Benoit Forget named head of the Department of Nuclear Science
Benoit Neglect, the Korea Electrical Energy Professor of Nuclear Engineering, has been named the brand new head of the MIT Division of Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE), efficient April 1.
“Ben’s substantial analysis contributions and dedication to his college students are actually exceptional,” says Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of the MIT College of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Laptop Science. “Particularly, his management as regards to computational science and engineering actions have had a long-lasting influence on the NSE division, in addition to the Institute as an entire. I stay up for welcoming Ben to the College of Engineering’s management workforce.”
Since 2019, Neglect has served as affiliate head of NSE. His major focus in that function has been on increasing computational science and engineering actions within the division and main its engagement with the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman Faculty of Computing. Neglect has additionally served as co-chair of the Working Group on Faculty Infrastructure for the MIT Schwarzman Faculty of Computing, which supplied an in-depth overview of MIT’s computing infrastructure wants.
A acknowledged chief in analytical and computational modeling, Neglect is the founding father of the MIT Computational Reactor Physics Group (CRPG), which he leads with professor of the observe emeritus Kord Smith. Neglect and his workforce at CRPG have developed novel strategies to simulate the advanced physics at play inside a nuclear reactor. Leveraging using fashionable computing architectures, these simulations may result in optimized designs for safer, extra environment friendly nuclear reactors.
Neglect obtained his bachelor’s diploma in chemical engineering and grasp’s diploma in power engineering from École Polytechnique de Montréal. After incomes a PhD in nuclear engineering from Georgia Tech, he labored at Idaho Nationwide Laboratory as a nuclear engineer. He joined MIT’s school in 2008.
Neglect succeeds Anne White, who has led NSE since 2019. White was named affiliate provost and affiliate vice chairman for analysis administration in November 2022.
“I’m grateful to Anne for her super management as head of NSE,” provides Chandrakasan. “Her concentrate on creating options for the betterment of humankind, as properly has her dedication to fostering a robust sense of group, has had an indelible influence on the division.”