ABOUT
NSE at a glance
HIGHLIGHTS
- Nuclear Science & Engineering | Bachelors, Masters, Nuclear Engineer, PhD, ScD
- Engineering | Bachelors
- LGO-NSE Dual MBA-Masters of Science Program
- Computational Nuclear Science & Engineering | Joint PhD
Fall 2023 enrollment = 165
- 136 Graduate students
- 29 Undergraduates
Degrees granted, AY 2022–23 = 38
Graduate student supported = 131
- 91 RAs. 5 TAs. 10 Internal NSE fellowships
- 13 Competitive external (non-MIT) fellowships
- 12 MIT-awarded fellowships
- 5 self-supported
- 20 Tenured & Tenure-track Professors
• 3 assistant, 7 associate, 10 full professors
• 10 new faculty hired in the last 10 years
- 3 Joint Professor
- 3 Active Emeritus Professors
- 1 Visiting Professor
- 3 Lecturers
- 1 Principal Research Scientist
- 3 Research Scientists
- 23 Post-doctoral Fellows/Associates
Indicators of Quality
- 6 National Academy of Engineering
- 8 National Faculty Early Career Awards
- 13 Graduate students holding nationally competitive fellowships
- 86% of NSE faculty with an award
- 2021 Awards
- Advanced reactor design and innovation
- Nuclear fuel cycle and waste management technology
- Plasma physics and fusion
- Materials in extreme environments
- Advanced computation and simulation
- Radiation sources, detection, and control
- Nuclear security
- Nuclear economics, management, and policy
- Quantum engineering
- Reactor Technology Course for Utility Executives
- Nuclear Energy: Facts and Issues
- Nuclear Energy: Science, Systems and Society
- Nuclear Plant Safety Course
- Nuclear Operational Risk Management
Research funding = $ 28.36 million in FY23
NSE-Affiliated Research Centers
- Center for Science and Technology with Accelerators and Radiation
- Computational Reactor Physics Group
- Concrete Sustainability Hub
- H.H.Uhlig Corrosion Laboratory
- Laboratory for Advanced Modeling and Simulation
- Laboratory for Electrochemical Interfaces
- Laboratory for Innovation in Fusion Technologies
- Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy
- Laboratory for Reactor Thermal Hydraulics
- Nuclear Innovation in Fission Technologies
- Quantum Engineering Group
- Quantum Matter Group
Collaborating MIT Academic & Research Units
Major Partnerships
- Advanced Nuclear and Production Experts Group)
- Fluoride-Salt High Temperature Reactor Consortium
- Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- US National Labs: INL, ORNL, Sandia, Argonne, LLNL, BNL
November 2023