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Scientists around the world are developing new hardware for quantum computers, a new type of device that could accelerate drug design, financial modeling, and weather prediction. They rely on qubits, bits of matter that can represent some combination of 1 and 0...

A longstanding interest in radiation’s effects on metals has drawn Michael Short into new areas such as nuclear security and microreactors. Michael Short came to MIT in the fall of 2001 as an 18-year-old first-year who grew up in Boston’s North Shore....

MIT’s virtual commencement ceremony is on June 4th. Twenty-four NSE students graduate this year. Graduating with Doctoral Degrees Giulia Agostinelli PhDAbdulla Abdulaziz Alhajri PhDDavid Allan Bloore PhDMax Carlson PhDCarolyn P. Coyle PhDKieran Patrick Dolan PhDPablo Philippe Ducru PhDGuillaume Louis Giudicelli PhDSterling M. Harper PhDWilliam Lawrence...

With a nuclear energy startup and cost-modeling tool, Robbie Stewart aims to speed construction of new plants for decarbonizing the economy If nuclear energy is to play a pivotal role in securing a low-carbon future, researchers must not only develop a new...

Novel contributions advanced dynamical properties of supercooled water and small-angle neutron and X-ray scattering over a 50-year career. Sow-Hsin Chen, emeritus professor of nuclear science and engineering, died peacefully on June 26 in West Newton, Massachusetts. He was 86. Born in pre-World...

It’s rare for a pre-teen to become enamored with thermodynamics, but those consumed by such a passion may consider themselves lucky to end up at a place like MIT. Madhumitha Ravichandran certainly does. A PhD student in Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE),...

Pictures of the boiling surfaces taken using a Scanning Electron Microscope: ITO (top left), copper oxide nanoleaves (top right), zinc oxide nanowires (bottom left), and porous coating of silicon dioxide nanoparticles obtained by Layer-by-Layer deposition (bottom right). Boiling is not just for...

Experimental setup showing the shielded detector (left) and the DT neutron source showing three disks of 6Li doped glass scintillator mounted on a photomultiplier tube (right). About five years ago, Areg Danagoulian, associate professor of nuclear science and engineering (NSE), became intrigued...

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 20, 2021. NSE Awards Thanh Nguyen  G Manson Benedict Award presented to...

ARCH, a conceptual design for an onboard fusion device capable of generating ammonia fuel for ship engines “There is no lone genius who solves all the problems.” Dennis Whyte, Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), is reflecting on a...