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Emilio Baglietto named associate head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering
Professor Benoit Forget, head of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), announced the appointment of Professor Emilio Baglietto as associate department head, effective July 1, 2023. In his new role as associate department head, Prof. Baglietto will coordinate NSE’s DEI...
Curtis Smith: Applying risk and reliability analysis Across industries
On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it returned to Earth, killing all seven astronauts on board. The tragic incident compelled NASA to amp up their risk safety assessments and protocols. They knew whom to call: Curtis Smith, the...
Artyom Kossolapov: Heat-seeking studies
Months of painstaking setup and delicate experimentation paid off recently for Artyom Kossolapov with a thrilling moment of discovery. It came while the nuclear science and engineering student was conducting research for his master’s degree, as he observed a metallic device immersed...
2022 NSE Research Expo
Friday, April 1, 2022. 1:00 PM – 3:20 PM ET Koch Institute, 500 Main Street first floor Main Corridor and Galleries and Auditorium 76-156 The MIT Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering held its annual Research Expo on April 1, 2022. The...
Youyeon Choi: Researching high-fidelity methods to make small modular reactors more cost-effective
When Youyeon Choi was in high school, she discovered she really liked “thinking in geometry.” The shapes, the dimensions…she was into all of it. Today, geometry plays a prominent role in her doctoral work under the guidance of Professor Koroush Shirvan, as...
NSE’s Yu-Jou Wang wins 2024 Young Professional Thermal Hydraulics Research Competition
MIT postdoctoral associate Yu-Jou Wang won the Young Professional Thermal-Hydraulic Research Competition at the 2024 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting. The winning paper “A Dynamic Turbulence Tracking Approach for Uncertainty Quantification of URANS CFD Models”, is co-authored with MIT’s Professor Emilio Baglietto.  A critical...
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...
3 Questions: Can a nuclear energy challenge stall decarbonization goals?
Intro The path to meeting U.S. decarbonization goals involves ramping up the production of clean energy. Nuclear is key to these ambitions. The nuclear energy landscape is itself undergoing rapid change, dictated by updated regulations, shifting geopolitical dynamics, and newer promising reactor...
3 Questions: Koroush Shirvan on updated costs for the AP1000 nuclear reactor and the role it will likely play in a decarbonized economy
Intro Despite being the only nuclear reactor that could start construction in the next few years, the AP1000 has gained traction only in the global market and still has not found an adequate foothold in the United States. This is a shame...
Ethan Peterson: 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...