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This experimental one-week course is a freshman-accessible hands-on introduction to Nuclear Science and Engineering at MIT.

FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos

111 years, 1 month

Units & Quizzes

4

Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion

Students build and test their own Geiger Counter, and so doing, they explore different types and sources of radiation, how to detect them, how to shield them, how to accurately count / measure their activity, and explore cryptographical applications of radiation. This course is meant to be enjoyable and rigorous at the same time.

This course was offered during the Independent Activities Period (IAP), which is a special 4-week term at MIT that runs during January each year.

WARNING NOTICE:

An activity described in this course is potentially hazardous and requires a high level of safety training, special facilities and equipment, and supervision by appropriate individuals. You bear the sole responsibility, liability, and risk for the implementation of such safety procedures and measures. MIT shall have no responsibility, liability, or risk for the content or implementation of any of the material presented. Legal Notice

Course Currilcum

  • Radiation Basics; Radiation Energetics Unlimited
  • Geiger Tube Theory, Dead Time Unlimited
  • Geiger Tube Theory, Dead Time Unlimited
  • Shielding and Range; Radiation Protection Unlimited