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A new way to prepare graduate students to lead in tech
Becoming a leader is nearly inevitable for engineering students, says Lucio Milanese, a fourth-year NSE graduate student.
A material’s insulating properties can be tuned at will
Most materials have a fixed ability to conduct heat, but applying voltage to this thin film changes its thermal properties drastically.
Nuclear Gets Personal with Prof. Michael Short
In this first episode on Chalk Radio, Professor Michael Short discusses one of the core principles of his teaching philosophy: the importance of making abstract concepts in nuclear science tangible by means of hands-on activities.
Correcting the “jitters” in quantum devices
A new study suggests a path to more efficient error correction, which may help make quantum computers and sensors more practical.
IAP fusor workshop inaugurates Nuclear Maker Space
Willy Burke had never heard of a “fusor.” Until three years ago, the research engineer from MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) was not familiar with the portable device that uses an electric field to accelerate ions to energies high enough...
Beefing up batteries
New research by engineers at MIT and elsewhere could lead to batteries that can pack more power per pound and last longer, based on the long-sought goal of using pure lithium metal as one of the battery’s two electrodes, the anode.
More effective and persuasive communicators
Exelon Corporation manager of corporate strategies Jacob Jurewicz (’14, SM ’15) spends much of his time communicating complex technologies and business concepts to this Fortune 500 energy provider’s executives, enabling them to make critical investment decisions. “Despite all of the emphasis on...
Ciara Sivels ’13: From culinary arts to nuclear engineering
No one could be more astonished to find Ciara Sivels ’13 where she is today than Ciara Sivels herself.  “Never in a million years would I have predicted that I’d be working as a nuclear engineer in a major research laboratory,” says...
Analyce Hernandez: Uncloaking big mysteries
For Analyce Hernandez, there are few greater pleasures than venturing into the unknown. Take her experience during January’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), for instance. Hernandez, a double major in Course 8 and Course 22-ENG, signed up for “Build your own Fusor,” a...