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An aggressive market-driven model for US fusion power developmentNational Academies study says fusion can help decarbonize US energy, calls for public-private approach to pilot plant operation by 2035-2040 |
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2021 Graduate Research ExpoThe 2021 NSE Graduate Research Expo will be held virtually on March 19 from 11:00AM to 12:45PM, EST. |
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A nuclear battery-powered boostNew consortium led by Jacopo Buongiorno advances portable fleet of compact reactors as faster path to zero-carbon future. |
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Mr William D. Magwood IV to deliver 2021 Rose LectureMr. William D. Magwood IV, Director-General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), will deliver the 2021 David J. Rose Lecture on March 4, 2021. |
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New fiber optic temperature sensing approach to keep fusion power plants runningMIT’s Erica Salazar shows that faster detection of thermal shifts can prevent disruptive quench events in the HTS magnets used in tokamak fusion devices. |
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“Futurizing” undergraduate teachingAssociate Professor Michael Short's innovative approach can be seen in the two nuclear science and engineering courses he’s transformed. |
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Michael J. Driscoll, leader in nuclear engineering and beloved mentor, dies at 86Emeritus professor’s contributions over a span of seven decades advanced nuclear waste disposal and fuel cycle development |
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NSE Nuclear Winter School Goes Virtual. January 12 & 13, 2021The Nuclear Winter School is an opportunity for current undergraduate students to explore the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department and MIT. |
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Want cheaper nuclear energy? Turn the design process into a gameKoroush Shirvan, Ben Forget and other MIT researchers show that deep reinforcement learning can be used to design more efficient nuclear reactors. |
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NSE’s Lucio Milanese awarded 2022 Schwarzman ScholarshipLucio Milanese anlong with three others from MIT will pursue master’s degrees in global affairs and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing. |
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NSE alums on 2021 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Energy and ScienceNSE alums Katia Paramonova ’13 and Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez PhD’19 have been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 lists for 2021. |
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A cool advance in thermoelectric conversionA quantum effect in ‘topological semimetals’ demonstrated by MIT researchers could allow for the utilization of an untapped energy source. |
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Final Presentations: Two NSE Design Classes |
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NSE’s Ju Li elected as 2020 AAAS FellowLi is one of six MIT faculty members elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is among a group of 489 AAAS members elected by their peers in recognition of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science. |
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Study identifies reasons for soaring nuclear plant cost overruns in the U.S.Analysis points to ways engineering strategies could be reimagined to minimize delays and other unanticipated expenses. |
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2020 Del Favero Thesis Prize2020 Del Favero Thesis Prize has been awarded to Cong Su, PhD ’19. |
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Samuel McAlpine wins First Place prize in Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D AwardsNSE graduate student Samuel McAlpine was awarded a First Place prize in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Technology R&D. McAlpine’s award is in the Open Competition in the category of Advanced Reactor Systems. |
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Engineers design a heated face mask to filter and inactivate coronavirusesThe reusable mask would include a heated copper mesh that’s powered by a battery and surrounded by insulating neoprene. |
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Turning diamond into metalNormally an insulator, diamond becomes a metallic conductor when subjected to large strain in a new theoretical model. |
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Superconductor technology for smaller, sooner fusionMIT-CFS team’s demonstration of new superconducting cable is a key step on the high-field path to compact fusion |
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Shirvan, Fortum collaborate on techno-economic modelling toolProfessor of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) Koroush Shirvan will lead a collaborative 3-year project with Fortum to create an open source tool for techno-economic modelling of small modular reactor (SMR) projects. |
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Validating the physics behind SPARCA series of 7 papers published as a special issue of the Journal of Plasma Physics provides a high level of confidence in the plasma physics and the performance predictions for SPARC. No unexpected impediments or surprises have shown up, and the remaining challenges appear to be manageable. This sets a solid basis for the device’s operation once constructed, according to Martin Greenwald, Deputy Director of MIT PSFC. |
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3Q: Fighting racism in the nuclear communityNSE alumna Aditi Verma along with agroup of nuclear scientists recently published a call for anti-racist action in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, urging researchers and their colleagues to confront a long legacy of racial disparities and injustices in the history of the nuclear field, many of which continue today. |
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Advancing the field of quantum thermodynamicsStudy allows quantum systems to be modeled and predicted with more realistic results, enabling further development of technologies such as quantum computers and quantum heat engines. |
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2020 MIT A+B Applied Energy SymposiumThe 2020 sessions covered topics including waste management, energy economics, and battery technology, and featured multiple NSE alumni and current faculty. |
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NSE UROP Summer Research FestivalFriday, August 28, 2020. 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST. Showcasing undergraduate research in the Department in three parallel Zoom sessions. |
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The tenured engineers of 2020NSE’s Mike Short is one of eight faculty members granted tenure in five departments across the School of Engineering. |
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Novel gas-capture approach advances nuclear fuel managementNSE Prof Ju Li and multidisciplinary team use metal organic frameworks to extract radioactive krypton from fuel reprocessing gases. |
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Anne White appointed SoE Distinguished Professor of EngineeringThis professorship was established to recognize outstanding contributions in education, research, and service. Professor White’s appointment recognizes her exceptional leadership, innovation, and accomplishments in education and research. |
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Radiation slows corrosion of some materialsProf Mike Short and collaborators finds that in certain alloys, exposure to proton irradiation can extend the material’s lifetime, study finds. |
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Engineers design a device that operates like a brain synapseMIT team has made strides toward a system, which uses physical, analog devices that can much more efficiently mimic the brain’s learning process, for neural network AI systems. |
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PODCAST: TIL about nuclear powerProf. Jacopo Buongiorno talks with host Laur Hesse Fisher about how nuclear power works, why even some climate advocates don’t agree on using it, and what role it can play in our clean energy future. |
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A fix for foulantsResearchers devise a practical solution for preventing corrosive buildup in nuclear systems. |
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Newly observed phenomenon could lead to new quantum devicesExotic states called Kohn anomalies could offer clues to why some materials have the electronic properties they do. |
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NSE’s Peter Brenton recognized for outstanding service by School of EngineeringSchool of Engineering’s Ellen Mandigo Award recognizes staff who have demonstrated, over an extended period of time, intelligence, skill, hard work, and dedication to the Institute. |
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Quantum leaps on the horizonQuantum computing will likely be able to tackle the biggest data challenges, but the exact applications may depend on which systems prove most practical. “We’re still in the stage where we’re trying to pick the best technology,” says Paola Cappellaro. |