Nuclear science and engineering

NSE’s Ballinger appointed to NRC committeeRonald Ballinger named to Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards

Tracking bubbles for improved nuclear safetyNuclear science and engineering grad student Rosemary Sugrue explores thermal hydraulics in nuclear reactors

Helping advance computational capabilities, expand student research optionsAssociate Professor Benoit Forget looks to the past for clues to push refinement of nuclear reactors

Diving into nuclear policyWhether he’s in a Navy submarine or in Washington, you’ll find MIT senior Cameron McCord at the intersection of nuclear engineering, policy and service.

NSE grad student wins Heller Entrepreneurship GrantSam Shaner recognized for contributing to spirit of entrepreneurship at the Institute

Lawmakers visit MIT’s Alcator C-Mod tokamak

CANES: Systems-oriented knowledge helps integrate fission beyond the gridA look at the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems

NSE-led teams sweep energy innovation contestFuture Energy @ MIT pitch competition focuses on finding solutions to the world’s energy challenges

Understanding the turbulence in plasmasNew experiments in a tokamak fusion reactor reveal details of a cooling process, potentially bringing practical fusion closer.

Watching fluid flow at nanometer scalesResearchers find that tiny nanowires can lift liquids as effectively as tubes.

NSE Rising Stars event offers young women researchers rare opportunitySymposium provided nuclear science and engineering students with chance to connect with academics and practitioners.

NSE students in the national spotlightThree from Course 22 named to Forbes '30 under 30' list

New rankings acclaim MIT’s graduate programs in engineering, businessMIT leads in seven engineering disciplines and three business fields, says U.S. News & World Report.

Advice for nations pursuing nuclear powerLady Barbara Judge delivers 12th Rose Lecture

Undergraduate contributes to fusion reactor advancementJake Jurewicz, a nuclear science and engineering-physics double major, received a fellowship to develop new simulation and visualization software at the National Fusion Facility in California.

New experiments, new insights into stress corrosion crackingMIT researchers now have new insights into how 'stress corrosion cracking' may be affected by nanoscale disruptions in the crystalline structure of metallic materials.

Yue Fan awarded Argonne postdoctoral fellowship

Lindsey Anne Gilman: Better boiling for more efficient energy production

Buongiorno and McKrell awarded more than $400,000 by CEA, FranceThe researchers will investigate transient boiling heat transfer phenomena under rapidly escalating heat fluxes.

Funneling the sun’s energyMIT engineers propose a new way of harnessing photons for electricity, with the potential for capturing a wider spectrum of solar energy.

Michael Short spans classroom, forge, reactor

Size diversity in cement nanoparticles optimizes packing density to give concrete its strength

Undergraduate Winters presents winning poster at APS annual meetingDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering junior wins one of three poster awards.

Peterson named National Scholar-Athlete by National Football FoundationMIT football co-captain is one of 15 honorees from across all divisions of college football selected for the award.

Profile: Ju Li explores new nanomaterialsWorking from the scale of atoms on up, he designs materials for future energy applications.

Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94Longtime faculty member guided MIT’s Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions.

Probing the mysteries of cracks and stressesAnalysis of molecular-level fracture and stress mechanisms could have broad implications for understanding materials’ behavior.

Understanding and predicting materials behaviorDepartment of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach