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Undergraduates ramp up research during pandemic diaspora
Far from MIT, NSE students Charlotte Wickert, Mriganka Mandal, and Natalie Montoya, take ownership of projects and explore new terrain When the pandemic drove MIT students from Cambridge in March, few suspected this disruption would prove beneficial. Yet for some undergraduate researchers...
NSE UROP Summer Research Festival
Friday, August 28, 2020. 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ESTClick to join main Zoom meeting. PWD 241018 The 2020 NSE UROP Summer Research Festival showcases undergraduate research in the Department. The moderated lightning talks by eleven undergraduates will be held in three parallel...
Juggling fusion magnets and LED batons
Rising MIT sophomore, Lauryn Kortman, finds satisfaction designing for the laboratory and the playing field.
At home with fusion research
Hundreds of miles from campus, Sreya Vangara recalibrates her approach to laboratory research and other MIT commitments.
No pause for pandemic
In mid-March, when the Covid-19 pandemic darkened MIT classrooms and labs, lights switched on for undergraduate research taking place remotely. Zooming in from times zones often distant from Cambridge, many students were able to take continue undergraduate research opportunities (UROPs) made possible...
COMMENCEMENT 2020
MIT’s virtual commencement ceremony is on May 29th. Thirty-four NSE students graduate this year.Watch NSE’s virtual graduation celebration. Graduating with Doctoral Degrees Michael Acton PhDYinan Cai PhDNorman Cao PhDKaren Dawson PhDEtienne Demarly PhDDerek Gaston PhDAdam Kuang PhDDavid Layden PhDHin Lee PhDZhaoyuan Liu PhDPaolo Minelli PhDNestor Sepulveda PhDCong...
Nuclear Science and Engineering Annual Awards 2020
The following awards were announced at the virtual awards ceremony hosted by the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering and the student chapter of the American Nuclear Society on May 22, 2020. NSE Awards William “Robbie” Stewart G Manson Benedict Award presented...
Nuclear Gets Personal with Prof. Michael Short
In this first episode on Chalk Radio, Professor Michael Short discusses one of the core principles of his teaching philosophy: the importance of making abstract concepts in nuclear science tangible by means of hands-on activities.
IAP fusor workshop inaugurates Nuclear Maker Space
Willy Burke had never heard of a “fusor.” Until three years ago, the research engineer from MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) was not familiar with the portable device that uses an electric field to accelerate ions to energies high enough...
Analyce Hernandez: Uncloaking big mysteries
For Analyce Hernandez, there are few greater pleasures than venturing into the unknown. Take her experience during January’s Independent Activities Period (IAP), for instance. Hernandez, a double major in Course 8 and Course 22-ENG, signed up for “Build your own Fusor,” a...