Department
Nuclear Science and Engineering
High-intensity fusion
MIT’s Alcator C-Mod nuclear reactor winds down — and defines its legacy on its final run.
New record for fusion
Alcator C-Mod tokamak nuclear fusion reactor sets world record on final day of operation.
Benoit Forget: Unraveling complexities of nuclear reactors
By making detailed simulations of reactor cores, the MIT engineer is helping to advance new designs.
Engineer, explain thyself
A new online tool helps graduate students communicate — in their own languages.
Turning particle detectors into weapons detectors
Nuclear science and engineering PhD student Jayson Vavrek applies particle physics to solve problems with nuclear weapons disarmament.
On the edge of discovery
For PhD student Silvia Espinosa, a passion for solving theoretical puzzles fuels a quest for fusion energy.
New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency, longevity
New chemistry could overcome key drawbacks of lithium-air batteries.
A novel approach to a longstanding challenge in nuclear arms control
MIT researchers develop a “physical cryptography” for secure and accurate accounting of the world’s nuclear arsenals.
Buongiorno, Whyte win Sloan Foundation grant
$1M Sloan Foundation grant supports NSE-led Future of Nuclear Energy Technologies study
Anne White: A passion for plasma
Physicist has a fascination for the complexities of turbulence, and how to reduce it in fusion reactors.
Supercharging undergraduate research
Now open to the entire School of Engineering, SuperUROP is creating an interdisciplinary community of scholars.
Researchers find a way to extend life and improve performance of fuel cell electrodes
Surface treatment greatly reduces degradation of catalyst material.
School of Engineering awards for 2016
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, undergraduates, and graduate students.
