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Sigrid Adriaenssens is a Professor of Civil Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, where she serves as the Director of the Program in Mechanics, Materials, and Structures. Her research interests lie in exploring lightweight surface systems optimized to withstand extreme structural and environmental loading. This includes work on flexible and rigid shells, submerged flexible membranes, nets, and metamaterials, with applications aimed at creating resilient urban environments. Her innovative approaches incorporate adaptive building shading devices and large-scale inflatable storm surge barriers inspired by biology, art, and architecture. Dr. Adriaenssens employs analytical and experimental methods to advance the field, focusing on non-linear mechanics and numerical form-finding techniques, along with optimization and machine learning methods for fluid interaction modeling. She actively participates in multiple interdisciplinary initiatives at Princeton, contributing to programs in architecture, energy, and environmental studies, and she holds various executive committee positions related to robotics, urban studies, and architectural engineering.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.