Join a live, online forum with Jacopo Buongiorno PhD '01, the TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT. 

In his talk, entitled “Nuclear Energy: the Need for Radical Innovation," Buongiorno will share his latest research, field questions from alumni participants, and discuss ANPEG, the Advanced Nuclear and Production Experts Group.

Live captions will be available. This event will be recorded and an archive made available on the MIT Alumni Association YouTube channel within a week of airing.

Moderator: Anne White, Professor and Head, Nuclear Science and Engineering; Distinguished Professor of Engineering

About Jacopo Buongiorno

Jacopo Buongiorno is the TEPCO Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the Director of Science and Technology of the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory. He teaches a variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in thermo-fluids engineering and nuclear reactor engineering. Jacopo has published 90 journal articles in the areas of reactor safety and design, two-phase flow and heat transfer, and nanofluid technology...[more]

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