Education

B.Eng., Nuclear Engineering, Alexandria University, Egypt, 1969
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1971
Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1973

Research Interests

Nuclear Systems Safety, Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Two-Phase Flow and Heat Transfer.

Current Projects

High Burnup Fuel Modeling
High Performance Fuels for LWRs
Fuel Cycles for Actinide Transmutation
Nuclear Energy for Hydrogen Production
BWR Stability

Teaching Interests

22.314J   Structural Mechanics in Nuclear Power Technology
22.251     Systems Analysis of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
22.40J     Fundamentals of Advanced Energy Conversion

Other Professional Activities (last ten years)

• Co-Director, MIT Summer Course on Nuclear Systems Safety, 1990-present
• Chairman, MIT Reactor Safety Committee, 1997-2009.
• Chairman, High-Level Waste Tank Advisory Panel, U.S. DOE 1990-1995 and DOE-Richland, 1998-2000.
• Member, Board of Trustees, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, 1998- present.
• Member, International Experts Panel on Accelerator Transmutation of Waste (ATW), U.S. DOE, 1999-2000.
• Member, Review of Nuclear Energy Research Program, CEIMAT, Spain, 2002.
• Member, Committee on Alternatives and Strategies for Future Hydrogen Production and Use, National Research Council, 2002-2003.
• Member, Steering Committee of International Congress on Advanced Power Plants (ICAPP), American Nuclear Society, 2002- present.
• Member, Board of Managers, Battelle Energy Alliance, 2005-2009.  Chair of the Board Committee on Science and Technology, 2007- 2009.
• Member, Energy Research Council, MIT, 2005-2006.
• Member, Science Review Panel for Thermal Hydraulics, Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland, 2006 – present.
• Member, Committee on DOE R&D Program for Nuclear Energy, National Academy of Engineering, 2006-2007.
• Member, Blue Ribbon Committee on Rejuvenation of Scientific Research in Kuwait, The Amiri Diwan, Kuwait, 2007.
• Member, Advisory Committee of the Nuclear Engineering Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan, 2007.
• Member, Visiting Committee, Division of Energy, Environment and Security, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2007- present. 
• Member, Honors and Awards Committee, American Nuclear Society, 2008-2009.
• Member, Publications Steering Committee, American Nuclear Society, 2008-present.
• Co-Chair, MIT Interdisciplinary Study on the Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, 2008 - present
• Member, IAEA Consultative Group on Future Role of Light Water Reactors in the 21^st Century, 2009.

Honors and Awards

• Graduation with Distinction and First Class Honor, University of Alexandria, Egypt, 1969.
• Yahya AlMashad Award for Special Contributions In Science and Technology, Association of Arab-American University Graduates, 1987.
• Who's Who in America, 1995 - present.
• Fellow, American Nuclear Society, 1995.
• Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Professorship in Nuclear Engineering, MIT, 2000.
• New Citizens Award, International Institute of Boston, 2000.
• Best Technical Paper Award (co-author), ICONE 8, 2000.
• Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2006.

Selected Recent Publications

Journal articles

1. T. H. NEWTON, JR., M. S. KAZIMI, AND E. E. PILAT, Development of a Low Enriched Uranium Core for the MIT Reactor, Nuclear Science & Engineering (accepted).
2. J. ZHAO, P. SAHA, AND M.S. KAZIMI, Hot Channel Stability of Supercritical Water-Cooled Reactors (Part I): Steady State and Sliding Pressure Startup, Nuclear Technology (Vol. 158, May 2007, pp. 158-173).
3. J. ZHAO, P. SAHA, AND M.S. KAZIMI, Hot Channel Stability of Supercritical Water-cooled Reactors (Part II): Effect of Water Rods Heating and Comparison with BWR Stability, Nuclear Technology (Vol. 158, May 2007, pp. 174-190).
4. A. ROMANO, B. BOSCHER, P. HEJZLAR, M.S. KAZIMI, AND N.E. TODREAS, “Implications of Alternative Strategies for Transition to Sustainable Fuel Cycles,” Nuclear Science & Engineering, September 2006.
5. B. YILDIZ and M.S. KAZIMI, "Efficiency of Hydrogen Production Systems Using Alternative Nuclear Energy Technologies,"  Int. J. Hydrogen Energy (2005).
6. Z. XU, M.J. DRISCOLL, and M.S. KAZIMI, "Impact of High Burnup on PWR Spent Fuel Characteristics," Nuclear Science & Engineering (2005).    Abstract
7. E. SHWAGERAUS, P. HEJZLAR, and M.S. KAZIMI, "A combined nonfertile and UO2PWR fuel assembly for actinide waste minimization," Nuclear Technology, 149, 281-303 (2005).
8. J.Y. ZHAO, H.C. NO, and M.S. KAZIMI, "Mechanical analysis of high power internally cooled annular fuel," Nuclear Technology, 146, 164-180 (2004).
9. M.S. KAZIMI, "Thorium fuel for nuclear energy - An unconventional tactic might one day ease concerns that spent fuel could be used to make a bomb," American Scientist, 91, 408-415 (2003).
10. Z.W. XU, M.J. DRISCOLL, and M.S. KAZIMI, "Neutron spectrum effects on burnup, reactivity and isotopics in UO2/H2O lattices," Nuclear Science & Engineering, 141, 175-189 (2002).

Conference proceedings (papers)

1. WENFENG LIU AND M.J. KAZIMI, “A Model for Assessment of Failure of LWR Fuel during an RIA”, Int Conf on LWR Fuel Performance, San Francisco, September 2007
2. A. AQUIEN, P. HEJZLAR, AND M. KAZIMI, “The Impact of Spent Fuel Reprocessing Facilities Deployment Rate on Transuranics Inventory in Alternative Fuel Cycle Strategies” OECD NEA 9th IEM on Partitioning and Transmutation. Nimes, France, October 2006
3. J. ZHAO, P. SAHA, AND M.S. KAZIMI, “Coupled Neutronic and Thermal-hydraulic Out-of-Phase Stability of Supercritical Water Cooled Reactors”, ICAPP, Reno, June 4-9, 2006.
4. Y.H. JEONG, K.J. HOHNHOLT, B. YILDIZ, and M.S. KAZIMI, "Optimization of the Hybrid Sulfur Cycle for Hydrogen Generation," 2005 International Congress on Advanced Power Plants (ICAPP '05), Seoul, Korea, May 2005.
5. L.W. HU, and M.S. KAZIMI, "A Simplified Method for Determination of High Cycle Thermal Fluctuations Caused by Thermal Striping," 2004 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP '04), Pittsburgh, PA, June 2004.

CANES Reports and other publications

1. R. EUL, K. AHN, S.P. KAO, P. HEJZLAR, AND M.S. KAZIMI, A Comparison of Passive vs. Active Safety Systems for Advanced Light Water Reactors (MIT-ANP-TR-111) September 2006.
2. Y. SHATILLA, P. HEJZLAR, AND M.S. KAZIMI, A PWR Self-Contained Actinide Transmutation System (MIT-NFC-TR-088) September 2006.
3. A. AQUIEN, M.S. KAZIMI AND P. HEJZLAR, Fuel Cycle Options for Optimized Recycling of Nuclear Fuel (MIT-NFC-TR-086) June 2006.
4. M. VISOSKY, M.S. KAZIMI AND P. HEJZLAR, Actinide Minimization Using Pressurized Water Reactors (MIT-NFC-TR-085) June 2006.
5. T.H. NEWTON, M.S. KAZIMI, AND E. PILAT, ET AL., Development of a Low Enrichment Uranium Core for the MIT Reactor (MIT-NFC-PR-083) March 2006.