NSE - Nuclear Science & Engineering at MIT

PEOPLE

People

The faculty, research staff, and students of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT make up a closely collaborative community working at the leading edge of science and engineering. Our exceptionally strong interdisciplinary environment creates many opportunities for students to engage with a far-flung network of individuals and groups throughout MIT and beyond. Extending this network are our graduates, many of whom serve in leadership positions in nuclear energy and related fields around the world.

Faculty

Faculty Emeriti

Research Scientists & Affiliated Faculty

Benoit Forget
Benoit Forget (Head)

Research interests

  • Advanced deterministic transport methods
  • Advanced stochastic transport methods
  • Algorithms for high performance computing
  • Acceleration/multiscale methods
  • Multi-physics methods

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Ali Abdelhafiz
Ali Abdelhafiz

Research interests

  • Materials in extreme environments
  • Quantum materials
  • Radiation sources, detection, and control

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George E. Apostolakis
George E. Apostolakis

Research interests

  • Rish assessment and management
  • Decision analysis
  • Nuclear safety
  • Nuclear security

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Emilio Baglietto
EmilioBaglietto (Associate Head)

Research interests

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Turbulence modeling
  • Multiphase flow and boiling
  • Virtual reactor modeling

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Ronald G. Ballinger
Ronald G.Ballinger

Research interests

  • Corrosion & Environmental effects on materials behavior
  • Electrochemistry
  • Risk Informed Component Life Analysis
  • Advanced materials for fusion systems
  • Nuclear fuel performance analysis

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Matteo Bucci
MatteoBucci

Research interests

  • Boiling heat transfer
  • Micro- and Nano-technologies for nuclear reactors
  • Advanced experimental diagnostics
  • Nuclear safety

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Jacopo Buongiorno
JacopoBuongiorno

Research interests

  • Nuclear Batteries
  • Reactor design and safety
  • Boiling heat transfer
  • Offshore floating nuclear power plant
  • Nanofluids for nuclear applications

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Paola Cappellaro
PaolaCappellaro

Research interests

  • Quantum engineering

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Areg Danagoulian
AregDanagoulian

Research interests

  • Nuclear security
  • Nuclear detection and nuclear forensics
  • Treaty verification
  • Nonproliferation

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Tolga Durak
TolgaDurak

Research interests

  • Integrated bio-fabrication and tissue engineering
  • Medical and health physics
  • Environmental justice

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Charles W. Forsberg
Charles W.Forsberg

Research interests

  • Fluoride salt-cooled high temperature reactors (FHRs)
  • Hybrid energy systems (Nuclear Renewable Systems)
  • Nuclear fuel cycles
  • High-temperature solar thermal power systems

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Jeffrey P. Freidberg
Jeffrey P.Freidberg

Research interests

  • Plasma physics and fusion

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Michael W. Golay
Michael W.Golay

Research interests

  • Risk analysis and optimization
  • Software and human reliability
  • Nuclear power technology strategy

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Rajiv (Raj) Gupta
Rajiv (Raj) Gupta

Research interests

  • Clinical applications of novel X-ray imaging modalities
  • Low-cost devices for imaging and image-guided interventions
  • Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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Jack Hare
Jack Hare

Research interests

  • High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics
  • Magnetic Reconnection
  • Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
  • Magnetized Heat Transport

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Zachary Hartwig
Zachary Hartwig

Research interests

  • Accelerator-based nuclear science and fusion diagnostics
  • Monte Carlo particle transport and fusion neutronics
  • Magnetic fusion energy reactor design
  • Digital pulse processing and data acquisition systems for radiation detectors

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Linn W. Hobbs
Linn W.Hobbs

Research interests

  • Radiation sources, detection, and control
  • Materials in extreme environments
  • Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management

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Ian H. Hutchinson
Ian H.Hutchinson

Research interests

  • Controlled fusion and plasma physics
  • Plasma momentum transport and boundary phenomena
  • Interactions of flowing plasmas with solid objects
  • Computational plasma physics

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Alan Jasanoff
Alan Jasanoff

Research interests

  • Next-generation brain imaging
  • Molecular fMRI
  • Dynamics of neural systems

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Ericmoore Jossou
Ericmoore Jossou

Research interests

  • Radiation damage
  • 3D/4D defects imaging
  • High throughput nuclear fuel and alloy design
  • Materials informatics and atomic scale simulations

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R. Scott Kemp
R. Scott Kemp

Research interests

  • Nuclear security
  • Nuclear proliferation
  • Arms control and verification
  • Nuclear energy policy

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Richard C. Lanza
Richard C. Lanza

Research interests

  • Non-proliferation and safeguards
  • Compact superconducting accelerators for medicine and security
  • Accelerator based inspection systems
  • Phase contrast x-ray imaging
  • Radiation detectors

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Richard K. Lester
Richard K. Lester

Research interests

  • Innovation, productivity, and competitiveness
  • Nuclear technology management, control, and innovation
  • Science, technology, and economic policy
  • Energy innovation

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Ju Li
JuLi

Research interests

  • Nanomaterials for energy
  • In situ electron microscopy
  • Physical metallurgy and mechanics
  • Computational materials science

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Mingda Li
MingdaLi

Research interests

  • Quantum materials for energy
  • Neutron and x-ray scattering
  • New characterization techniques design

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Nuno F. Loureiro
Nuno F. Loureiro

Research interests

  • Magnetic Reconnection
  • Confinement and Transport in Fusion Plasmas
  • Magnetized plasma dynamics
  • Plasma turbulence

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Ronald R. Parker
Ronald R.Parker

Research interests

  • Plasma physics and fusion

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headshot of Ethan Peterson
EthanPeterson

Research interests

  • Fusion reactor design and analysis
  • Radiation transport methods
  • Fusion neutronics validation
  • Uncertainty quantification

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Arunkumar Seshadri
ArunkumarSeshadri

Research interests

  • Materials in extreme environments
  • Innovation, competitiveness and manufacturing
  • Fission energy
  • Advanced reactor design and innovation

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Koroush Shirvan
KoroushShirvan

Research interests

  • Fission energy
  • Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management
  • Advanced reactor design and innovation
  • Nuclear safety

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Michael Short
MichaelShort

Research interests

  • Mesoscale nuclear materials science
  • Nuclear alloy development
  • Non-contact radiation damage quantification
  • CRUD/fouling deposition and prevention

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Curtis Smith
CurtisSmith

Research interests

  • Applied engineering applications within the nuclear & aerospace industries
  • Risk-informed decision making
  • Nuclear systems analysis
  • Aerospace risk analysis

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Neil E. Todreas
Neil E.Todreas

Research interests

  • Innovative design of reactor concepts
  • Combined mega-power uprate and extended operating lifetime
  • Thermal hydraulic design and safety analysis

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Haruko Murakami Wainwright
Haruko Murakami Wainwright

Research interests

  • Nuclear contamination
  • Nuclear waste disposal
  • Environmental monitoring
  • Contaminant transport modeling
  • Uncertainty quantification

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Anne White
AnneWhite

Research interests

  • Plasma diagnostics
  • Turbulent transport in plasmas
  • Experimental plasma physics
  • Transport model validation

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Dennis G. Whyte
Dennis G.Whyte

Research interests

  • Magnetic fusion energy
  • Plasma-surface interactions
  • Accelerators and surface analysis

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Bilge Yildiz
BilgeYildiz

Research interests

  • Surface science on ionic-electronic solids
  • Advanced materials for solid oxide fuel cells, electrolyzers, corrosion and computing
  • Materials behavior in harsh conditions

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Sidney Yip
SidneyYip

Research interests

  • Mesoscale materials modeling and simulation
  • Understanding materials aging and degradation phenomena
  • Creep, corrosion, and cracking
  • Molecular model of cement

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Jiankai Yu
JiankaiYu

Research interests

  • High-fidelity neutronic modeling and simulations
  • Monte Carlo neutron transport
  • Multiphysics modeling and simulations
  • Charged particles beam transport

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