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Spotlight on NSE Education | NSE Fusion Program Moves Beyond Plasma,Towards Practical Power-Plant IssuesNuclear fusion is a seemingly ideal energy source: carbon-free, fuel derived largely from seawater, no risk of runaway reactors, and minimal waste issues. With the world’s energy supply chain facing intense environmental, economic, and political pressures, fusion’s appeal is growing and international collaboration is accelerating. ... more |
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Spotlight on Women in NSE | Sara Ferry: A new generation works to fulfill the promise of nuclear energyThe world of nuclear technology is in a generational transition. Many nuclear engineers and scientists were trained between the 1950s and 1970s, but entry to the field slowed in subsequent decades; NSE Ph.D. student Sara Ferry is part of a new cadre of technologists who are working to fulfill the promise of nuclear energy in a world very different from that of their predecessors. ... more |
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Spotlight on Women in NSE | Clarice Aiello: Finding quantum gold in diamond’s defectThe kind of diamond Clarice Aiello values does not come in a dazzling pear or square cut, swaddled in black velvet on a counter at Tiffany’s. Instead, it exists as a millimeter-sized chunk on a sturdy table in a lab she built. What’s more, Aiello is not searching for perfection in her rock, but imperfection of a remarkable kind: a naturally occurring defect in the diamond’s lattice that, if manipulated properly, gives rise to quantum phenomena. ... more |
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Spotlight on NSE Education | New NSE faculty drive curriculum expansion into computational science and engineeringSince the earliest days of science, the interplay of theory and experimentation has been the primary method of creating new knowledge. Today, the affordability of massive computing power has added a third tool to the researcher’s workbench ... more |
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Course 22 RoadmapsSo where might a bachelor's degree in NSE take you? Find your roadmap in Course 22 ... more |
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Spotlight on Women in NSE | Ashley Finan: Developing better policy for energy innovationWhen Ashley Finan receives her Ph.D. in Nuclear Science and Engineering, it won’t be so much the culmination of an academic career as a milestone in a journey begun a decade ago. Finan credits some unique opportunities at MIT with setting her on a path toward a “place where it’s possible to make the most positive impact” on clean energy solutions and climate change. ... more |
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Spotlight on NSE Education | Nuclear security takes its place in NSE’s curriculumWhile virtually any scientific or engineering technology has the potential for misuse, nuclear technology is a special case, and security of materials and know-how has always been a priority in the nuclear community. In an age of rogue nations and violent sub-national organizations, the subject has even greater significance, and this is reflected in its important place in the curriculum of MIT’s Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. ... more |
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Spotlight on New NSE Faculty | Emilio Baglietto: Better reactors grow from better simulationsNuclear fission technology is the only viable grid-scale source of continuous, carbon-free electricity available today – but realizing its potential in the fight against global climate change requires substantial improvements in both the technological and the economic performance of new-generation reactors. Over the last 15 years, computational techniques for modeling reactor behavior on both macro and micro scales have emerged as central tools in this effort... more |
