Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

Minor Program in Sustainable Energy

Minor Program in Sustainable Energy

Students may apply for the Minor in the spring of their sophomore year or fall of their junior year.

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Engineers use moisture to pull carbon dioxide out of the air

Engineers use moisture to pull carbon dioxide out of the air

Princeton engineers are exploring a new material for direct air capture that can capture or release carbon dioxide in response to moisture swings.

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Engineers use AI to wrangle fusion power for the grid

Engineers use AI to wrangle fusion power for the grid

Princeton researchers have harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to predict and avoid the formation of a specific plasma problem in real time.

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Buyer beware: Most clean power purchasing strategies do little to cut emissions

Buyer beware: Most clean power purchasing strategies do little to cut emissions

Some of the most common strategies for purchasing clean energy have little impact in cutting long-term carbon emissions in the U.S., a Princeton-led study has found.

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Lilianna Gittoes: Optimizing energy systems

Lilianna Gittoes: Optimizing energy systems

Gittoes has dedicated much of her undergraduate career at Princeton to tackling challenging energy and environmental problems.

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Iain McCulloch named next director of Andlinger Center

Iain McCulloch named next director of Andlinger Center

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment welcomes Iain McCulloch as its next director, effective January 16, 2024.

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Inch by inch, this machine is leading soft robotics to a more energy efficient future

Inch by inch, this machine is leading soft robotics to a more energy efficient future

This new wiggling machine could lead the way on making robotic systems more energy efficient for a future with exploding demand.

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New Extraction Technique Revolutionizes Lithium Production

New Extraction Technique Revolutionizes Lithium Production

Princeton researchers have developed a new approach for extracting lithium that slashes the time and land needed to harvest the silvery-white metal.

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Arielle Rivera: Lighting Puerto Rico’s energy future

Arielle Rivera: Lighting Puerto Rico’s energy future

Rivera and Jesse Jenkins are exploring how Puerto Rico can make its electricity supply more resilient to climate disasters while meeting its ambitious energy goals.

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Learn about our mission

Learn about our mission

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University is a multidisciplinary research and education center, whose singular mission is to develop technologies and solutions to better our energy and environmental future.

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Collaborate with us on research

Collaborate with us on research

From the next generation of solar photovoltaics to fuels generated using artificial photosynthesis, the researchers at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment are working on many promising technologies and solutions that will pave the way for a world less reliant on fossil fuels.

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Explore our education programs

Explore our education programs

Through courses, certificate programs, and lectures, students are able to learn about sustainable energy technologies, renewable energy sources, and their complex, intertwining connections to policies, economics, and human behavior. And there are many opportunities for hands-on learning through field work and classes where students can fabricate and investigate materials and devices.

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Become an E-ffiliates member

Become an E-ffiliates member

To foster transformational changes in energy and the environment, the world needs academic and industry experts working together on innovative research that become practical, market-ready solutions. Our corporate affiliates program, the Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership, answers this call.

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Join our team

Join our team

The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment fosters a vibrant atmosphere where deep collaboration, engagement, passion, and curiosity among faculty, researchers, students, and staff are highly valued. The Andlinger Center is continuously looking for talented and dedicated individuals who want to join our team and help fulfill the center’s mission: to provide clean energy for a rapidly growing world population while preserving our natural resources.

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