Education

Associate Professor Michael Short's innovative approach can be seen in the two nuclear science and engineering courses he’s transformed.

January 12 & 13, 2021 NSE Nuclear Winter School Goes Virtual The Nuclear Winter School is an opportunity for current undergraduate students to explore the Nuclear Science and Engineering Department and MIT. This initiative seeks to promote the value of graduate education...

One of India’s largest commercial and research nuclear reactor facilities lies just south of Arunkumar Seshadri’s hometown of Chennai, India. It was there, during a high school field trip, that the seeds of his interest in nuclear power were planted. “We learned...

Lucio Milanese anlong with three others from MIT will pursue master’s degrees in global affairs and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

The reusable mask would include a heated copper mesh that’s powered by a battery and surrounded by insulating neoprene.

NSE alumna Aditi Verma along with agroup of nuclear scientists recently published a call for anti-racist action in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, urging researchers and their colleagues to confront a long legacy of racial disparities and injustices in the history of the nuclear field, many of which continue today.

Friday, August 28, 2020. 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ESTClick to join main Zoom meeting. PWD 241018 The 2020 NSE UROP Summer Research Festival showcases undergraduate research in the Department. The moderated lightning talks by eleven undergraduates will be held in three parallel...

Hundreds of miles from campus, Sreya Vangara recalibrates her approach to laboratory research and other MIT commitments.

Quantum computing will likely be able to tackle the biggest data challenges, but the exact applications may depend on which systems prove most practical. “We’re still in the stage where we’re trying to pick the best technology,” says Paola Cappellaro.