ANS-NE welcomes Professor Jacopo Buongiomo to present:

Microreactor Designs that Make Economic Sense

Thursday, February 26, 2026   5:30PM to 8:30PM

Registration Link

Jacopo Buongiorno is the Battelle Energy Alliance Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.  He is also the Director of Science and Technology of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory and the Director of the Center for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems (CANES).  Jacopo teaches a variety of courses in thermo-fluids and nuclear reactor engineering.  He has published >110 journal articles in the areas of reactor safety and design, two-phase flow and heat transfer, and nanofluid technology. For his research work and his teaching, he has won several awards, including an ANS Presidential Citation (2022), the MIT MacVicar Faculty Fellowship (2014), the ANS Landis Young Member Engineering Achievement Award (2011), the ASME Heat Transfer Best Paper Award (2008), and the ANS Mark Mills Award (2001).  In 2016-2018 he led the MIT study on the Future of Nuclear Energy in a Carbon-Constrained World.

    In-Person: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), 480 Totten Pond Rd, Waltham, MA

     Virtual: Link provided on Registration Receipt

Costs:

• ANS-NE and NECHPS Members: $30
• Non-Members (of either section/chapter): $40
• Students: $0

Please send questions and reservation changes to Jerry Balayan: ne@local.ans.org.

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