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Kord Smith is an Emeritus Professor of Practice in Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has extensive expertise in developing and applying computational physics methods for modeling and simulating nuclear reactor cores. His research focuses on reactor physics analysis methods, optimization of fuel/core loading design, transient safety analysis, real-time operator training, and online plant monitoring. Throughout his career, he has contributed significantly to modernizing physics models used in reactor analysis and has addressed critical verification and validation challenges. He has also engaged students in developing improved analysis methods and techniques, working closely with the nuclear industry to solve practical reactor analysis problems. Smith’s work includes implementing efficient computational methods and numerical algorithms for high-performance computing applications, including co-design centers for advanced reactor simulations. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the American Nuclear Society's Eugene P. Wigner Reactor Physicist Award and Fellow status in the ANS.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Cambridge, MA
Teaching and conducting research in Nuclear Science and Engineering.