Modeling and Simulation

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.

Sometimes patterns repeat in nature. Spirals appear in sunflowers and hurricanes. Branches occur in veins and lightning. Limiao Zhang, a doctoral student in MIT’s department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, has found another similarity: between street traffic and boiling water, making cooling...

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...

With a nuclear energy startup and cost-modeling tool, Robbie Stewart aims to speed construction of new plants for decarbonizing the economy If nuclear energy is to play a pivotal role in securing a low-carbon future, researchers must not only develop a new...

Jacopo Buongiorno and others say factory-built microreactors trucked to usage sites could be a safe, efficient option for decarbonizing electricity systems.

Experimental setup showing the shielded detector (left) and the DT neutron source showing three disks of 6Li doped glass scintillator mounted on a photomultiplier tube (right).

Researchers evaluate the role and value of long-duration energy storage technologies in securing a carbon-free electric grid.

In a September 2020 essay in Nature Energy, three scientists posed several “grand challenges” — one of which was to find suitable materials for thermal energy storage devices that could be used in concert with solar energy systems. Fortuitously, Mingda Li —...