People
The faculty, research staff, and students of the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT make up a closely collaborative community working at the leading edge of science and engineering. Our exceptionally strong interdisciplinary environment creates many opportunities for students to engage with a far-flung network of individuals and groups throughout MIT and beyond. Extending this network are our graduates, many of whom serve in leadership positions in nuclear energy and related fields around the world.
Faculty
Faculty Emeriti
Research Scientists & Affiliated Faculty
Benoit
Forget (Head)
Research interests
- Advanced deterministic transport methods
- Advanced stochastic transport methods
- Algorithms for high performance computing
- Acceleration/multiscale methods
- Multi-physics methods
George E.
Apostolakis
Research interests
- Rish assessment and management
- Decision analysis
- Nuclear safety
- Nuclear security
Emilio
Baglietto (Associate Head)
Research interests
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Turbulence modeling
- Multiphase flow and boiling
- Virtual reactor modeling
Ronald G.
Ballinger
Research interests
- Corrosion & Environmental effects on materials behavior
- Electrochemistry
- Risk Informed Component Life Analysis
- Advanced materials for fusion systems
- Nuclear fuel performance analysis
Matteo
Bucci
Research interests
- Boiling heat transfer
- Micro- and Nano-technologies for nuclear reactors
- Advanced experimental diagnostics
- Nuclear safety
Jacopo
Buongiorno
Research interests
- Nuclear Batteries
- Reactor design and safety
- Boiling heat transfer
- Offshore floating nuclear power plant
- Nanofluids for nuclear applications
Areg
Danagoulian
Research interests
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear detection and nuclear forensics
- Treaty verification
- Nonproliferation
Tolga
Durak
Research interests
- Integrated bio-fabrication and tissue engineering
- Medical and health physics
- Environmental justice
Charles W.
Forsberg
Research interests
- Fluoride salt-cooled high temperature reactors (FHRs)
- Hybrid energy systems (Nuclear Renewable Systems)
- Nuclear fuel cycles
- High-temperature solar thermal power systems
Michael W.
Golay
Research interests
- Risk analysis and optimization
- Software and human reliability
- Nuclear power technology strategy
Rajiv (Raj)
Gupta
Research interests
- Clinical applications of novel X-ray imaging modalities
- Low-cost devices for imaging and image-guided interventions
- Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Jack
Hare
Research interests
- High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics
- Magnetic Reconnection
- Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence
- Magnetized Heat Transport
Zachary
Hartwig
Research interests
- Accelerator-based nuclear science and fusion diagnostics
- Monte Carlo particle transport and fusion neutronics
- Magnetic fusion energy reactor design
- Digital pulse processing and data acquisition systems for radiation detectors
Linn W.
Hobbs
Research interests
- Radiation sources, detection, and control
- Materials in extreme environments
- Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management
Ian H.
Hutchinson
Research interests
- Controlled fusion and plasma physics
- Plasma momentum transport and boundary phenomena
- Interactions of flowing plasmas with solid objects
- Computational plasma physics
Alan
Jasanoff
Research interests
- Next-generation brain imaging
- Molecular fMRI
- Dynamics of neural systems
Ericmoore
Jossou
Research interests
- Radiation damage
- 3D/4D defects imaging
- High throughput nuclear fuel and alloy design
- Materials informatics and atomic scale simulations
R. Scott
Kemp
Research interests
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear proliferation
- Arms control and verification
- Nuclear energy policy
Richard C.
Lanza
Research interests
- Non-proliferation and safeguards
- Compact superconducting accelerators for medicine and security
- Accelerator based inspection systems
- Phase contrast x-ray imaging
- Radiation detectors
Richard K.
Lester
Research interests
- Innovation, productivity, and competitiveness
- Nuclear technology management, control, and innovation
- Science, technology, and economic policy
- Energy innovation
Ju
Li
Research interests
- Nanomaterials for energy
- In situ electron microscopy
- Physical metallurgy and mechanics
- Computational materials science
Mingda
Li
Research interests
- Quantum materials for energy
- Neutron and x-ray scattering
- New characterization techniques design
Nuno F.
Loureiro
Research interests
- Magnetic Reconnection
- Confinement and Transport in Fusion Plasmas
- Magnetized plasma dynamics
- Plasma turbulence
Ethan
Peterson
Research interests
- Fusion reactor design and analysis
- Radiation transport methods
- Fusion neutronics validation
- Uncertainty quantification
Koroush
Shirvan
Research interests
- Fission energy
- Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management
- Advanced reactor design and innovation
- Nuclear safety
Michael
Short
Research interests
- Mesoscale nuclear materials science
- Nuclear alloy development
- Non-contact radiation damage quantification
- CRUD/fouling deposition and prevention
Curtis
Smith
Research interests
- Applied engineering applications within the nuclear & aerospace industries
- Risk-informed decision making
- Nuclear systems analysis
- Aerospace risk analysis
Neil E.
Todreas
Research interests
- Innovative design of reactor concepts
- Combined mega-power uprate and extended operating lifetime
- Thermal hydraulic design and safety analysis
Haruko Murakami
Wainwright
Research interests
- Nuclear contamination
- Nuclear waste disposal
- Environmental monitoring
- Contaminant transport modeling
- Uncertainty quantification
Anne
White
Research interests
- Plasma diagnostics
- Turbulent transport in plasmas
- Experimental plasma physics
- Transport model validation
Dennis G.
Whyte
Research interests
- Magnetic fusion energy
- Plasma-surface interactions
- Accelerators and surface analysis
Bilge
Yildiz
Research interests
- Surface science on ionic-electronic solids
- Advanced materials for solid oxide fuel cells, electrolyzers, corrosion and computing
- Materials behavior in harsh conditions
Sidney
Yip
Research interests
- Mesoscale materials modeling and simulation
- Understanding materials aging and degradation phenomena
- Creep, corrosion, and cracking
- Molecular model of cement
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