Alumni/ae

NSE graduate student Abhilash Mathews is testing a simplified turbulence theory’s ability to model complex plasma phenomena using a novel machine-learning technique.

Born into a family of architects, Nina Andrejević loved creating drawings of her home and other buildings while a child in Serbia. She and her twin sister shared this passion, along with an appetite for math and science. Over time, these interests...

Growing up in a family of seven children in Michigan, Fred Buckman dreamed of attending college at age 15. Although he was precocious and had skipped second grade, he faced significant disadvantages in the application process: no one in his family had...

Whether testing high-field fusion magnets or his own physical endurance, Theo Mouratidis pushes the limits.

“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...

Emeritus professor’s contributions over a span of seven decades advanced nuclear waste disposal and fuel cycle development Michael J. Driscoll, emeritus professor of nuclear science and engineering, recognized for his leadership in research and devotion to mentorship and education, died peacefully on...

NSE alums Pablo Rodriguez-Fernandez PhD’19 and Katia Paramonova ’13 have been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 lists in for 2021. As an MIT graduate student under the direction of Professor Anne White, Rodriguez-Fernandez became intrigued by a fusion research mystery that had remained...

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...