NSE - Nuclear Science & Engineering at MIT

Headshot of faculty member Ethan Peterson, outdoors against a green trees, MIT

Ethan Peterson: Smart handling of neutrons is crucial to fusion power success

Faculty member Curtis Smith leaning on a glass whiteboard with writing inside and office with a window in the background, MIT

Curtis Smith: Applying risk and reliability analysis Across industries

Graduate student, Liam Hines, seated outdoors with concrete architectural columns in the background and to the right

Liam Hines: Aligning economic and regulatory frameworks for today’s nuclear reactor technology

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Isabel Naranjo De Candido: Optimizing construction and operation of nuclear energy facilities

Graduate student, Thomas Varnish, in the middle of a research facility, PUFFIN at MIT's PSFC

Thomas Varnish: Studying astrophysically relevant plasma physics

Jill Rahon in Army fatigues seated on a swivel chair in a lab with instuments and lab equipment behind her, and our of focus to the front left, MIT

Jill Rahon: Soaring high in the Army — and in research

Faculty member Aren Danagoulian inside a lab

Areg Danagoulian elected 2024 American Physical Society Fellow
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Study of disordered rock salts leads to battery breakthrough
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Jack Hare, Mike Short receive School of Engineering awards
Ion implantation using a tandem accelerator on bulk material

A new approach to fine-tuning quantum materials

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