The following awards were announced at the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering/ American Nuclear Society’s Awards dinner on April 24, 2009.
| NSE Prof. Benoit Forget | PAI Outstanding Teaching Award (presented by the student chapter of the American Nuclear Society) |
| Craig Gerardi Salisbury, MD (PhD apx. 6/09) |
Manson Benedict Award (Awarded to a graduate student for excellence in academic performance and professional promise in Nuclear Science & Engineering) |
| Daneil Zaterman Englewood, CO (BS 6/09) |
The Roy Axford Award
for academic achievement by a senior in Nuclear Science & Engineering |
| Robert Block Plymouth, MA (BS apx. 6/10) |
The Irving Kaplan Award
for academic achievement by a junior in Nuclear Science & Engineering |
| Paolo Ferroni Italy PhD 6/10 |
Outstanding TA Award
in recognition of exceptional services to education by a teaching assistant |
| Tim Lucas, Cambridge (PhD 6/12) Paul Romano, Peekskill, NY (PhD 6/12) Anna Nikiforova, Gresham, OR (PhD 6/12) |
Outstanding Student Service Award
in recognition of exceptional services to the students, the department and the entire MIT community |
| NSE Prof. Dennis Whyte | Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Distinguished Teaching This award is made possible by a gift from Ruth and Joel S. Spira to acknowledge “the tradition of high quality engineering education at MIT.” |