NSE - Nuclear Science & Engineering at MIT

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NSE at a glance

HIGHLIGHTS

Degrees offered

  • Nuclear Science & Engineering | Bachelors, Masters, Nuclear Engineer, PhD, ScD
  • Engineering | Bachelors
  • LGO-NSE Dual MBA-Masters of Science Program
  • Computational Nuclear Science & Engineering | Joint PhD

Fall 2023 enrollment = 165

  • 136 Graduate students
  • 29 Undergraduates

Degrees granted, AY 2022–23 = 38

  • 9 SB
  • 16 SM
  • 13 PhD

Graduate student supported = 131

  • 91 RAs. 5 TAs. 10 Internal NSE fellowships
  • 13 Competitive external (non-MIT) fellowships
  • 12 MIT-awarded fellowships
  • 5 self-supported

Faculty + Academic Research Staff = 58

  • 20 Tenured & Tenure-track Professors
    • 3 assistant, 7 associate, 10 full professors
    • 10 new faculty hired in the last 10 years
  • 3 Joint Professor
  • 3 Active Emeritus Professors
  • 1 Visiting Professor
  • 3 Lecturers
  • 1 Principal Research Scientist
  • 3 Research Scientists
  • 23 Post-doctoral Fellows/Associates

Indicators of Quality

  • 6 National Academy of Engineering
  • 8 National Faculty Early Career Awards
  • 13 Graduate students holding nationally competitive fellowships
  • 86% of NSE faculty with an award
  • 2021 Awards

Instructional & Research Areas

  • Advanced reactor design and innovation
  • Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management technology
  • Plasma physics and fusion
  • Materials in extreme environments
  • Advanced computation and simulation
  • Radiation sources, detection, and control
  • Nuclear security
  • Nuclear economics, management, and policy
  • Quantum engineering

Professional Education

  • Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives
  • Nuclear Energy: Facts and Issues
  • Nuclear Energy: Science, Systems and Society
  • Nuclear Plant Safety Course
  • Nuclear Operational Risk Management

Research funding = $ 28.36 million in FY23

NSE-Affiliated Research Centers

Research Laboratories

  • Center for Science and Technology with Accelerators and Radiation
  • Computational Reactor Physics Group
  • Concrete Sustainability Hub
  • H.H.Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory
  • Laboratory for Advanced Modeling and Simulation
  • Laboratory for Electrochemical Interfaces
  • Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies
  • Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy
  • Laboratory for Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
  • Nuclear Innovation in Fission Technologies
  • Quantum Engineering Group
  • Quantum Matter Group

Collaborating MIT Academic & Research Units

Major Partnerships

  • Advanced Nuclear and Production Experts Group)
  • Fluoride-Salt High Temperature Reactor Consortium
  • Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
  • National Nuclear Security Administration
  • US National Labs: INL, ORNL, Sandia, Argonne, LLNL, BNL

November 2023