Modeling and Simulation

By studying the dynamics of plasma turbulence, MIT researchers are solving one of the mysteries of the origins of cosmological magnetic fields.

Clean electricity and stored heat from nuclear power and intermittent electricity from wind and solar can be efficiently converted to green hydrogen, fuels and chemicals using protonic ceramic electrolyzers with exceptional performance and stability. The reduction in the use of fossil fuels...

In the forward to his memoir in progress, Sidney Yip describes his life, and 50-plus-year career as a professor of nuclear science and engineering (NSE), as touched by “luck and contentment.” But while the 86-year-old emeritus professor finally has some time to...

Friday, April 1, 2022. 1:00 PM – 3:20 PM ET Koch Institute, 500 Main Street first floor Main Corridor and Galleries and Auditorium 76-156 The MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering held its annual Research Expo on April 1, 2022. The...

MIT researchers discovered hidden magnetic properties in multi-layered electronic material by analysing polarized neutrons using neural networks. Superconductors have long been considered the principal approach for realizing electronics without resistivity. In the past decade, a new family of quantum materials, “topological materials,”...

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

NSE PhD candidate Lucio Milanese expands a theory of turbulence to include both ionized and non-ionized fluids.

By incorporating the scattering of RF waves into fusion simulations, MIT physicists improve heating and current drive predictions for fusion plasmas.

Jacopo Buongiorno, Jeffrey Freidberg, Koroush Shirvan, and Dennis Whyte receve MIT Energy Initiative Seed Fund grants for their early-stage energy research projects. Awards support research to improve the efficiency, scalability, and adoption of clean energy technologies.

Xu, a PhD student in NSE, is seeking new, more efficient materials to be utilized for the construction of computer components.