Elements come in different forms, or isotopes, and one way to differentiate among isotopes is to bombard them with neutrons. Levine is focused on a process called neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA), which is used for identifying specific kinds of special nuclear materials. “The work we’re doing has clear implications for making the world safer.” “I was looking for a research opportunity with tangible applications, and that’s what I found at the lab,” she says. Her research is based in the Laboratory for Applied Nuclear Physics, directed by Associate Professor Areg Danagoulian. Today, Levine is well along that path, engaged in a five-year combined undergraduate and master’s program and helping develop technologies for characterizing nuclear material - tools to aid in nuclear weapons verification or to prevent illicit trafficking of nuclear material. “I had to find where my passions lay and forge my own path.” “I came to MIT to be in an environment that would push me beyond my comfortable limits,” says Levine, a senior majoring in nuclear science and engineering (NSE). Well before arriving on campus, Peninah (Nina) Levine knew what she wanted from her undergraduate education:
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