Awards, Honors and Fellowships

The Del Favero Thesis Prize is awarded annually to a PhD graduate in NSE whose thesis is judged to have made the most innovative advance in our field. Liu wins the prize for her work in quantum sensing — measuring miniscule magnetic fields with nanoscale resoultion.

Ju Li, the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor in Nuclear Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering was selected to receive the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) Fellow Award, Class of 2022. Prof Li receives the award “for ground-breaking work on understanding...

NSE graduate student Samuel McAlpine was awarded a First Place prize in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Technology R&D. McAlpine’s award is in the Open Competition in the category of...

NSE’s Mike Short is one of eight faculty members granted tenure in five departments across the School of Engineering.

In the following letter to NSE faculty Dean of MIT School of Engineering, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, announced the appointment of Anne White as the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Engineering Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce that Anne White has...

Peter Brenton received the School of Engineering’s 2020 Ellen J. Mandigo Award for Outstanding Service. Brenton joined MIT in 1996 as fiscal officer at the Plasma Science and Fusion Center. In 2002 he transitioned to the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering...

MIT’s virtual commencement ceremony is on May 29th. Thirty-four NSE students graduate this year.Watch NSE’s virtual graduation celebration. Graduating with Doctoral Degrees Michael Acton PhDYinan Cai PhDNorman Cao PhDKaren Dawson PhDEtienne Demarly PhDDerek Gaston PhDAdam Kuang PhDDavid Layden PhDHin Lee PhDZhaoyuan Liu PhDPaolo Minelli PhDNestor Sepulveda PhDCong...

The MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering hosted a virtual Graduate Student Expo this year. The annual event showcased posters on groundbreaking research by current NSE doctoral and masters. This year’s virtual Expo provided a unique opportunity for a wider audience...

After delivering novel computational methods for nuclear problems, doctoral candidate plunges into startup life Like the atomic particles he studies, Pablo Ducru seems constantly on the move, vibrating with energy. But if he sometimes appears to be headed in an unexpected direction,...