Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science is located in

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, it provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in six departments:

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and biological engineering,

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, electrical engineering, mechanical and

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members in its six departments. The School of Engineering is home to four interdisciplinary centers: the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, the Center for Information Technology Policy, the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education, and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials (PRISM). In 2019, ''

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'' ranked Princeton seventh among engineering schools worldwide.

History

On August 25, 1875, Princeton's Board of Trustees elected Charles McMilllan as chair of civil engineering, the University's first engineering department. Early engineering students were taught in the

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, which opened in 1873. The School of Engineering and Applied Science was created to house Princeton's engineering departments in 1921.

Campus

The core of Princeton's School of Engineering is the Engineering Quadrangle, known as the EQuad. Built in 1962, it was designed by Frank Voorhees of Voorhees, Walker, Smith, Smith and Haines. Since then the Engineering School's presence on campus has expanded to include the Friend Center for Engineering Education, designed by Henry N. Cobb of

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; Bowen Hall, designed by Alan Chimacoff; the Department of Computer Science, designed by Kliment & Halsband; Sherrerd Hall, designed by Frederick Fisher and Partners; and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, designed by

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Notable alumni and faculty

Notable graduates of Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science include Amazon CEO and founder

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, Google executive

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, former

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administrator

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, former director of the

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, MacArthur "genius" grant winner John Dabiri, Smule founder Ge Wang, internet pioneer Bob Kahn, computer scientist

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, aerospace titan

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, Chrysler maverick Lee Iacocca, SanDisk founder Eli Harari, and astronauts James Adamson,

Daniel T. Barry Daniel Thomas Barry (born December 30, 1953) is an American engineer, scientist, television personality, and a retired NASA astronaut. He was a contestant on the CBS reality television program '' Survivor: Panama'', as well as on ''BattleBots'' ...

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, Gerald Carr, Charles "Pete" Conrad, and Gregory Linteris.

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, the father of computer science, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in mathematics before the discipline of computer science existed.

Francis J. Doyle III Francis "Frank" J. Doyle III (born 1963) is an American engineer and academic administrator. He is the dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the John A. and Elizabeth S. Armstrong Professor of Engineerin ...

, the dean of Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, graduated from Princeton with a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering in 1985. Prominent faculty include MacArthur "genius" grant recipients

Claire Gmachl Claire F. Gmachl is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University. She is best known for her work in the development of quantum cascade lasers. Education and honors Gmachl earned her M.Sc. in Physics from the ...

Naomi Leonard Naomi Ehrich Leonard is the Edwin S. Wilsey Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. She is the director of the Princeton Council on Science and Technology and an associated faculty member in the Program in Applie ...

and Theodore Zoli, Nobel laureate

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, and computer security expert Edward Felten. Among those who were Princeton SEAS faculty include Oscar award winner Pat Hanrahan and Waterman award winner Mung Chiang.

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History

Campus

Notable alumni and faculty

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