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Doctoral student, Marco Graffiedi, is researching quenching processes to help cool nuclear cores and NASA craft the next generation of space vehicles.

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Mingda Li named 2025 American Physical Society Fellow
Mingda Li, an Associate Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, has been named a 2025 fellow of the American Physical Society (APS). Nominated by the Topical Group on Data Science (GDS), Li was cited, “[f]or pioneering the integration of artificial intelligence with...
Using classic physical phenomena to solve new problems
Doctoral student, Marco Graffiedi, is researching quenching processes to help cool nuclear cores and NASA craft the next generation of space vehicles.
Students receive DOE Fellowships for work in fusion and plasmas
NSE graduate students at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, Audrey DeVault and Bryan Foo, are recipients of highly competitive Department of Energy fellowships that support emerging leaders in high-energy density physics and nuclear science.
By attracting the world’s sharpest talent, MIT helps keep the US a step ahead
MIT is a global community whose international engagement bestows benefits well beyond the Cambridge campus. NSE's Professor Ericmoore Jossou is one among the many international talents who are a part of the MIT community.
AI system learns from many types of scientific information and runs experiments to discover new materials
The new “CRESt” platform could help find solutions to real-world energy problems that have plagued the materials science and engineering community for decades.
Signposts on the way to new territory
Professor Zachary Hartwig, who exemplifies a rare but powerful kind of mentorship — one grounded not just in intellectual excellence, but in deep personal care, is honored as “Committed to Caring.”
New tool makes generative AI models more likely to create breakthrough materials
With SCIGEN, researchers can steer AI models to create materials with exotic properties for applications like quantum computing.
MIT’s work with Idaho National Laboratory advances America’s nuclear industry
The collaboration has led to new fuels and a variety of other projects to enable clean, safe nuclear energy.
Are coastal nuclear power plants at risk from sea level rise and climate change?
Professor Curtis Smith on why nuclear power is well-suited for climate change —
The World at MIT: Ericmoore Jossou
Ericmoore Jossou tells his students he doesn’t see his research as a job, but “as a calling. When I get up every day, solving these problems is always what’s on my mind.”