Nuclear science and engineering

Peterson named National Scholar-Athlete by National Football Foundation

MIT football co-captain is one of 15 honorees from across all divisions of college football selected for the award.

October 30, 2012

Ju Li, a professor in MIT’s departments of materials science and engineering and nuclear science and engineering.

Profile: Ju Li explores new nanomaterials

Working from the scale of atoms on up, he designs materials for future energy applications.

October 10, 2012

Nuclear physicist Peter T. Demos dies at 94

Longtime faculty member guided MIT’s Bates Linear Accelerator from a groundbreaking idea to a globally renowned center for the study of nuclear structure and reactions.

October 9, 2012

A dislocation in a crystal lattice, a disconnected region in its structure (represented by the array of atoms shown in blue) can separate from the rest of the lattice at a rate determined by the potential energy of the system, represented by the wavy surface. To the left, the higher potential energy (shown in red) prevents the defect from moving in that direction, but to the lower right (shown in ...

Probing the mysteries of cracks and stresses

Analysis of molecular-level fracture and stress mechanisms could have broad implications for understanding materials’ behavior.

September 28, 2012

From left to right, Ronald Ballinger, Thomas McKrell, Bilge Yildiz, Dennis Whyte, Michael Short, Sidney Yip, Linn Hobbs and Ju Li.

Understanding and predicting materials behavior

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering takes an interdisciplinary approach

September 26, 2012

Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor, Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, speaks at the first annual Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering lecture on 'Communicating Science and Technology in the 21st Century.'

The sense of style

Steven Pinker delivers nuclear engineering's first lecture on 'Communicating Science and Technology in the 21st Century.'

September 18, 2012

R. Scott Kemp, assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering

R. Scott Kemp brings new perspectives on nuclear technology and society

September 13, 2012

Incoming freshman Kaylee de Soto got a head start at MIT, arriving in June to help the Plasma Science and Fusion Center update its fusion video game.

Kaylee de Soto: A game changer

Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.

September 6, 2012

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering senior Ekaterina Paramonova.

Ekaterina Paramonova: A nuclear networker

Undergraduate on a unique career track that intriguingly combines nuclear engineering and diplomacy.

September 5, 2012

Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor Bilge Yildiz.

Yildiz wins 2012 Charles W. Tobias Young Investigator Award

July 27, 2012

Richard wins 2012 Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Award

July 5, 2012

From left to right: Felix Parra, Denis Whyte, Anne White and Ian Hutchinson.

Fusion program moves beyond plasma, toward practical powerplant issues

June 5, 2012

Mujid Kazimi, the Tokyo Electric Power Company Professor of Nuclear Engineering at MIT and director of MIT's Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems.

Mujid Kazimi, of nuclear science and engineering, wins Kuwait Prize

Honored for contributions to nuclear power technology

May 23, 2012

From left to right: Michael Driscoll, Emilio Baglietto, Michael Golay.

MIT awarded more than $2 million in NEUP grants, fellowships

Includes $1.65 million in Department of Energy Nuclear Energy University Programs grants and $450,000 in graduate student fellowships.

May 21, 2012