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, the Paul E. Lego Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ, will lead a collaborative study to develop radiation-hard, multifunctional distributed fiber sensors and sensor-fused components that can be placed in a nuclear reactor core to improve safety and efficiency. Chen’s research into fiber optical sensing technology earned him .

The U.S. Department of Energy announced that 51¾«Æ·ÊÓƵ's Swanson School of Engineering will receive $1.275 million for collaborative research that includes the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Reactor Laboratory, Westinghouse Electric Corporation and the National Energy Technology Laboratory.