Engineering dean Emily Carter receives top alumni honor from Caltech

The California Institute of Technology has bestowed its 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award on Emily A. Carter, Princeton University’s dean of engineering.

by the Office of Engineering Communications, March 14, 2019 3:25 p.m.

The award, the highest honor that Caltech gives to its graduates, recognizes achievement of significant value or a career of noteworthy accomplishment. In its citation, the institution said Carter was recognized for “her visionary leadership in sustainable energy and engagement with the broader scientific community and for her development of powerful theoretical methods based on quantum mechanics that have greatly influenced chemistry and engineering.”

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