Robert Socolow
Department/Program(s):
- Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
PEI Position: Faculty/Associated Faculty
Title(s): Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Area(s):
- Carbon Mitigation
- Energy - Policy and Security
- Energy - Technology
- Environmental - Engineering
- Environmental - Ethics
Office: 139 Guyot Hall
Phone: 609-258-5446
E-Mail: socolow@princeton.edu
Research Interests
Global energy system responsive to global and local environmental and security constraints; carbon dioxide capture from fossil fuels and storage in geological formations; nuclear power; energy efficiency in buildings; acceleration of deployment of advanced technologies in developing countries.
PEI Research/Program Affiliations
- Co-Principal Investigator, Carbon Mitigation Initiative
- PEI Executive Committee
- Director, Siebel Energy Challenge
- Grand Challenges Faculty
Courses
- MAE/EGR/ENV 328: Energy for a Greenhouse-Constrained World
- WWS 585B/MAE 580: Topics in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy — Living in a Greenhouse: Technology & Policy
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