Lab News
Green skies: Engineer's work may reduce jet travel's role in global warming
September 13, 2007
Princeton Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Fred Dryer has a lofty goal: end the nation's reliance on oil for jet travel. With potentially major benefits for energy security and the environment riding upon his success, Dryer is advancing the fundamental knowledge of jet fuels while developing practical, innovative energy sources.
Princeton joins Netjets' climate initiative
NetJets, the worldwide leader in private aviation, has announced a comprehensive strategy to address the company's contribution to climate change. In this effort, Netjets is sponsoring a "Next Generation Jet Fuel Project" at Princeton University that has as its goal the development of near-zero net emissions jet fuel. Through this program, NetJets will be directly investing in promising technology that has the potential to shift aviation onto a more environmentally sustainable footing. The project is a collaboration between the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) department and the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) and is headed by Prof. Fred Dryer. Other members include MAE's Prof. Yiguang Ju and PEI's Drs. Robert Williams and Eric Larson.
Air Force selects Princeton University to receive funding to perfrom multidisciplinary research
April 5, 2007
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research has selected a team of universities headed by Princeton University to study "Generation of Comprehensive Surrogate Kinetic Models and Validation Databases for Simulating Large Molecular Weight Hydrocarbon Fuels" under the topic area of "Science-Based Design of Fuel Flexible Chemical Propulsion/Energy Conversion Systems." Combustion professors Fred Dryer and Yiguang Ju are the principal and co-investigators, respectively, associated with Princeton.