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Mingda Li wins NSF grant to study sustainable topological materials
Li along with his co-PIs from MIT, UCSB, and Boston College will work to accelerate research in topological quantum materials.
Mingda Li honored with Junior Bose Award for Excellence in Teaching
Award is given each year by the School of Engineering to an outstanding educator up for promotion to associate professor without tenure.
Exploring new sides of climate and sustainability research
With the support of each other and MIT faculty, students in the MCSC’s Climate and Sustainability Scholars Program are making their impact on real-world climate challenges.
Exploring the bow shock and beyond
SPOTLIGHT: PhD student Rishabh Datta seeks to further understanding of astrophysical phenomena.
Engineers discover a new way to control atomic nuclei as “qubits”
Using lasers, NSE's Ju li, Paola Cappellaro, Haowei Xu and other researchers can directly control a property of nuclei called spin, that can encode quantum information.
Engineers develop an efficient process to make fuel from carbon dioxide
The approach by researchers at MIT and Harvard directly converts the greenhouse gas into formate, a solid fuel that can be stored indefinitely and could be used to heat homes or power industries.
NSE Alum wins Energy Storage Innovations Prize
NSE Alum and co-founder of Electrified Thermal Solutions, Dan Stack, is one of 10 winners of the DOE Energy Storage Innovations Prize that focuses on nascent and emerging technologies that disrupt or advance current state-of-the-art energy storage research areas.
Dennis Whyte Steps Down as Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center
After building an organization notable for its growth and human-centered culture, Whyte will devote his full attention to teaching, engaging in cutting-edge fusion research, and pursuing entrepreneurial activities at NSE and the PSFC.
Bilge Yildiz wins Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science
Spotlight: Award recognizes scientists of Turkish origin younger than 50 who have made outstanding contributions to their fields.
Benoit Forget named head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Computational reactor physics expert to succeed Professor Anne White as department head of NSE.