NSE - Nuclear Science & Engineering at MIT

ABOUT

NSE at a glance

HIGHLIGHTS

Degrees offered

  • 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 2024 enrollment = 158

  • 129 Graduate students
  • 29 Undergraduates

Degrees granted, AY 2023–24 = 41

  • 10 SB
  • 18 SM
  • 13 PhD

Graduate student supported = 131

  • 87 RAs. 3 TAs. 10 Internal NSE fellowships
  • 11 Competitive external (non-MIT) fellowships
  • 14 MIT-awarded fellowships
  • 4 self-supported

Faculty + Academic Research Staff = 65

  • 21 Tenured & Tenure-track Professors
    • 4 assistant, 7 associate, 10 full professors
    • 5 new faculty hired in the last 5 years
  • 1 Professor of the Practice
  • 3 Joint Professor
  • 3 Active Emeritus Professors
  • 1 Visiting Professor
  • 2 Lecturers
  • 1 Principal Research Scientist
  • 7 Research Scientists
  • 26 Post-doctoral Fellows/Associates

Instructional & Research Areas

  • 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
  • Quantum engineering

Professional Education

  • Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives
  • Nuclear Energy: Facts and Issues
  • Nuclear Energy: Science, Systems and Society
  • Nuclear Plant Safety Course
  • Nuclear Operational Risk Management

Research funding = $ 28.36 million in FY23

NSE-Affiliated Research Centers

Research Laboratories

  • Computational Reactor Physics Group
  • H.H.Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory
  • Laboratory for Electrochemical Interfaces
  • Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies
  • Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy
  • Nuclear Innovation in Fission Technologies
  • Quantum Engineering Group
  • Quantum Matter Group

Collaborating MIT Academic & Research Units

Major Partnerships

  • Advanced Nuclear and Production Experts Group
  • International Atomic Energy Agency
  • Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
  • National Nuclear Security Administration
  • Nuclear Energy Agency
  • US National Labs: Argonne, BNL, INL, LANL, LLNL, ORNL, Sandia

October 2024

Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 24-107 (map)
Cambridge, MA 02139
nse-info@mit.edu