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Nuclear Science and Engineering Annual Awards 2025
NSE and the student chapter of the American Nuclear Society hosted their annual awards dinner on May 13, 2025
Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics
Prof Ju Li along with a research team at MIT has developed a new kind of nanoscale transistor using ultrathin semiconductor materials which operate more efficiently than silicon-based devices
Jack Hare, Mike Short receive School of Engineering awards
Prof Jack Hare received the 2024 Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching and Prof Mike Short received the Capers (1976) and Marion McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising.
3 Questions: From the bench to the battlefield
NSE rising senior and Army ROTC cadet Alexander Edwards discusses a new UROP fellowship with the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.
Richard K Lester honored with the 2024 Gordon Y. Billard Award
Richard K Lester, vice provost for international activities and Japan Steel Industry Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, honored with the 2024 Gordon Y. Billard Award. The award is given to individuals who have had impact beyond normal job duties, and created important, lasting, and wide-ranging contributions to the MIT community.
Community members receive 2024 MIT Excellence Awards, Collier Medal, and Staff Award for Distinction in Service
Benjamin Lewis (left), a graduate student in the Institute for Data, Systems and Society in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, was the 2024 recipient of the Collier Medal for his work as founder of the Cambridge branch of End Overdose, a nonprofit dedicated to reducing drug-related overdose deaths. MIT President Sally Kornbluth presented his award at the ceremony. Photo: Steph Stevens Photography
A new way to detect radiation involving cheap ceramics
Work by MIT engineers could lead to plethora of new applications, including better detectors for nuclear materials at ports.
Jacopo Buongiorno elected to NAE
NSE’s Jacopo Buongiorno along with 15 from MIT, elected to National Academy of Engineering in 2024 are honored for significant contributions to engineering research, practice, and education
Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks about nuclear power’s role at a critical moment in history
On September 22, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), delivered the 2023 David J. Rose Lecture in Nuclear Technology at MIT. This lecture series was started nearly 40 years ago in honor of the late Professor...
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.