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Bilge Yildiz selected as Fellow of The Electrochemical Society
Each year 15 renowned scientists and engineers are selected by their peers for advanced individual technological contributions to the fields of electrochemistry and solid state science and technology, and for service to ECS.
Rachel Bielajew honored as one of 40 Graduate Women of Excellence at MIT in 2023
The Office of Graduate Education at MIT honored 40 graduate women whose home departments represent each of MIT’s five schools at a reception on May 8, 2023. These impactful women were chosen for their leadership among their peers, their dedication to improving the MIT graduate student experience, their thoughtful and constructive feedback, and their ability to catalyze change. Each honoree prepared a poster detailing their path to MIT, presented to share their experiences at the event.
Bilge Yildiz elected to the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Bilge Yildiz, Breene M. Kerr (1951) Professor in the Departments of Nuclear Science and Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, has been elected to the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). Yildiz is one now of 143 Corresponding Members Abroad in the Division of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences of the OeAW.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Annual Awards 2023
The Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the student chapter of the American Nuclear Society hosted their annual awards event on May 18, 2023.
Emilio Baglietto named associate head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Professor Benoit Forget, head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), announced the appointment of Professor Emilio Baglietto as associate department head, effective July 1, 2023. In his new role as associate department head, Prof. Baglietto will coordinate NSE’s DEI...
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.
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.
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.
Video: NSE Alum Mareena Robinson Snowden ’17 wins 2022–2023 Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award