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Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>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 <a href="/facts/John_C._Green_School_of_Science/gRS0SMXd">John C. Green School of Science</a>, which opened in 1873.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The School of Engineering and Applied Science was created to house Princeton's engineering departments in 1921.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="campus">Campus</h2> <p>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.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>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 <a href="/facts/Pei_Cobb_Freed_%2526_Partners/YradtL0z">Pei Cobb Freed & Partners</a>;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Bowen Hall, designed by Alan Chimacoff;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a>[<i>unreliable source?</i>] the Department of Computer Science, designed by Kliment & Halsband;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Sherrerd Hall, designed by Frederick Fisher and Partners;<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, designed by <a href="/facts/Tod_Williams_Billie_Tsien_Architects/K1BRzdmp">Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notable-alumni-and-faculty">Notable alumni and faculty</h2> <p>Notable graduates of Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science include Amazon CEO and founder <a href="/facts/Jeff_Bezos/VV9IzSa3">Jeff Bezos</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> Google executive <a href="/facts/Eric_Schmidt/R9PsmFCY">Eric Schmidt</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> former <a href="/facts/Environmental_Protection_Agency/ghI985SI">Environmental Protection Agency</a> administrator <a href="/facts/Lisa_P._Jackson/5FXUIoju">Lisa P. Jackson</a>, former director of the <a href="/facts/National_Transportation_Safety_Board/02dgBoCz">National Transportation Safety Board</a> <a href="/facts/Christopher_A._Hart/CxdxVhu6">Christopher A. Hart</a>, MacArthur "genius" grant winner <a href="/facts/John_Dabiri/m84eRFCL">John Dabiri</a>, Smule founder <a href="/facts/Ge_Wang/pyPrK3tB">Ge Wang</a>, internet pioneer <a href="/facts/Bob_Kahn/wooNfB4v">Bob Kahn</a>, computer scientist <a href="/facts/Brian_Kernighan/oW3I7FWJ">Brian Kernighan</a>, aerospace titan <a href="/facts/Norman_Augustine/ugMhsfSM">Norman Augustine</a>, Chrysler maverick <a href="/facts/Lee_Iacocca/UNNb6mRh">Lee Iacocca</a>, SanDisk founder Eli Harari, and astronauts <a href="/facts/James_C._Adamson/lhLVTvJE">James Adamson</a>, <a href="/facts/Daniel_T._Barry/TM2LyWke">Daniel T. Barry</a>, <a href="/facts/Brian_Binnie/6NJ8jwL8">Brian Binnie</a>, <a href="/facts/Gerald_P._Carr/GvmK903N">Gerald Carr</a>, <a href="/facts/Charles_%2522Pete%2522_Conrad/PdxUcucK">Charles "Pete" Conrad</a>, and <a href="/facts/Gregory_Linteris/QntVaATp">Gregory Linteris</a>. <a href="/facts/Alan_Mathison_Turing/klov9b6g">Alan Mathison Turing</a>, the father of computer science, received his Ph.D. from Princeton in mathematics before the discipline of computer science existed. <a href="/facts/Francis_J._Doyle_III/BhBqcmhA">Francis J. Doyle III</a>, the dean of Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, graduated from Princeton with a B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering in 1985. </p><p>Prominent faculty include MacArthur "genius" grant recipients <a href="/facts/Claire_Gmachl/0bpAsQto">Claire Gmachl</a>, <a href="/facts/Naomi_Leonard/r2o2hvgw">Naomi Leonard</a> and <a href="/facts/Theodore_Zoli/2lItLP48">Theodore Zoli</a>, Nobel laureate <a href="/facts/Daniel_C._Tsui/JI2NbWzY">Daniel C. Tsui</a>, and computer security expert <a href="/facts/Edward_Felten/Xfag6Up7">Edward Felten</a>. Among those who were Princeton SEAS faculty include Oscar award winner <a href="/facts/Pat_Hanrahan/np0rxDJf">Pat Hanrahan</a> and Waterman award winner <a href="/facts/Mung_Chiang/yU0BmQTy">Mung Chiang</a>. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Higher_education_in_New_Jersey/j06IYAJI">Higher education in New Jersey</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/John_C._Green_School_of_Science/gRS0SMXd">John C. Green School of Science</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Axtell, James. <i>The Making of Princeton University: From Woodrow Wilson to the Present</i> (2006), 710pp; highly detailed scholarly history</li> <li>J.I. Merritt. "Princeton's James Forrestal Campus: Fifty Years of Sponsored Research" (2002). 76 pp.</li> <li>Ng, Yvonne and Rexford, Jennifer. "She's an Engineer? Princeton Alumnae Reflect" (1993), 172 pp.</li> <li>Oberdorfer, Don. <i>Princeton University</i> (1995) 248pp, heavily illustrated</li> <li>Rhinehart Raymond. <i>Princeton University: The Campus Guide</i> (2000), 188pp, guide to architecture</li> <li>Smith, Richard D. <i>Princeton University</i> (2005) 128pp</li> <li>Synnott, Marcia Graham. <i>The Half-Opened Door: Discrimination and Admissions at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, 1900–1970</i> (1979). 310 pp.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.princeton.edu/engineering">Official website</a></li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Princeton_University_School_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Science¶ms=40.35055_N_74.651544_W_type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-NJ">40°21′02″N 74°39′06″W / 40.350550°N 74.651544°W / 40.350550; -74.651544</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Steven, Schultz. "Academic Life". Princeton Profile. Princeton University. Archived from the original on 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190510150425/https://profile.princeton.edu/academic" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20190510150425/https://profile.princeton.edu/academic</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Princeton Engineering - Departments and Centers". Departments and Centers. Retrieved 10 July 2019. <a href="https://engineering.princeton.edu/departments-and-centers" target="_blank">https://engineering.princeton.edu/departments-and-centers</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"World University Rankings 2019 by subject: Engineering and technology". Times Higher Education. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2019. <a href="https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/subject-ranking/engineering-and-IT#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats" target="_blank">https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2019/subject-ranking/engineering-and-IT#!/page/0/length/25/sort_by/rank/sort_order/asc/cols/stats</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Condit, Kenneth H. (1962). A History of the Engineering School of Princeton University. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. p. 140. <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University_Press" target="_blank">/wiki/Princeton_University_Press</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Princeton Profile: The School of Engineering and Applied Science". 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