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Allium, cofounded by NSE alums Sam McAlpine and Stephen Jepeal tackles the issue of rust buildup by coating inexpensive rebar with stainless steel in a way that fully integrates the two.

Nominal co-founded by NSE alum Cameron McCord has built a platform for building and testing complex systems like fighter jets, nuclear reactors, rockets, and robots.

Allium Engineering, founded by Sam McAlpine PhD ’22 and Steven Jepeal PhD ’21), developed a process for improving steel rebar to triple the lifetime of bridges and other infrastructure

Loureiro was nominated by the NSF for his work on the generation and amplification of magnetic fields in the universe. He is among 400 scientists and engineers recognized for outstanding leadership potential.

The company has announced that it will build the first grid-scale fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The concept for a fusion power plant evolvved out of a design class taught by NSE’s Prof Dennis Whyte in 2012. Whyte challenged the graduate students to design a fusion device that would use a new kind of superconducting magnet to confine the plasma used in the reaction.

MIT spinout Electrified Thermal Solutions, co-founded by NSE alum Dan Stack, has developed an electrically conductive firebrick that stores heat at high enough temperatures to power industrial processes.

John Kelly PhD ’80 passed away at the age of 70 on October 3, 2024. His groundbreaking career spanned over forty years. His tenure at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque NM, where he focused on safety and severe accident analysis was followed by service as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Nuclear Reactor Technologies at the U.S. Department of Energy. Kelly played a critical role in shaping nuclear policy and guiding the world through significant events, including the Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan. His leadership and expertise were vital to shaping a safer, more advanced nuclear future for the global community.

NSE rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards discusses a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.

Described as making his point clear while remaining soft-spoken, he would state what he felt was needed, pull his glasses down over his nose, then peer over them. Former students and colleagues termed it the “Lanning Look” and say there was no...

NSE’s Jacopo Buongiorno along with 15 from MIT, elected to National Academy of Engineering in 2024 are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education