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NSE teams win three awards at 2023 ICAPP
Presentations are Emile Germonpré, Emile Gateau, and Faris Fakhry from the NSE Microreactor Group won three Best Paper Awards at the 2023 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plantsheld in South Korea in April.
Exploring the bow shock and beyond
SPOTLIGHT: PhD student Rishabh Datta seeks to further understanding of astrophysical phenomena.
Exploring new sides of climate and sustainability research
With the support of each other and MIT faculty, students in the MCSC’s Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program are making their impact on real-world climate challenges.
Screening & Discussion: NUCLEAR NOW with director OLIVER STONE and co-writer JOSHUA S. GOLDSTEIN
May 3 2023. 4:00PM. Bartos Theater. MIT E15-07. Free admission. Post-screening reception. NUCLEAR NOW website With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges...
Benoit Forget named head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Computational reactor physics expert to succeed Professor Anne White as department head of NSE.
Mingda Li honored with Junior Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
Award is given each year by the School of Engineering to an outstanding educator up for promotion to associate professor without tenure.
Ericmoore Jossou joins NSE and EECS in summer 2023
Jossou is one of eleven new faculty members join six of the School of Engineering's academic departments and institutes.
Mingda Li wins NSF grant to study sustainable topological materials
Li along with his co-PIs from MIT, UCSB, and Boston College will work to accelerate research in topological quantum materials.
Florian Chavagnat: Understanding boiling to help the nuclear industry and space missions
To launch extended missions in space, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is borrowing a page from the nuclear engineering industry: It is trying to understand how boiling works. Planning for long-term missions has NASA researching ways of packing the least...
Haruko Wainwright: Helping the Cause of Environmental Resilience
Haruko Wainwright, the Norman C. Rasmussen Career Development Professor in Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) and Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE), grew up in rural Japan where many nuclear facilities are located. She remembers worrying about the facilities as...