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The energy of the future: Erick Liang
As part of his MITEI Energy UROP, Erick manufactured key components for fusion reactors using metal 3D printing, allowing for the use of more specialized alloys to withstand the extreme environments required for producing fusion energy.
COMMENCEMENT 2025
Forty-four NSE students graduate this year in the MIT’s commencement ceremony on May 29th.
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
2025 NSE Research Expo
The MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering hosted its annual Research Expo on April 11, 2025. The event featured poster presentations by 21 students and oral presentations by three graduate students.
Developing materials for stellar performance in fusion power plants
When Zoe Fisher was in fourth grade her art teacher asked her to draw her vision of a dream job on paper. At the time, those goals changed like the flavor of the week in an ice cream shop—”zookeeper” featured prominently for...
A redo of a classic lab-intensive course explores fun new ways of conducting research
Areg Danagoulian, associate professor at MIT NSE, has been teaching the lab-heavy course, Principles of Nuclear Radiation Measurement and Protection, for a while now. This year, he decided to revamp the class. “It was time to throw away some experiments that were...
Smart handling of neutrons is crucial to fusion power success
In the fall of 2009, when Ethan Peterson arrived at MIT as an undergraduate, he already had some ideas about possible career options. He’d always liked building things, even as a child, so he imagined his future work would involve engineering of...
Aligning economic and regulatory frameworks for today’s nuclear reactor technology
Liam Hines might have moved to Sarasota, Florida only as a highschooler but he’s a Floridian through and through. He jokes that he’s even got a floral shirt, what he calls a “Florida Formal,” for every occasion. Which is why it broke...
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.
COMMENCEMENT 2024
MIT’s commencement ceremony is on May 30th. Forty NSE students graduate this year. Graduating with Doctoral Degrees Jacob Adams PhDPatrick Adrian PhDGustavo Aguiar PhDRachel Bielajew PhDFlorian Chavagnat PhDBenjamin Dacus PhDRichard Ibekwe ScDEthan Klein PhDPeter Lalor PhDChristina Migliore PhDThanh Nguyen PhDMadhumitha Ravichandran PhDEli Sanchez PhDYu-Jou Wang PhD Graduating with...