The fiscal year ended June 30, 2000, was marked by breaking ground for the Friend Center for Engineering Education, which is being built at the intersection of Williams and Charleton streets and adjacent to the Computer Science Building.

The 70,500-square-feet Friend Center will have three stories plus a basement. It will house three bowl classrooms, with seating capacity of 65 to 85; seminar spaces; a 250-seat auditorium with projection and audiovisual equipment; exhibition spaces and common areas; new facilities for the Multimedia Engineering Computation Atelier (MECA); a video conferencing room; and a new engineering library.

The library, which will include precept rooms to facilitate reference use by students working on group projects, will occupy about 40 percent of the building's space. A number of small classrooms located within the library will be used for classes during the day and communal study rooms in the evening. All classrooms will be equipped with multimedia support and computers.

The Friend Center is named in memory of Peter W. Friend '63, classmate and boyhood friend of Dennis Keller '63, whose gift of $10 million is making the Friend Center possible.

Mr. Keller, a trustee of the University and chairman of the SEAS Leadership Council, is chairman and chief executive officer of DeVry Inc.--one of the largest private higher-education systems in North America.

The Friend Center was designed by Henry Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Keating Construction Co. is the construction manager for the $24-million project. The facility is scheduled to be completed during early fall.

Curriculum development

Four proposals were selected for curriculum development awards under the President's 250th Anniversary Initiative for Curriculum Development. They were:

* George Scherer for Lab in Conservation of Art

* David Billington, Michael Celia, and James Smith for Rivers and the Regional Environment

* William Russel and Sankaran Sundaresan for Properties and Processing of Fine Particles

* Steven Lyon and Margaret Martonosi for Computing for a Mobil World.

 

Construction of the 70,500-square-feet Friend Center for Engineering Education is progressing. The Friend Center is named in memory of Peter W. Friend '63, classmate and boyhood friend of Dennis Keller '63, whose gift of $10 million is making the center possible.   Photos by Frank Wojciechowski

Undergraduate

The incoming undergraduate class has 211 students. Women represent 31.2 percent of the entering class, twice the proportion at comparable institutions. Nationally, women comprise about 17 percent of engineering graduates. Total undergraduate enrollment in SEAS is 775. This figure is further augmented by 26 juniors and seniors who are candidates for the A.B. degree in Computer Science, for a total SEAS enrollment of 801 (see table on page 15).

Continuing the tradition of engineer scholars, Andrew Houck '00 was class valedictorian--the second in as many years. Andrew also received one of 10 Hertz Fellowships awarded nationwide.

Jared Kramer '01, a computer science major, was named the Class of 1939 Scholar for exceptional academic performance through the junior year. Abby Liel '02, a civil and environmental engineering major, received the George B. Wood Legacy Sophomore Prize, which recognizes exceptional work in the second year at Princeton.

Engineering students also claimed outside prestigious scholarships. Eileen Higham '01 and Thomas Petersen '02 received Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which are among the most prestigious national awards for students majoring in math, science, or engineering. Eileen, a chemical engineering major, and Thomas, an electrical engineering major, are among 42 engineering students nationwide to receive a Goldwater Scholarship, which is based on academic merit. The scholarships provide a maximum of $7,500 per year.

Eighteen African American and 13 Hispanic American students matriculated with the Class of 2004. The number of African American first-year students is comparable to last year, while the number of Hispanic American students is down from 20 the previous year. The numbers of entering Asian American and international students is consistent with those of previous years.

The average SAT score for the incoming engineering students was 1450, comparable to last year's. The average score for all enrolled freshmen at Princeton is 1430.

The 2000 Freshman Scholars Institute in Science and Engineering enrolled 30 students, of whom 12 are B.S.E. candidates. Students took two seven-week, credit-bearing courses: Math 101,103, or 104 (introductory calculus courses) and REL 258W (a writing-intensive course on religion in American life). In addition, students participated in workshops in science and engineering aimed at introducing them to applications of quantitative reasoning and data analysis. Engineering workshops were conducted by Professors Michael Littman and Barrie Royce (mechanical and aerospace engineering).

Graduate

Total graduate enrollment in SEAS is 474, which includes 84 females. Enrollment is up about 16 percent over last year. The entering cohort of 166 graduate students is 43 percent domestic, compared to 41 percent in 1999. The new engineering graduate students represent 29 percent of the University's total new graduate population of 571 students.

During the 1999-2000 academic year, 17 master's degrees in science and engineering, seven master's degrees in engineering, and 51 Ph.D.s were awarded (see table at right).

Ten outstanding newly enrolled graduate students were named Wu and Upton Fellows (see story on page 21).

In its third year of operation, the Master of Engineering Program has 35 students enrolled, with all six departments participating.

Facilities

The construction of the Friend Center for Engineering Education is on schedule for completion in early fall 2001. The architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners were engaged to work on developing a master plan for the SEAS. They will propose a plan for the post-Friend Center E-Quad renovations and make proposals for accommodating the School's needs five years and 10 years out.

The Engineering Quadrangle underwent considerable renovations last year to accommodate new faculty needs.

The Department of Civil Engineering and Operations Research dividing into two separate departments necessitated the reorganization of existing space to create required adjacencies between faculty and laboratories.

The Department of Electrical Engineering reorganized existing space by renovating lounges, mailrooms, and libraries to provide additional office space for administrative personnel, upgrading lounges for undergraduate and graduate students, and enhancing the relocated faculty lounge with audio visual capabilities.

The Department of Chemical Engineering constructed a new computational research facility in the G-Wing for Professor Athanassios Panagiotopoulos and will soon begin renovations to prepare for the arrival of Professor David Wood.

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering constructed two new thermomechanical measurements laboratories for Professor Anthony Evans.

Research

New research contracts and awards increased substantially over last year. This year 105 awards were made to 57 different faculty members, which will produce $14.3 million this fiscal year.

Although research spending dropped by about 6 percent last year, this fluctuation is within the range of previous variations from year to year (see graph below).

Development

Jane R. Maggard joined the SEAS in February as assistant dean for development. Major gift commitments to the SEAS include: $2.5 million from R. James Macaleer '55 to establish a professorship in chemical engineering; $2 million from Donald R. Dixon '69 to be added to a previous gift of $500,000 to establish a professorship in mechanical and aerospace engineering; a bequest of $2.4 million from the estate of Charles Fitzmorris Jr. '33 to establish a professorship in computer science; $500,000 from Morton Collins *63 for the Friend Center; $420,000 from Derek Lidow '73 to establish a senior thesis fund; and $300,000 from Daniel Warmenhoven '72 for the Computer Science Endowment Fund.

SEAS Graduate Annual Giving increased by 35 percent to a record of $154,000.

ChE

The Department of Chemical Engineering has 18 faculty members. The newest is Anthanassios Panagiotopoulos, who joined the department as professor. He specializes in computer engineering. Richard Register was promoted to full professor, and Lynn Russell was reappointed for three years. Pablo Debenedetti, Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science and department chairman, was elected to the National Academy of Engineering.

Roy Jackson, Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Professor Sankaran Sundaresan received the 2000 Distinguished Alumnus award from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.

Associate Professor Sandra Troian received a $1.24-million grant from the National Science Foundation in support of her work on microfluidic arrays. Professor Dudley Saville was one of 65 researchers selected by NASA to receive grants totaling about $22 million over four years to conduct microgravity materials science research on Earth and in space.

Assistant Professor Jeffrey Carbek was selected to participate in the 2000 Frontiers of Engineering Symposium sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering.

The department's research expenditures of $3.7 million represent 11 percent of the SEAS total for sponsored research (see chart, page 19).

CEE

The newly formed Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has 12 faculty members. Catherine Peters was promoted to associate professor.

David Billington '50, Gordon Wu Professor of Engineering, arranged an exhibit for the National Science Foundation as part of the NSF Art of Science Project.

The department's research expenditures of $2.2 million represent 6 percent of the SEAS total for sponsored research (see chart, page 19).

CS

The Department of Computer Science has 23 faculty members. The newest are Brian Kernighan *69, who joined as professor, and Amit Sahai, who came to Princeton as an assistant professor. Adam Finkelstein was reappointed for three years.

Several faculty members received prestigious awards during the year. They are as follows: Professor Andrew Yao was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the Academia Sinica, the most prominent academic institution in the Republic of China; Professor Kenneth Steiglitz received an IEEE Third Millennium Medal; Assistant Professors Perry Cook, Adam Finkelstein, and Randolph Wang received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program awards; Randolph Wang received an Excellence in Teaching award from the Engineering Council for fall 1999; and Adam Finkelstein received a Sloan Research Foundation Fellowship.

The department's research expenditures of $3.4 million represent 10 percent of the SEAS total for sponsored research (see chart at right).

EE

The Department of Electrical Engineering has 26 faculty members. The newest faculty member is Evgueni Narimanov, who joined the faculty as assistant professor. Margaret Martonosi was promoted to associate professor.

Several faculty members received prestigious awards during the year. They are as follows: Ed Zschau '61 received two Excellence in Teaching awards from the Engineering Council for courses taught in fall 1999 and spring 1999. Sanjeev Kulkarni received one Excellence in Teaching award from the Engineering Council for fall 1999; Professor Vincent Poor received the 2001 Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Graduate Teaching award; Daniel Tsui, Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science, and named a foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; Sergio Verdú received the 2000 ASEE Frederick Emmons Terman Award; S.Y. Kung, Bede Liu, Vincent Poor, and Sergio Verdú received IEEE Third Millennium Medals; and Bede Liu received the CASS Golden Jubilee Medal from IEEE.

The department's research expenditures of $11.1 million represent 32 percent of the SEAS total for sponsored research (see chart at right).

MAE

The Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering has 23 faculty members. In faculty news, Michael Littman was promoted to full professor, and Luigi Martinelli *87 was promoted to associate professor.

Several faculty members received prestigious awards during the year. They are as follows: Anthony Evans, who was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Robert Stengel *65 *66 *68 received the Mechanics and Control of Flight Award from the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Zhigang Suo received two Excellence in Teaching awards from the Engineering Council for spring 1999 and spring 2000; Chung K. Law, the Robert H. Goddard Professor of Engineering, received an Outstanding Alumnus award from the University of California, San Diego; and Richard Miles was named a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Alexander Smits, professor and chairman of the department, has a new book in print: A Physical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, published by John Wiley and Sons Inc.

The department's research expenditures of $5.8 million represent 17 percent of the SEAS total for sponsored research (see chart above).

ORFE

The Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering has eight faculty members. The newest member is K. Ronnie Sircar, who joined the department this fall as assistant professor. Ahmet Çakmak received the 2000 SEAS Distinguished Teacher Award. He retired at the end of fiscal year 2000 with 37 years of teaching at Princeton.

The department's research expenditures of $1 million represents 3 percent of the SEAS total for sponsored research (see chart above).