Faris Sweidan

Faris Sweidan is a Researcher at the Department of Nuclear Science & Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology. His work focuses on advanced nuclear materials, fuel performance, and reactor safety. Key research areas include fission product behavior, thermal conductivity of nuclear fuels, microstructural evolution under irradiation, and plasma-facing materials for fusion applications. He employs computational modeling (e.g., finite element analysis, kinetic Monte Carlo) and experimental techniques (e.g., spark plasma sintering) to study material behavior under extreme conditions.

Research interests extend to functionally graded materials, composite fuel design (e.g., UN-UO2), and safety analysis of next-generation reactors such as micro lead-cooled fast reactors. His studies address challenges like fuel fragmentation during loss-of-coolant accidents (LOCA) and erosion-resistant coatings for zirconium alloys. Sweidan collaborates on projects involving uncertainty quantification in fuel performance codes (FRAPCON, FRAPTRAN) and material property characterization under irradiation.

Publications highlight innovations in spark plasma sintering for ceramic fabrication, thermal conductivity modeling of novel fuels, and sensitivity analyses for dispersion fuel systems. Despite no listed awards, his contributions advance nuclear energy through interdisciplinary materials research and reactor safety methodologies.