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Understanding imperfections in fusion magnets
“I had always expected I’d stay at MIT for the four years, get my undergraduate degree at the end and probably return to the UK.” Richard Ibekwe recalls his early assumptions about his academic path at MIT. Now he is a nuclear...
“Futurizing” undergraduate teaching
Associate Professor Michael Short's innovative approach can be seen in the two nuclear science and engineering courses he’s transformed.
A practical path toward discovery
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...
Want cheaper nuclear energy? Turn the design process into a game
Koroush Shirvan, Ben Forget and other MIT researchers show that deep reinforcement learning can be used to design more efficient nuclear reactors.
NSE’s Lucio Milanese awarded 2022 Schwarzman Scholarship
Lucio Milanese anlong with three others from MIT will pursue master’s degrees in global affairs and leadership training at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Final Presentations: NSE Design Classes
22.63 ARC-H fusion design for producing carbon-free fuel December 10, 2020 1:00 PM EDT ARC-H : conceptual design of a high-field fusion device for producing hydrogen and ammonia fuel for maritime shipping 22.033 Nuclear Systems Design Project December 9, 2020 11:00 AM...
Toward a more secure world
Well before arriving on campus, Peninah (Nina) Levine knew what she wanted from her undergraduate education: “I came to MIT to be in an environment that would push me beyond my comfortable limits,” says Levine, a senior majoring in nuclear science and...
NSE’s Ju Li elected as 2020 AAAS Fellow
Samuel McAlpine wins First Place prize in Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards
NSE graduate student Samuel McAlpine was awarded a First Place prize in the Innovations in Nuclear Technology R&D Awards sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Technology R&D. McAlpine’s award is in the Open Competition in the category of...
Engineers design a heated face mask to filter and inactivate coronaviruses
The reusable mask would include a heated copper mesh that’s powered by a battery and surrounded by insulating neoprene.