Leslie Dewan

Leslie Dewan

Leslie Dewan in 2012
Born November 27, 1984
Newton, Massachusetts
Nationality United States
Institutions Transatomic Power
Alma mater Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Notable awards
  • TIME magazine "30 People Under 30 Changing the World" December 2013[1]
  • MIT Technology Review “35 Innovators Under 35” September 2013[2]
  • Forbes magazine “30 Under 30” in Energy December 2012[3]
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Leslie Dewan

Leslie Dewan (born November 27, 1984) is an American entrepreneur and the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Transatomic Power. She was selected by TIME magazine in December 2013 as one of “30 People Under 30 Changing the World”.

Education

Dewan is a 2002 graduate of The Winsor School in Boston, Massachusetts.[4] She received S.B. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in mechanical engineering and nuclear engineering in 2007.[5] She received her Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT in 2013.[6] While at MIT, Dewan was awarded a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship and an MIT Presidential Fellowship.[7][8]

Entrepreneurship

Dewan co-founded Transatomic Power in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2011 and is the Chief Executive Officer.[9] Transatomic Power is designing and developing a molten salt reactor that converts nuclear waste into electric power.[10][11][12][13] In December 2012, Forbes magazine selected Dewan for their “30 Under 30” in Energy. In September 2013, MIT Technology Review recognized Dewan as one of “35 Innovators Under 35”. In December 2013, TIME magazine selected Dewan as one of "30 People Under 30 Changing the World".

References

  1. ↑ TIME magazine "These Are the 30 People Under 30 Changing the World" by Maya Rhodan. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  2. ↑ MIT Technology Review "What if we could build a nuclear reactor that costs half as much, consumes nuclear waste, and will never melt down?" by Kevin Bullis. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  3. ↑ Forbes "30 Under 30 - The Future Of Energy Is Nuclear" by Christopher Helman. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  4. ↑ The Winsor School "Inventor Leslie Dewan ’02 Speaks with Students" Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  5. ↑ TEDx New England "Dr. Richard Lester, Leslie Dewan and Mark Massie" Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  6. ↑ TIME magazine "Amid Economic and Safety Concerns, Nuclear Advocates Pin Their Hopes on New Designs" by Bryan Walsh. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  7. ↑ Krell Institute "DOE CSGF Fellow Leslie Dewan Earns Forbes '30 Under 30' Honor" Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  8. ↑ EmTech MIT "Leslie Dewan" Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  9. ↑ Tech & Innovation Daily "The Technology That Will Help Prevent Another Fukushima Nuclear Disaster" by Elizabeth Carney. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  10. ↑ The New Yorker "A New Way to Do Nuclear" by Gareth Cook. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  11. ↑ Popular Science "The Energy Fix: How Waste Could Power The U.S. For Decades" by David Ferris. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  12. ↑ Scientific American "The future of nuclear energy: Let a thousand flowers bloom" by Ashutosh Jogalekar. Retrieved 9 Feb 2014
  13. ↑ Bloomberg Businessweek "Transatomic Power's Safer Reactor Eats Nuclear Waste" by Eric Roston. Retrieved 5 June 2014

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