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Materials Synthesis, Processing, Structure and Properties

The engineering of materials is simultaneously as old as human history (Bronze Age, Iron Age, Silicon Age), and an area which today is exploding with recent developments, as we gain control of structure at the nanoscale, or move into areas where synthetic and biological materials interface. At Princeton, materials research is a broad-based effort extending across many science and engineering departments, and the interdepartmental Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM). Within Chemical Engineering, particular areas of strength and interest include organic materials (both polymers and small molecules), colloidal dispersions and nanoparticles, ceramics and glasses, and biomaterials. Applications for our inventions range from large-area electronics, to lightweight structural materials, to fluids with tailored flow behavior, to novel pharmaceutical delivery vehicles.

Faculty		Research Area
	Ilhan A. Aksay Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A326 Engineering Quad 609-258-4393 iaksay@princeton.edu	Ceramics and Glasses; Colloidal Dispersions; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

	Clifford P. Brangwynne Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering 301 Hoyt Laboratory 609-258-4528 cbrangwy@princeton.edu	Patterning in Developing Embryos; Physical Properties and Function of RNA/Protein Bodies; Architecture and Dynamics of the Cytoskeleton

	Bruce E. Koel Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Undergraduate Departmental Representative A311 Engineering Quad 609-258-4524 bkoel@princeton.edu	Structure, Reactivity, and Catalysis of Bimetallic Pt Alloys; Characterizing Reactions of Iron Nanoparticles; Characterization of Novel PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes; Development of Rutherford Backscattering (RBS) as a Probe of Liquid-Solid Interfaces

	Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Deputy Director, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment A323 Engineering Quad 609-258-9091 lloo@princeton.edu	Organic and Polymer Transistors and Solar Cells; Organic Semiconductors and Conducting Polymers; Self-Assembled Monolayers; Soft Lithography; Block Copolymers

	Celeste M. Nelson Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering 303 Hoyt Laboratory 609-258-8851 celesten@princeton.edu	Mammalian Tissue Morphogenesis/Morphodynamics; Microfabrication/bioMEMS for Tissue Engineering; Cell Adhesion and Mechanics

	Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Director of Graduate Studies A317 Engineering Quad 609-258-4591 azp@princeton.edu	Molecular simulation of fluids, materials and biological systems; Thermodynamic analysis of processes; Ionic liquids and their applications; Computational Material Science

	Rodney D. Priestley Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A417 Engineering Quad 609-258-5721 rpriestl@princeton.edu	Polymer Science and Engineering, Nanoscale Materials Characterization, Supramolecular Polymers, Healing and Responsive Materials, Polymeric Membranes

	Robert K. Prud'homme Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Director, Program in Engineering Biology A301 Engineering Quad 609-258-4577 prudhomm@princeton.edu	Flow in Porous Media; Micro and Nanofluidic Phenomena; Rheology; Colloidal Dispersions; Polymer Engineering

	Richard A. Register Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Chair, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering A217 Engineering Quad 609-258-4691 register@princeton.edu	Polymer Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering; Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Rheology

	William B. Russel Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering Dean of the Graduate School A225 Engineering Quad 609-258-4590 wbrussel@princeton.edu	Nanoscience and nanotechnology; colloidal dispersions: gelation, crystallization, rheology modifiers, architectural, paper, and tape coatings, film formation and cracking, fillers for polymer melts; thin polymer films: instabilities, micron and submicron patterning, effects of electric or stress fields, coarsening, cracking

	George W. Scherer William L. Knapp '47 Professor of Civil Engineering Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering E319 Engineering Quad 609-258-5680 scherer@princeton.edu	Biopreservations; Art and Monument Conservation; Flow in Porous Media; Ceramics and Glasses