Professor Kasdin's interests are in space systems design, orbital mechanics, guidance and control of space vehicles, optimal estimation, and stochastic process modeling. He is currently the Principal Investigator for the Princeton Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) group. This is an interdepartmental group of faculty, staff, and graduate students from MAE, Astrophysics, the Institute for Advanced Study, and other departments that is working with Ball Aerospace on design studies for NASA'
Archive – June 2010
What if a robot could power itself? It could, theoretically, move about forever, or at least until the power it gathers runs out.
Dr. Robert Socolow, MAE Professor, and Co-Director, The Carbon Mitigation Initiative received the Keystone Award for Leadership in the Environment June 10th.
Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficient.
The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering graduated 37 students this year.
Princeton's class of 2010 valedictorian David Karp, who will present his valedictory address at Commencement, has embraced teamwork and creative problem-solving in his path to the top of the class.
Engineering Graduates Awarded for Achievements and Service
Power-generating rubber films could harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and other electronic devices
Princeton engineers have made a breakthrough in an 80-year-old quandary in quantum physics, paving the way for the development of new materials that could make electronic devices smaller and cars more energy efficient.
