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Simulating neutron behavior in nuclear reactors
Amelia Trainer applied to MIT because she lost a bet. As part of what the fourth year NSE doctoral student labels her “teenage rebellious phase,” Trainer was quite convinced she would just be wasting the application fee were she to submit an...
New hardware offers faster computation for artificial intelligence, with much less energy
Engineers working on “analog deep learning” have found a way to propel protons through solids at unprecedented speeds.
Nuclear Science and Engineering Annual Awards 2022
The following awards were announced at the awards ceremony hosted by the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the student chapter of the American Nuclear Society on May 11, 2022. NSE Awards Pablo Ducru PhD’21 The Del Favero NSE Thesis Prize...
Pursuing progress at the nanoscale
Led by NSE’ Prof Zach Hartwig, Nuclear Systems Design Project students tackle the real problem of bringing small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) technology to campus.
Evan Leppink: Seeking a way to better stabilize the fusion environment
In a residency supported by the Department of Energy, the NSE PhD candidate, Evan Leppink, will explore the high-field side of the DIII-D tokamak.
In service to nuclear energy
During an ROTC naval training cruise during college, Neil Todreas landed on the career to which he would devote his life. “I had time on my hands and read a Scientific American booklet front to back that described the promise of nuclear...
School of Engineering Awards for 2022
NSE’s Mike Short, Nuno Loureiro, Charlotte Wickert, and Sreya Vangara are amongst those honored with MIT School of Engineering awards in 2022.
NSE’s Justin Kunimune wins prestigious LRGF fellowship to further his work in inertial confinement fusion
Kunimune will spend time at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory working with NSE alum Dan Casey PhD ’12 in Verena Geppert-Kleinrath’s research group, where he will develop new analysis tools to reconstruct the three-dimensional shapes of ICF implosions.
NSE’s Charlotte Wickert named 2022–23 Goldwater Scholar
Wickert, a third-year undergraduate is double majoring in nuclear science and engineering and physics. Together the disciplines allow her to develop a detailed theoretical knowledge base she can apply to work in nuclear energy.
2022 NSE Research Expo
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...