Download SEAS Faculty in Energy and the Environment

Principal Investigator Briefing
• Environmental Health and Safety meets
individually with each new principal
investigator in the natural sciences and
engineering upon arrival
• Notification through the Dean of Faculty
• Sets the tone and introduces the safety and
environmental culture of the University
• Includes a walk-through of the laboratory
space or review of the plans for renovation
• Focuses on role as a supervisor and lab
manager
Briefing Includes
• Policies and procedures related to health
and safety
• Training requirements for those working in
the laboratory
• Emergency preparedness and procedures
• The Risk Culture in research and
academia
• Requirements for special materials
– Radioactive, Homeland Security, pathogenic,
etc.
Briefing Includes
• Engineering controls
• Personal protective equipment
– Providing, procuring, writing into grant proposals
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Waste disposal
Hazardous materials shipping
Inspections
Continuity of operations planning
Minors in the lab policies
Laboratory security
Briefing Includes
• Profile of research practices
• Determination of which EHS and safety
programs apply (e.g., laser safety, high
hazard gas safety, high voltage safety,…)
• Summary of each program and contact info
provided
Program History
• Adopted by University Research Board in
2000
• Briefing provided to > 130 new faculty and >
120 lab managers (professional staff, postdocs, graduate students)
Results
• Better compliance with University and
regulatory agency rules
• Open communication between health and
safety groups and the laboratory
• Accountability
• Setting the tone at the earliest stage
• Identification of safety and environmental
issues at the outset
Engineering and a Sustainable Society *
Energy and Environment
Health
Security
Innovation in Engineering Education
* Aspire $ 1.75B campaign, 11/07
Engineering & a Sustainable Society, Exploration in the Arts,
New Frontiers in Neuroscience, Citizenship & the World,
The Princeton Experience
Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment
Established through $100M gift from Gerhard Andlinger ‘52
Support expanding program of research and teaching
Energy conservation
Sustainable energy development
Environmental protection and remediation
Translate fundamental knowledge into practical solutions
Enable sustainable energy production
Protect the environment from irreversible change
Located in state-of-the-art facility and in existing space
Tod Williams Billie Tsien, Architects
February, 2009
Associate Architect Ballinger
Lab Planners Jacobs Consultancy
Sustainability Consultant Transsolar
MEP Engineer Arup
Neurosciences Institute, La Jolla, CA
Skirkanich Hall
East Asian Library
University of Pennsylvania
University of California - Berkeley
SEAS Faculty in Energy and the Environment
Atmospheric chemistry and dynamics: Elie Bou-Zeid (CEE), Claire Gmachl (EE), Denise
Mauzerall (CEE), Gerard Wysocki (EE), Mark Zondlo (CEE)
Batteries: Craig Arnold (MAE)
Genetic engineering for biofuels: James Link (CHE)
Built environment: Sigrid Adriaenssens (CEE), Maria Garlock (CEE), Branko Glisic (CEE),
George Scherer (CEE), James Smith (CEE)
Carbon capture & storage: Michael Celia (CEE), Catherine Peters (CEE), George Scherer (CEE),
Robert Socolow (MAE)
Combustion: Frederick Dryer (MAE), Chung K. Law (MAE), Yiguang Ju (MAE), Sankaran
Sundaresan (CHE)
Ecohydrology: Kelly Caylor (CEE), Peter Jaffe (CEE), Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe (CEE), Eric
Wood (CEE)
Fuel cells: Jay Benziger (CHE)
Green IT: Mung Chiang (EE), Margaret Martonosi (EE), Jennifer Rexford (COS)
Molecular design of materials: Emily Carter (MAE)
Solar cells: Lynn Loo (CHE), Antione Kahn (EE), Jim Sturm (EE), Sigurd Wagner (EE)
Sustainable materials: Wole Soboyejo (MAE)
Systems modeling: Rene Carmona (ORF), Chris Floudas (CHE), Warren Powell (ORF)
Goal
Raised
Remaining
$75M
$36M
$39M
Energy and Environment Research Facilities $70M
$70M
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$106M
$10M
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$49M
Energy and Environment
Conference Center
$10M
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$155M