MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering

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MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering

MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering

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Advancing and accelerating nuclear science, engineering, and technology development for the benefit of society and the environment.

Cambridge, MA Katılım Nisan 2020
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Big problems require bold engineering — and community behind it. Be one of the 600 supporting Nuclear Science and Engineering today. Give through the MIT School of Engineering Challenge and select the Nuno Loureiro Memorial Fund in the dropdown. @mitalumni giving.mit.edu/24hc-soe
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The chemical propulsion systems that got us to the moon won’t work for the longer trip to Mars. NSE’s Taylor Hampson is modeling an engine that heats propellant using nuclear energy that could cut travel times to the Red Planet. news.mit.edu/2026/taylor-ha…
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Friday Feature: AI use in materials development is booming, says NSE’s Prof. Ju Li. “AI assists us in choosing the best experiment to do based on our previous experiments and — based on literature searches — makes hypotheses and suggests new experiments.” news.mit.edu/2025/how-ai-ca…
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Copilot for Real-world Experimental Scientists (CRESt), developed by Ju Li and a team of MIT researchers, is an automated robotic platform for conducting scientific experiments that incorporates information from diverse sources. news.mit.edu/2025/ai-system…
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Friday Feature: A new study by Haruko Wainwright and colleagues analyzes global nuclear waste management strategies, focusing on iodine-129, and explores how environmental regulations and technologies shape approaches and tradeoffs worldwide. news.mit.edu/2025/what-shou…
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Friday Feature: Driven by fascination with materials, Miranda Schwacke develops brain-inspired materials and devices for neuromorphic computing, exploring how combining processing and memory enables energy-efficient artificial intelligence. news.mit.edu/2025/brain-pow…
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Friday Feature: PhD student Marco Graffiedi is helping to develop the next generation of spaceships and nuclear plants. His work on quenching, a powerful heat-transfer mechanism, may facilitate refueling in space as well as cooling of nuclear cores. news.mit.edu/2025/using-cla…
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Friday Feature: NSE welcomes 3 new faculty members who will broaden & expand the Department's research portfolio: Sophia Henneberg (stellarators), Ethan Peterson (fusion technologies), Dean Price (simulation & control of advanced reactors). news.mit.edu/2025/school-en…
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Friday Feature: Mingda Li and MIT researchers developed a data-driven framework to assess the scalability of quantum materials by combining and evaluating their quantum properties, cost, supply chain, environmental impact, and related factors. news.mit.edu/2025/why-some-…
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Friday Feature: NSE's Zach Hartwig fosters transformative research through growth and independence, encouraging students to not only to grow as scholars, but as people. He is honored for his rare and powerful mentorship as "Committed to Caring". news.mit.edu/2025/signposts…
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