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MathWorks fellow, Haowei Xu, is creating faster, light-driven computer technologies
Xu, a PhD student in NSE, is seeking new, more efficient materials to be utilized for the construction of computer components.
Limiao Zhang crosses disciplines, adding fresh eyes to nuclear engineering
Sometimes patterns repeat in nature. Spirals appear in sunflowers and hurricanes. Branches occur in veins and lightning. Limiao Zhang, a doctoral student in MIT’s department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, has found another similarity: between street traffic and boiling water, making cooling...
Investigating materials for nuclear power
A longstanding interest in radiation’s effects on metals has drawn Michael Short into new areas such as nuclear security and microreactors. Michael Short came to MIT in the fall of 2001 as an 18-year-old first-year who grew up in Boston’s North Shore....
Waging a two-pronged campaign against climate change
With a nuclear energy startup and cost-modeling tool, Robbie Stewart aims to speed construction of new plants for decarbonizing the economy If nuclear energy is to play a pivotal role in securing a low-carbon future, researchers must not only develop a new...
Going to extremes
Whether testing high-field fusion magnets or his own physical endurance, Theo Mouratidis pushes the limits.
The boiling crisis — and how to avoid it
It’s rare for a pre-teen to become enamored with thermodynamics, but those consumed by such a passion may consider themselves lucky to end up at a place like MIT. Madhumitha Ravichandran certainly does. A PhD student in Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE),...
Leading with nuclear innovation
“To address climate change and the enormous increase in energy demand likely in coming decades, we need the resource of nuclear power,” says Ashley Finan ’07, ScM ’07, PhD ’12 in nuclear science and engineering. “Now is the critical moment for making...
Understanding imperfections in fusion magnets
“I had always expected I’d stay at MIT for the four years, get my undergraduate degree at the end and probably return to the UK.” Richard Ibekwe recalls his early assumptions about his academic path at MIT. Now he is a nuclear...
A practical path toward discovery
One of India’s largest commercial and research nuclear reactor facilities lies just south of Arunkumar Seshadri’s hometown of Chennai, India. It was there, during a high school field trip, that the seeds of his interest in nuclear power were planted. “We learned...
Toward a more secure world
Well before arriving on campus, Peninah (Nina) Levine knew what she wanted from her undergraduate education: “I came to MIT to be in an environment that would push me beyond my comfortable limits,” says Levine, a senior majoring in nuclear science and...