MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering

May 2

NSE 50^th Anniversary Symposium

Boston Museum of Science

Agenda

Fifty Years of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT

8:30 Welcome Remarks | Subra Suresh, Dean of Engineering, MIT

8:45 Session 1: How Did it Start?

Chair: Neil Todreas, Professor Emeritus and former Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering, MIT

• John Crawford, First MS graduate in nuclear engineering at MIT
• Edward Mason, Former Professor and Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering, MIT
• Kent Hansen, Professor Emeritus and 2nd PhD graduate in nuclear engineering at MIT

9:55 to 10:15 Break

10:15-10:40 "Fifty Years of NSE": A video presentation

10:40 Session 2: Where is it Going?

Chair: Mujid Kazimi, TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Engineering, MIT

• Jacopo Buongiorno, Associate Professor, NSE-MIT
• Dennis Whyte, Associate Professor, NSE-MIT
• Bilge Yildiz, Assistant Professor, NSE-MIT

Noon -1:30: Lunch | Museum of Science Washburn Pavilion

The Next Fifty Years of the Nuclear Era

1:30 Session 3: Nuclear Energy

Chair: George Apostolakis, KEPCO Professor of Nuclear Engineering, MIT

• Jack Allen, Westinghouse, Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence
• John Grossenbacher, Director, Idaho National Laboratory
• Charles Forsberg, Executive Director, MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Program
• Jeffrrey Freidberg, KEPCO Professor of Nuclear Engineering, MIT

3:20 Session 4: Nuclear Science and Applications

Chair: Sidney Yip, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, MIT

• Roderick Pettigrew, Director, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging
  and Bioengineering, National Institute of Health
• Bruce Rosen, MGH Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Center and MGH/MIT/HST
• David Cory, Professor, NSE-MIT
• David Moncton, Director, MIT Research Reactor
  

6:30 - 10 pm Reception and Banquet, Marriott Hotel, Cambridge
Susan Hockfield, MIT President