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
Research interests
- Advanced deterministic transport methods
- Advanced stochastic transport methods
- Algorithms for high performance computing
- Acceleration/multiscale methods
- Multi-physics methods
more about Benoit Forget
Research interests
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Turbulence modeling
- Multiphase flow and boiling
- Virtual reactor modeling
more about Emilio Baglietto
Research interests
- Corrosion & Environmental effects on materials behavior
- Electrochemistry
- Risk Informed Component Life Analysis
- Advanced materials for fusion systems
- Nuclear fuel performance analysis
more about Ronald G. Ballinger
Research interests
- Boiling heat transfer
- Micro- and Nano-technologies for nuclear reactors
- Advanced experimental diagnostics
- Nuclear safety
more about Matteo Bucci
Research interests
- Nuclear Batteries
- Reactor design and safety
- Boiling heat transfer
- Offshore floating nuclear power plant
- Nanofluids for nuclear applications
more about Jacopo Buongiorno
Research interests
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear detection and nuclear forensics
- Treaty verification
- Nonproliferation
more about Areg Danagoulian
Research interests
- Multi-phase flow and heat transfer
- Advanced experimental diagnostics
- Reactor thermal-hydraulics
- Materials and safety
more about Jinyong Feng
Research interests
- Fluoride salt-cooled high temperature reactors (FHRs)
- Hybrid energy systems (Nuclear Renewable Systems)
- Nuclear fuel cycles
- High-temperature solar thermal power systems
more about Charles W. Forsberg
Research interests
- Risk analysis and optimization
- Software and human reliability
- Nuclear power technology strategy
more about Michael W. Golay
Research interests
- Clinical applications of novel X-ray imaging modalities
- Low-cost devices for imaging and image-guided interventions
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
more about Rajiv (Raj) Gupta
Research interests
- High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics
- Magnetic Reconnection
- Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
- Magnetized Heat Transport
more about Jack Hare
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
more about Zachary Hartwig
Research interests
- Radiation sources, detection, and control
- Materials in extreme environments
- Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management
more about Linn W. Hobbs
Research interests
- Controlled fusion and plasma physics
- Plasma momentum transport and boundary phenomena
- Interactions of flowing plasmas with solid objects
- Computational plasma physics
more about Ian H. Hutchinson
Research interests
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear proliferation
- Arms control and verification
- Nuclear energy policy
more about R. Scott Kemp
Research interests
- Non-proliferation and safeguards
- Compact superconducting accelerators for medicine and security
- Accelerator based inspection systems
- Phase contrast x-ray imaging
- Radiation detectors
more about Richard C. Lanza
Research interests
- Innovation, productivity, and competitiveness
- Nuclear technology management, control, and innovation
- Science, technology, and economic policy
- Energy innovation
more about Richard K. Lester
Research interests
- Nanomaterials for energy
- In situ electron microscopy
- Physical metallurgy and mechanics
- Computational materials science
more about Ju Li
Research interests
- Quantum materials for energy
- Neutron and x-ray scattering
- New characterization techniques design
more about Mingda Li
Research interests
- Magnetic Reconnection
- Confinement and Transport in Fusion Plasmas
- Magnetized plasma dynamics
- Plasma turbulence
more about Nuno F. G. Loureiro
Research interests
- Nuclear security and safeguards
- Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics
- Nuclear Structure
more about Farheen Naqvi
Research interests
- Fission energy
- Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management
- Advanced reactor design and innovation
- Nuclear safety
more about Koroush Shirvan
Research interests
- Mesoscale nuclear materials science
- Nuclear alloy development
- Non-contact radiation damage quantification
- CRUD/fouling deposition and prevention
more about Michael Short
Research interests
- Innovative design of reactor concepts
- Combined mega-power uprate and extended operating lifetime
- Thermal hydraulic design and safety analysis
more about Neil E. Todreas
Research interests
- Plasma diagnostics
- Turbulent transport in plasmas
- Experimental plasma physics
- Transport model validation
more about Anne White
Research interests
- Magnetic fusion energy
- Plasma-surface interactions
- Accelerators and surface analysis
more about Dennis G. Whyte
Research interests
- Surface science on ionic-electronic solids
- Advanced materials for solid oxide fuel cells, electrolyzers, corrosion and computing
- Materials behavior in harsh conditions
more about Bilge Yildiz
Research interests
- Mesoscale materials modeling and simulation
- Understanding materials aging and degradation phenomena
- Creep, corrosion, and cracking
- Molecular model of cement
more about Sidney Yip