He came to Princeton in September 2013 from the National University of Singapore, where he was an assistant professor at the School of Design and Environment. Meggers earned a Dr. sc. with a specialization in building systems from ETH Zurich, and an M.S. in environmental engineering from the University of Iowa. This summer he will begin work on a research project entitled “Beyond Shading: New Materials, Technologies, and Forms for Cool Spaces” with his colleagues at the School of Engineering and Applied Science. He organized a symposium about architectural technology that was held during Reunions 2014: “Backwards + Forwards: The History and Future of Technical Research in Architecture and Buildings at Princeton”.