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UROP represents
an excellent
opportunity
for students
to become
familiar with
the nuclear
engineering
field. Nuclear
engineering
is an applied
science related
to many areas
ranging from
biomedical
applications
to development
of nuclear
energy for
power sources.
The Nuclear
Science & Engineering
Department
offers during
the academic
year departmental
UROP stipend
awards in
varying amounts.
Preference
will be given
to freshmen
and undesignated
sophomores.
The awards
are given
to support
and encourage
UROP participation
in the areas
listed below.
See the "Awards & Funds" section
of this site
for additional
information.
The three
major nuclear
engineering
disciplines
are:
- Fission
Reactors:
reactor
engineering,
reactor
physics
and fuel
management,
nuclear
materials,
and reliability
and risk
analysis;
- Controlled
Fusion:
applied
plasma physics
and fusion
reactor
technology;
- Nuclear
Science
and Technology,
including
Biomedical
Applications:
condensed
matter sciences,
biomedical
and radiological
sciences,
and physical
metallurgy
and;
Students
are invited
to discuss
their particular
objectives
with the UROP
Coordinator,
who will refer
them to the
appropriate
faculty member.
The following
projects are
examples of
research opportunities
suggested
by the listed
faculty. Other
projects may
result from
a match between
the area of
interest of
a faculty
member and
a student.
Letters of
Intent and/or
proposals
are to be
filed with
the UROP Coordinator.
- Prof.
George
Apostolakis,
24-221,
x2-1570, apostola@mit.edu
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- Organizational
factors
and nuclear
power plant
performance;
stakeholder
involvement
in regulatory
decisions.
- Prof.
Ronald
G. Ballinger, NW22-117,
x3-5118, hvymet@mit.edu
- Materials
testing,
stress corrosion
cracking,
environmental
effects,
fusion materials
development,
irradiation
effects,
modeling
of corrosion,
fracture
mechanics,
fatigue,
and much
else.
- Prof.
Jacopo Buongiorno,
24-206,
x3-7316,
jacopo@mit.edu
- Design
of advanced
water-cooled
reactors;
investigation
of nanofluid
coolants
for nuclear
applications;
two-phase
flow and
heat transfer.
-
Prof.
Sow-Hsin
Chen,
24-209A,
x3-3810, sowhsin@mit.edu
- Applications
of neutrons
to physical,
chemical,
and biological
problems;
small angle
neutron
scattering
studies
of proteins
and supramolecular
aggregates
such as
micelles
and microemulsions
in solutions;
neutron
and x-ray
reflectivity
technique
for surface
depth profiling.
Applications
of accelerator
neutron
sources.
-
Prof.
Jeffrey
Coderre,
NW14-2211,
452-3383, coderre@mit.edu
- Radiation
Science
and Technology:
Radiation
biology;
characterization
of the effects
of the mixed
radiation
field generated
during boron
neutron
capture
therapy
(BNCT) on
tumor and
normal tissues;
mechanisms
of radiation
damage in
single cells,
in normal
tissues,
and in tumors;
use of animal
tumor models
for evaluation
of experimental
therapies;
cell survival
as a biological
endpoint
for radiation
dosimetry;
response
of small
clusters
of tumors
cells to
irradiation
with alpha
particles
as a model
for radioimmunotherapy
of tumor
micrometastatic
sites.
-
Prof.
David
C. Cory, NW14-2217,
x3-3806, dcory@mit.edu
- Development
of novel
instrumentation
and methodologies
applied
to Nuclear
Magnetic
Resonance
spectroscopy,
imaging,
and including
NMR implementations
of quantum
information
processors.
- Prof.
Jeffrey
Freidberg,
nw16-254,
x3-8670, jpfreid@mit.edu
- Building
a microwave
plasma interferometer,
a diagnostic
that measures
plasma density.
This experiment
involves
microwave
technology,
plasma creation,
high voltage
circuitry,
and vacuum
technology.
- Prof.
Kent Hansen,
24-204a,
x3-7384, kfhansen@mit.edu
- Energy policy
creation/modification
in the US.
- Prof.
Michael
W. Golay, 24-223,
x3-5824, golay@mit.edu
- Risk-informed
nuclear
safety regulation;
construction
project
risk control;
numerical
modeling
of fluid
flow in
rotating
pumps; smart
equipment
systems;
software
reliability
evaluation;
system dynamics
modeling;
nuclear
seismic
nuclear
risk and
policy evaluation.
- Prof.
Otto K.
Harling, NW13-200,
x3-4201, oharling@mit.edu
- In-pile
loop research
aimed at
dose and
corrosion
reduction
of LWRs,
irradiation
assisted
stress corrosion
cracking
in LWRs,
neutron
capture
therapy
for brain
and skin
cancers,
radiation
health physics
research,
environmental
studies
(all research
applications
of MITR-II).
Nuclear
Reactor
Laboratory http://web.mit.edu/nrl/www/
- Prof.
Ian H.
Hutchinson, 24-107, hutch@mit.edu
- Tokamak
plasma physics,
mechanical
and electrical
engineering
design relating
to AlcatorC-mod.
Students
are welcome
to propose
topics related
to toroidal
confinement.
Alcator
C-Mod Project.\
- Prof.
Alan Jasanoff, NW14-2213,
x 2-2538,
jasanoff@mit.edu
- Magnetic
resonance
imaging
of reward-related
behavior
in animals;
development
of new MRI contrast agents
for neuroimaging; molecular
imaging applied to study
neural function in single
cells and
circuits.
- Prof.
Andrew
Kadak,
24-207A,
x3-0166, kadak@mit.edu
- Work on
advanced
high temperature
pebble bed
gas reactor
that appears
to be the
leading
candidate
for a new
generation
of nuclear
energy plants.
Work in
the areas
of reactor
physics,
thermal
hydraulics,
accident
analysis,
design of
helium systems
and components,
and new
nuclear
fuel development
are available.
This project
will result
in the construction
of such
a plant
in the future.
In order
to do that
economic
analyses,
non-proliferation
risk assessments
and probabilistic
safety assessments
will need
to be done
as well
as the impact
of this
type of
technology
on waste
disposal.
Pebble Bed
Project
Team http://web.mit.edu/pebble-bed/ CANES http://web.mit.edu/canes/
-
Prof.
Mujid
S. Kazimi,
24-219,
x3-4206, kazimi@mit.edu
- Engineering
and economic
analysis
of advanced
fission
reactors
and fuel
cycle facilities.
Comparative
analysis
of the performance
of alternative
systems
of energy
production
for sustainable
economic
and environmental
development;
analysis
of radioactive
waste storage
and disposal
options
including
transmutation
of spent
nuclear
fuel. MIT
Program
on Nuclear
Fuel Cycle
Economics
and Environmental
Policy & MIT
Center
for Advanced
Nuclear
Energy Systems.
-
Dr.
Richard
C. Lanza, NW13-221,
x3-2399, lanza@mit.edu
- Radiation
science
and technology;
development
of new techniques
and instrumentation
for non-destructive
testing
and medical
imaging;
neutron
tomography
for three-dimensional
imaging
of flaws
and corrosion
in aircraft
and large
machinery;
development
of new radiation
detectors
for digital
mammography
and brain
imaging;
two- and
three-dimensional
imaging
and tomography
using x-rays,
gamma rays,
and laser
light; coded
aperture
imagers
for high
resolution
imaging
in nuclear
medicine;
nuclear
techniques
for detection
of explosives
and contraband;
humanitarian
demining.
CastScan
Research
Program: http://castscan.mit.edu/
-
Prof.
Neil E.
Todreas,
24-205,
x3-5296, todreas@mit.edu
- Thermalhydraulic
laboratory
experiments
and computer
analyses
on problems
of importance
to energy
extraction
and safety
analysis
in nuclear
power reactors.
- Prof.
Jacquelyn
C. Yanch, NW14-2207,
x8-6999, jcyanch@mit.edu
- The Laboratory
for Accelerator
Beam Applications,
directed
by Professor
Jacquelyn
Yanch, houses
two state-of-the-art
electrostatic
accelerators.
Research
dealing
with various
applications
of radiation
in both
medicine
and biology
is performed.
One accelerator
is equipped
with a multi-bore
switching
magnet allowing
installation
of several
permanent
end-stations.
Work on
the development
and testing
of novel
radiation
therapies
involves
equipment
design,
biological
and animal
experiments,
development
of accelerator
targets
and cooling
strategies,
and computer
simulation
of radiation
transport.
One accelerator
is devoted
to the development
of a charged
particle
microbeam
for single
particle
and subcellular
irradiation.
UROP projects
in several
topics are
possible,
including:
cellular
and molecular
effects
of radiation,
cellular
imaging,
heat transfer,
computer
simulation,
radiation
detection,
and phantom
studies.
LABA-- Laboratory
for Accelerator
Beam Applications: http://web.mit.edu/laba/www/index.html
- Prof.
Sidney
Yip, 24-208,
x3-3809, syip@mit.edu
- Molecular
modeling
and simulation
in materials
research.
Computer
graphics
and visualization,
such as
building
an atomic
camera,
to probe
the structure
and dynamics
of solids
and liquids.
Yip Group
Homepage:
Multiscale
Materials
Modeling
Group http://mmm.mit.edu/.
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