Princeton Area Alumni Association

PA3 INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”

A PRINCETON PROPELLER EVENT

AT QUADRANGLE CLUB

FOR ENTREPRENEURS,

NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS

Please Join Us for Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

33 PROSPECT AVENUE – PRINCETON, NJ

6 P, TUESDAY, February 13th, 2017

Speaker: Alain L. Kornhauser, *71

Professor, Operations Research & Financial Engineering

Princeton University

“Autonomous Vehicles: Where Are We Going & How Will We Get There?

De-Fogging Your Shift from a Drive to a Trip”

Now that ubiquitous mobility for everyone is no longer a distant hypothetical, it’s time to consider the impacts of this coming transition on most of our lives. No one is better equipped to guide us through the complexities of this multi-faceted subject than Professor Alain Kornhauser, Faculty Chair of PAVE (Princeton Autonomous Vehicle Engineering). After introducing us to the terms; the technologies & role of deep learning; the major players & early adopters, his talk will explore economic/social costs & gains; the challenge of scaling; the milestones necessary for market acceptance --- and finally, the mechanics of managing it all.

Registration Required via propellers.princetonaaa.org

NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER: Tuesday, March 13th (6 P)

PA3 INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”

A PRINCETON PROPELLER EVENT  

AT QUADRANGLE CLUB

FOR ENTREPRENEURS,

NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS

Please Join Us for Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

33 PROSPECT AVENUE – PRINCETON, NJ

6 P, TUESDAY, January 9th, 2017

Speaker:  Daniel J. Cohen, ’08

Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Princeton University

“Crowd Control:  Swarm Engineering for Medicine & Biotechnology”

Daniel is returning to Princeton University as a new professor in the MAE Department, having earned his BSE in Mechanical Engineering – and completed joint Bioengineering doctoral work at UC Berkeley and UCSF, and post-doctoral training in Biology at Stanford. After research spanning bio-inspired robotics, dinosaur mechanics, genetic engineering, surgical implant design and nanotechnology, his focus has now turned to tissue engineering and biomaterials design: applying concepts from swarm theory (bird flocking and sheep herding) to develop new biomedical tools and techniques.  After introducing swarm theory and its application to cellular systems, his talk will feature case studies from bioelectricity, biomaterials and machine learning that demonstrate how applying “swarm engineering” may transform how we:  interact with living cells, heal ourselves and understand diseases.

Registration Required via propellers.princetonaaa.org

NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER:  Tuesday, February 13^th (6 P)

'Adventures in Astronautics: From Fusion Rockets to Pluto --- to Getting the Grants to Pay for Them!'

Second Tuesday Princeton Propeller Talk by Stephanie Miller, Princeton Satellite Systems, MIT '99 & *01

Tuesday Dec 12, 6 PM @ The Quadrangle Club, 33 Prospect Ave, Princeton, NJ

Cocktails & Hors d'oeuvres followed by this fascinating lecture. No charge, donations gratefully accepted.

Please CLICK HERE for PDF of the December 12th Propeller Flier.

Registration is required for this event at propellers.princetonaaa.org

PA3 INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”

A PRINCETON PROPELLER EVENT

AT QUADRANGLE CLUB

FOR ENTREPRENEURS, NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS

Please Join Us for Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

33 PROSPECT AVENUE – PRINCETON, NJ

6 P, TUESDAY, December 12th, 2017

Speaker: Stephanie Thomas, MIT ’99 &*01

Vice President, Princeton Satellite Systems

“Adventures in Astronautics:

From Fusion Rockets to Pluto --- to Getting the Grants to Pay for Them”

Princeton Satellite Systems (PSS) develops commercial software and hardware for the

aerospace and energy industries and has won numerous small business research contracts from:

NASA, the Air Force, Navy, Army, NSF, DOE, DOD and the Missile Defense Agency. Following SB

and SM degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT, Stephanie joined PSS in 2001, where

she is currently Principal Investigator of their ongoing grant from NASA’s Innovative Advanced

Concepts Program (NIAC). After detailing how PSS and NASA’s Space Technology Mission

Directorate (STMD) collaborate on vanguard technologies for future missions, she will showcase

PSS’s own Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter, an integrated propulsive and power device for

explorations to deep space -- and beyond, to the stars.

Registration Required via propellers.princetonaaa.org

NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER: Tuesday, January 9th (6 P)

The Greater Princeton Regional Alumni Schools Committee can use your help this year in its ongoing mission to identify and interview great applicants from our area.  ASC is open to all alumni, undergraduates, and graduate students. Contact Melanie Stein if you'd like to get involved.