Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering (NSE)

Nuclear Science and Engineering and its uses will play an important role to face the challenges of 21st century and to promote Bangladesh as per the vision of the government. Now a days, Bangladesh is marching gradually to incorporate the uses of nuclear technology in producing power, medicine, industrial and agricultural products etc. From Bangladesh perspective, professionals to take care of the nuclear infrastructure, equipment and material like nuclear power plant, nuclear fuel and other radioactive materials especially for power generation and healthcare diagnostics and to integrate the latest technology effectively for quality citizen services were a long-felt necessity. Therefore, start-up of this nuclear education is a very time demanding effort. A major goal of the Nuclear Science and Engineering (NSE) Department is to advance the core disciplines needed to achieve new, beneficial applications of nuclear science and technology. Our students will study modern nuclear techniques which will find applications in medical imaging, radiation-based therapy, contraband detection and nuclear security and safeguards. In near future, our nuclear engineers/nuclear scientists will be employed in nuclear power plants, other power industries, nuclear medicine centers, research facilities, government regulatory agencies in our country as well as around the globe.

NSE Department was raised in 2014 and the first academic session started on 5th February 2015 at Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST). There are 40 undergraduate students in the maiden batch. NSE Dept. has also started MSc, MEngg and PhD programme from October 2015 session.

CATS-MIST (NSE) started its journey in the year of 2018 with a view to provide material testing. The associated laboratories are scanning electron microscopy (SEM) lab, Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (WDXRF) lab, High Purity Germanium detector (HPGe) lab. Under the direct involvement and supervision of highly qualified professionals, CATS-MIST (NSE) has successfully conducted a number of testing works. CATS-MIST (NSE) is running with best possible integrity and quality.

Currently we are providing the following services:

• Scanning Electron Microscopy (Imaging and Elemental Analysis)

• Elemental Analysis by XRF, WDXRF

• Permeability Test

• Corrosion Test in Salinated Environment

Our students excel in various contests and have certainly made their mark on both national and international arena with over 10 research publications in world renowned journals. Recently an article published by a MSc Engineering student from NSE Dept in “Radiation Physics and Chemistry (Elsevier)” journal has been accepted by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for EXFOR data Library maintained by the International Network of Nuclear Reaction Data Centers (NRDC) coordinated by the IAEA Nuclear Data Section, Vienna, Austria on 9 January 2020. The EXFOR library contains an extensive compilation of experimental nuclear reaction data.