ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers Use Hydrogels to Harvest Clean Water
‘If we really put effort in making this environment more green, more sustainable, we can do it,’ says Xiaohui Xu
THE LATEST
Secrets of a Two-Time World Scrabble Champ
‘I’ve always loved words, loved reading the dictionary,’ says Adam Logan ’95
The Race To Save Our Dark Skies
Princeton astrophysicist Gáspár Bakos joins the fight against a startup…
He Practiced What He Preached and Influenced Architecture
William Shellman Jr. *41 taught in the School of Architecture…
Research

Experimenting in the Classroom, Professors Weigh Whether AI Is Friend or Foe
Researchers in the new group Princeton Societal AI are pondering the relationship between humans and computers

Two Alumni Found Company to Build a Better Electric Boat Motor
Jonathan Lord ’18 and Ben Sorkin ’17’s powerful motor is virtually silent

Alumni Developed a Way to Remove Microplastics From Waterways
‘The goal is to become the barrier in major emission points before the big flow goes into the ocean,’ says Yidian Liu *21
PROFILES
See allSummer in South Pacific Led to Two Alums’ New Book on Phosphorous
Jack Lohmann ’19 wrote the new book White Light, and Alice Maiden ’19 created the illustrations with linocut prints
Prerna Ramachandra ’14 Integrates Technology and Storytelling at New Yahoo Creators
In her latest career pivot, Ramachandra is helping manage Yahoo’s new lifestyle content platform
Cindy Han ’22 Is Working to Protect Artists From Theft by AI
Han’s start-up, Trufo, is building cryptographic watermarks that can’t be separated from images and videos
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