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Kumar Sridharan

Kumar Sridharan

Grainger Professor

Prof. Kumar Sridharan is Grainger Professor in the Departments of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics and Materials Science & Enginerring at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. His expertise spans a broad spectrum of areas in the field of materials science and metallurgy, including nuclear reactor materials, corrosion, physical metallurgy, surface modification and coatings processes, ion implantation, plasma-based synthesis and deposition of materials, characterization and testing of materials, intersections of materials and manufacturing, and industrial applications. He has over 350 publications in these areas including eight invited book chapters, journal articles, reviewed conference proceedings, and industry/national laboratory reports. Prof. Sridharan has provided research mentorship to over 100 graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral research associates, staff scientists, and incoming faculty. He serves on the editorial committee of the journal, Advanced Materials & Processes which specializes in reports on cutting-edge, applications-driven materials research and associated manufacturing processes. In 2013 he received the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research. In 2016, he received the Faculty Recognition Award given for enriching and inspiring collegiate experience of undergraduate students by Leaders in Engineering Excellence and Diversity in the University of Wisconsin, Madison’s College of Engineering. Prof. Sridharan is an elected Fellow of American Society for Materials, Fellow of Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, United Kingdom, and Fellow of American Nuclear Society in recognition for his contributions to the fields of surface modification and coatings technologies, nuclear reactor materials, and education.

Department

Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics

Contact

919, Engineering Research Building
1500 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • Nuclear reactor materials research and development
  • Irradiation effects in materials
  • Corrosion of materials
  • High temperature materials
  • Physical metallurgy and mechanical behavior of materials
  • Ion implantation and plasma-assisted thin film deposition of materials
  • Surface modifications and coatings including nanoscale processes and materials
  • Emerging and commercial surface engineering technologies
  • Wear and nanotribology of materials
  • Processing-structure-properties-performance relationships in materials
  • Conventional and advanced materials characterization and analysis techniques
  • Materials applications, challenges, and solutions for a broad spectrum of industrial applications
  • Failure analysis

  • 2016 College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Faculty Recognition Award, Leaders in Engineering Excellence and Diversity
  • 2015 Institute of Materials, Minerals, and Mining, United Kingdom, Fellow
  • 2013 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Research
  • 2008 American Society for Materials, Elected Fellow
  • American Nuclear Society, Fellow
  • College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Grainer Professorship

  • M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • N E 424 - Nuclear Materials Laboratory (Spring 2025)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • M S & E 433 - Principles of Corrosion (Fall 2024)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • N E 433 - Principles of Corrosion (Fall 2024)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • M S & E 699 - Independent Study (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • N E 424 - Nuclear Materials Laboratory (Spring 2024)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • M S & E 433 - Principles of Corrosion (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • N E 433 - Principles of Corrosion (Fall 2023)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • M S & E 790 - Master's Research or Thesis (Summer 2023)
  • M S & E 990 - Research and Thesis (Summer 2023)
  • N E 790 - Master's Research and Thesis (Summer 2023)