Prof. Kumar Sridharan gave an invited talk to an international audience of over 150 attendees at the North American Cold Spray Conference held in Boucherville, Canada, on September 9th, 2024, in which he highlighted the research at University of Wisconsin, Madison on the development of cold spray technology for advanced fuel claddings for light water reactors.
In October 2024, Kumar served as an invited participant on an expert panel led by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to evaluate the Materials Degradation Matrix for molten salt-cooled nuclear reactors.