ABOUT
NSE at a glance
HIGHLIGHTS
- 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 2021 enrollment = 130
- 103 Graduate students
- 27 Undergraduates
Degrees granted, AY 2020–21 = 25
Graduate student support
- 65 RAs. 2.5 TAs. 10.5 Internal NSE fellowships
- 16 Competitive external (non-MIT) fellowships
- 9 MIT-awarded fellowships + self-supported
- 18.5 Tenured & Tenure-track Professors
• 5 assistant, 4 associate, 9.5 full professors
• 4 new faculty hired in the last 5 years
- 1 Joint Professor
- 6 Active Emeritus Professors
- 1 Principal Research Scientist
- 8 Research Scientists
- 19 Post-doctoral Fellows/Associates
Indicators of Quality
- 6 National Academy of Engineering
- 6 National Faculty Early Career Awards
- 16 Graduate students holding nationally competitive fellowships
- 2021 Awards
- 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
- Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives
- Nuclear Energy: Facts and Issues
- Nuclear Plant Safety Course
- Risk-Informed Operational Decision Management
Research funding = $ 31.1 million in FY21
NSE-Affiliated Research Centers
- 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 (The Red Lab)
- Nuclear Innovation in Fission Technologies (NIFT)
- Quantum Engineering Group
- Quantum Matter Group
Collaborating MIT Academic & Research Units
- Departments of Biological Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Political Science, and Science, Technology and Society
- Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
- Laboratory for Nuclear Science
- MIT Energy Initiative
- MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory (6 MW reactor)
- MIT Quest for Intelligence
- Research Laboratory of Electronics
- Schwarzman College of Computing
Major Partnerships
- Advanced Nuclear and Production Experts Group (ANPEG)
- Fluoride-Salt High Temperature Reactor Consortium
- Institute for Nuclear Power Operations
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- US National Labs: INL, ORNL, Sandia, Argonne, LLNL, BNL
September 2021