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Dr. Reddy is a Distinguished Professor and inaugural holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. Dr. Reddy earned a Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics in 1974. He worked as a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, Research Scientist for Lockheed Missiles and Space Company during l974-75, and taught at the University of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1980, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University from 1980 to 1992, and Texas A&M University from 1992 till now.

Dr. Reddy is the author of over 250 journal papers and 12 text books on theoretical formulations and finite-element analysis of problems in solid and structural mechanics (plates and shells), composite materials, computational fluid dynamics, numerical heat transfer, and applied mathematics. The books authored by Dr. Reddy include: An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, McGraw-Hill, 1984 (second edition, 1993); Energy and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics, John Wiley, l984; Applied Functional Analysis and Variational Methods in Engineering, McGraw-Hill, 1986; Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates: Theory and Analysis, CRC Press, 1997; Theory and Analysis of Elastic Plates, Taylor & Francis, 1999; Advanced Engineering Analysis, (J. N. Reddy and M. L. Rasmussen), John Wiley, 1982; The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics (J. N. Reddy and D. K. Gartling), CRC Press, 1994 (second edition, 2001); An Introduction to the Mathematical Theory of Finite Elements (J. T. Oden and J. N. Reddy), Wiley, l976 and Variational Methods in Theoretical Mechanics (J. T. Oden and J. N. Reddy), Springer-Verlag, 1976. Dr. Reddy advised over 35 Ph.D. students and 25 M.S. students, and delivered over 45 general and keynote lectures at national and international conferences.

Dr. Reddy is the first recipient of the University of Oklahoma College of Engineering's Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research, the 1984 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the 1985 Alumni Research Award at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and 1992 Worcester Reed Warner Medal and 1995 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). He received German Academic Exchange (DAAD) and von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) research awards. Most recently, he received the 1997 Melvin R. Lohmann Medal from Oklahoma State University's College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, the 1997 Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award from the Mechanics Division of the American Society of Engineering Education, the 1998 Nathan M. Newmark Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers, the 2000 Technomic Award for Composites from the American Society of Composite Materials, the 2000 Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award for Research from Texas A&M University.

Professor Reddy is a fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM), U.S. Association of Computational Mechanics (USACM), and the Aeronautical Society of India (ASI). Dr. Reddy received a Technical Achievement Award from the National Academy of Engineering for ``outstanding contributions to engineering education and research". He also received Certificates of Teaching Excellence at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Outstanding Graduate Teaching award from Texas A&M University. He delivered about forty five plenary, key note, or general lectures at national and international conferences.

Dr. Reddy serves on the editorial boards of about two-dozen journals, including: Journal of Applied Mechanics (ASME), International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, and International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Mechanics of Composite Materials and Structures, and serves as of the editor of International Journal of Computational Engineering Science and International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics. Dr. Reddy served as the chair of the ASME (AMD) Committee on Computing in Applied Mechanics, the ASCE (EMD) Committee on Computational Mechanics, the Executive Committee Advisory Board of the Engineering Mechanics Division of ASCE. Dr. Reddy is also a member of the International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM), former co-editor of its bulletin, a founding member and former president of the U.S. Association of Computational Mechanics (USACM).

CURRICULUM VITAE

EDUCATION

· B.E. (5yrs. Course), Mechanical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1968.

· M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1970.

· Ph.D., Engineering Mechanics (Advisor: Dr. J. T. Oden), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, 1973.

· Post Doctoral Fellow, Texas Institute for Computational Mechanics, University of Texas at Austin, 1973-1974.

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

· 1974-1975: Research Scientist, Lockheed Missiles and Space Company, Huntsville, Alabama.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

· 1975-1978: Assistant Professor, School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

· 1978-1980: Associate Professor, School of Aerospace, Mechanical, and Nuclear Engineering, University of Oklahoma, Norman.

· 1980-1985: Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics Department, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.

· 1986-1992: Clifton C. Garvin Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia.

· 1992-present: Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.

· 1998-present: University Distinguished Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (less than one percent of the university's faculty is appointed to this rank).

RESEARCH BACKGROUND AND INTERESTS

General: Formulation and analysis of problems in continuum mechanics, solid and structural mechanics, computational fluid mechanics, computational heat transfer, computational solid mechanics, and applied mathematics. Specialization in the theory and applications of the finite element method, composite materials and structures, plate and shell theories, and energy and variational principles and methods.

Current Research Activities: Analysis of laminated composite plates and shells with actuators/sensors; health-monitoring of composite structures; thermomechanical analysis of functionally graded materials; development of constitutive models of shape memory alloys; numerical simulation of blown polymeric films; numerical modeling of solidification, molding and extrusion; and development of robust and efficient computational (vector and parallel) algorithms for the solution of large systems of equations (mesh superposition techniques, global-local analyses, hierarchical and multigrid methods, and others).

HONORS AND AWARDS

Significant National and International Awards

· TANA Award for Excellence in Education and Research from the Telugu Association of North America, July 2001, New York.

· Distinguished Alumni (Engineering) from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, May 11, 2001.

· Excellence in the Field of Composites Award from the American Society of Composite Materials, September 2000.

· The Nathan M. Newmark Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers, October 1998.

· Outstanding Educator Award from the American Telugu Association (ATA), July 1998, Detroit, MI.

· Fellow of the International Association of Computational Mechanics (IACM), 1998.

· The Melvin R. Lohmann Medal from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, April 1997.

· The Archie Higdon Distinguished Educator Award from the American Society of Engineering Education, June 1997.

· The Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1995.

· Distinguished Visiting Professor, Institute for High Performance Computing (IHPC) and the National University of Singapore, 1998-1999.

· Technical Achievement Award of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), 1995.

· Fellow of the U.S. Association of Computational Mechanics (USACM), 1995.

· Visiting Professor, Institute for Computer Applications and Design, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 1994.

· NATO Fellow, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 1994.

· Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), 1994.

· Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1992.

· The Worcester Reed Warner Medal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1992.

· Invited Speaker, Southwest Mechanics Lecture Series (University of Oklahoma, Texas A&M University, Rice University, and University of Houston), 1991.

· Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India, 1991.

· Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr., Chair Lecture, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, November 11, 1991.

· Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1989.

· Visiting Scientist, Alcoa Laboratories Centennial Technical Seminars on Mechanics, Hilton Head, S.C., 1987.

· Visiting Professor, University of Missouri-Rolla, 1986.

· The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship, Germany, 1986.

· The German Academic Exchange Service Research Grant, Germany, 1986.

· Fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics (AAM), 1985.

· The Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 1983.

· Ralph R. Teetor Education Award, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), l976.

· 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21^st Century, First Edition, 2001.

· Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals, 2001.

· Highly Cited Researchers, 2000.

· Outstanding Man of the 21st Century, 2000.

· Dictionary of International Biography, 27th Edition, l998.

· Five Hundred Leaders of Influence, l998.

· Five Thousand Personalities of the World, 6th Edition, l998.

· The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, l998, 2001.

· Outstanding People of the 20th Century, l998.

· Who's Who in America, 52nd Edition, l998.

· Men of Achievement, l994.

· Most Admired Men & Women of the Year, l994.

· Who's Who Among Asian Americans, l994.

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