to make it endure. cpree.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

Our upcoming Highlight Seminar explains how HEI supports independent research on emerging energy technologies and alternative fuels' impact on human health, using a trusted science-based model to inform policy and address potential health risks from pollution. Join us next week!

How do we feed the world without frying it? How do we fill nearly 10 billion bellies by 2050 without tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds? Author Michael Grunwald discusses these in his new book. Join us and our friends at C-PREE on Sept 8th! cpree.princeton.edu/events/2025/...

Join us for our first Highlight Seminar of the semester. Donna Vorhees of Health Effects Institute will give a talk entitled "Impartial Science in an Era of Skepticism: Energy and Health Research". Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. Info: bit.ly/3UXl5x8

🚀 Starting my 6-month journey as Visiting Fellow at the Andlinger Center @acee.princeton.edu at Princeton. Exploring the fundamentals of #perovskite optoelectronics with world-leading colleagues aiming for next-generation #solar cells and beyond☀️ @salibalab.bsky.social @unistuttgart.bsky.social

KAIST and AndlingerCenter (@acee.princeton.edu) launched Net-Zero Korea to accelerate Korea’s #energy transition. The project is powered by the Princeton’s Net-Zero America study framework, and supported by Google and industry partners. bit.ly/45Ta1G2

Bringing over 16 years of experience as a researcher and White House top scientist for the bioeconomy, Sarah Glaven has joined the Andlinger Center as a Gerhard R. Andlinger Visiting Fellow to chart a sustainable future for the biomanufacturing industry. Announcement: bit.ly/4ff5WQS

In this Q&A, @weipengclimate.bsky.social and group members @carlacamposm.bsky.social and Jinyu Shiwang explain their work to model the air pollution and health impacts of the energy transition. “We cannot simply measure success in terms of tons of CO2 avoided,” said Campos Morales. bit.ly/45gooUW

At the Andlinger Center’s 12th annual E-ffiliates Retreat in June, experts from across academia, industry, NGOs, and the public sector discussed strategies for navigating the energy transition in the face of lagging global progress. Story: bit.ly/46rn1EX

Enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), a once-overlooked technology that taps into the Earth’s heat to generate electricity, could supply up to 20% of the electricity in the United States by 2050, according to a new #PrincetonU analysis led by @jessejenkins.bsky.social. 🧪 bit.ly/4lLcwAC

Destructive hurricanes followed by deadly heatwaves will become far more common by the end of this century, according to new #PrincetonU research. bit.ly/44DFhs2

Congratulations to Andlinger faculty member Christos Maravelias, who recently received the @royalsociety.org's 2025 Horizon Prize for developing an approach that uses solar energy to produce industrial methanol! 🎉 bit.ly/4lx37gc

Drawing on techniques used to minimize risk in financial markets, a #PrincetonU team is creating software to help solve the challenge of integrating renewable energy into the grid without sacrificing reliability. 💡🔌 bit.ly/443WCvl

🗓️ New Light summer seminar series welcomes Luo Xu and Tanuj Sen on 7/1. Xu will discuss modeling blackouts in #renewable grids using insights from Hurricane Fiona. Sen will discuss designing #powerelectronics with carbon impact in mind. Register here: bit.ly/45bJ6GV

“I’d like to say there’s a silver lining here,” Mr. Jenkins said. “There isn’t much of one. We’re dismantling substantial portions of the most important climate policy the U.S. has ever passed.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c... 🔌💡 🔌🚗

New models simulate how climate extremes impact Puerto Rico’s energy grid, offering insights to improve blackout prevention and support reliable integration of renewables amid increasing severe weather. doi.org/g9qn8z

Using high-res outage data from Hurricane Fiona, #PrincetonU engineers are helping energy system planners in Puerto Rico navigate their clean energy transitions in the face of increasingly frequent and severe climate extremes. 🔌💡 bit.ly/3G08C7T

June newsletter highlights: • Unlocking Australia’s energy transition with collaboration • 2025 Maeder Fellows advance grid planning and power delivery • Welcoming our newest summer interns! Read more & subscribe: bit.ly/4jTfBxh

The New Light summer seminar series features the Andlinger Center’s Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellows and early career researchers. All seminars are in-person only and will be held in the Engineering Quad, Room E219, from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Register here for the June 17th event: bit.ly/45bJ6GV

Trump's EPA proposed eliminating ALL greenhouse gas emissions standards for power plants. What would repealing the Biden-era regs mean for US emissions and the power sector? ZERO Lab's Qian Luo & I published a detailed paper on this earlier this year: zero.lab.princeton.edu/wp-content/u... 🔌💡

The Andlinger Center has awarded the Maeder Graduate Fellowship to two students, Gabe Mantegna and Shukai Wang, for their work to improve grid planning under deep uncertainty and boost the energy efficiency of power delivery systems. Congratulations! 🥳 bit.ly/4l2KaS4

Effective July 1, @jessejenkins.bsky.social has been promoted to associate professor with tenure, and Egemen Kolemen has been promoted to full professor! Congratulations! 🥳🎉 bit.ly/4e3J7PK

Join us tomorrow for our last CEI seminar of the year! Professor @kelseyhatzell.bsky.social from @acee.princeton.edu will discuss solid-state batteries + advanced synchrotron techniques to understand their interfaces. 🔋 Student career/coffee chat 9:30–10:30 am @ NanoES 291 Seminar 4pm @ NanoES 181

Researchers from #PrincetonU and The University of Queensland have found that Australia can fully decarbonize its domestic and export economy by 2060 without compromising biodiversity, agricultural productivity, or Indigenous land rights — but only if stakeholders work together. 🔌💡 bit.ly/3FkgctT

New online! Negotiating risks to natural capital in net-zero transitions

Last week, we celebrated 11 graduating seniors at the Andlinger Center's Class Day ceremony! From new technologies for carbon capture to supply chain planning for bioenergy in Brazil, our students studied a range of energy and environmental challenges. Congratulations! Story: bit.ly/43WoNMt

Today marks the first day of work for our 32 summer interns, who will spend the next few months collaborating with #PrincetonU faculty and the Andlinger Center's nonprofit partners to investigate topics from sustainable cements to climate adaptation! More about their projects: bit.ly/4jA2fGf

We’re sending a big congratulations to 3 graduating undergrads from PU’s Class of 2025! 🎓These 3 have done great work with HMEI and the IGWMC. 👩‍🔬Ashley DeFrates 🌍Brooke Beers 💧 David van Velden We can’t wait to see what’s next! #Princeton25 #Research @acee.princeton.edu ‬ @reedh2o.bsky.social

The tax and policy bill passed by the House could lead to 8 million fewer electric vehicles sales by 2030, according to an analysis from @jessejenkins.bsky.social. nyti.ms/3YXs1fY

What does the GOP Megabill passed by the House this morning mean for the US energy transition, energy prices, emissions and the economy? REPEAT Project's new analysis has you covered. Read the new report or listen to our recent SHIFT KEY episode diving into the details. 🔗 ⤵️ 🔌💡

The Andlinger Center recently welcomed Professor Jürgen Janek of Justus Liebig University Giessen to Princeton's campus to speak about solid-state batteries as part of its #HighlightSeminarSeries! Watch the full talk: bit.ly/43FsCWk

Congratulations to @jessedjenkins.com on being awarded the Howard B. Wentz, Jr. Junior Faculty Award from Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science! More about this year's awardees: bit.ly/4jVV4sF

May newsletter highlights: • A game-changer for critical minerals extraction • Unpacking an origami-inspired metamaterial • Summer intern spotlight, featuring Moonshot Missions Read more & subscribe: bit.ly/4djy987

#ICYMI: Princeton Critical Minerals, a startup that grew out of Z. Jason Ren's lab is upending decades-old approaches for the way the world extracts lithium and other materials, including nitrate and potash. bit.ly/43dxZuF

Princeton Research Day is turning 10! 🎉✨ Celebrate a decade of groundbreaking discoveries, creative projects, and inspiring stories. Whether you’re presenting or cheering on your peers, join us for a celebration of research and innovation tomorrow May 8! #PrincetonResearchDay

From improving the resiliency of wastewater treatment facilities to providing guidance on best practices for nutrient removal, Andlinger Center intern Ashley Holmes helped water utilities across the Great Lakes secure an affordable, clean, and robust water supply. 💧 bit.ly/4jWFvR2

Vote for your favorite video now through Monday, May 5 at 9 am. The winner will receive a cash prize and be honored at Princeton Research Day on May 8. Share the videos using the hashtag #PRD25. researchday.princeton.edu/attend

Seeking a wide range of perspectives from stakeholders involved in, or impacted by, the clean energy transition, including project developers, labor organizations, educators, financiers, policymakers, and local community members! Learn more & join the survey here: netzerostakeholder.princeton.edu

Andlinger Center researchers’ findings on dynamic lifecycle carbon accounting for forest bioenergy appear on this month’s Environmental Science and Technology journal cover. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

Inspired by origami, a #PrincetonU team of researchers led by Glaucio Paulino and including Minjie Chen have developed a tunable metamaterial that can assume new shapes, move, and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot without any motor or internal gears. 🧪 bit.ly/4jQ6kX0

Our final Highlight Seminar this spring features Prof. Jürgen Janek! This talk will cover various solid-state battery concepts with a focus on findings related to lithium metal anodes and cathode composites. 📅 May 1 at 12:30 pm acee.princeton.edu/events/spring-2025-highlight-seminar-jurgen-janek