Research Topics Research Topics Princeton's faculty members have been selected for their ability to teach and competence in research. Our faculty of teacher-scholars has been recognized both nationally and internationally through several important awards.
Faculty members are active in professional societies.
Two previous faculty members were elected fellows of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Among the current faculty, one is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists, three have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, six have received Presidential Young Investigator Awards from the National Science Foundation, two have received a David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship, one, a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award, and one has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship. Faculty contact with current industrial practice and research is maintained through consulting arrangements and frequent invitations to industrial laboratories. The chemical engineering faculty members have diverse academic and professional experience.