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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 270 journal papers and 13 textbooks 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. Dr.
Reddy advised over 36 Ph.D. students (about 40% of them hold faculty positions in USA and around
the world) and 30 M.S. students, and delivered over 46 general and keynote lectures at national and
international conferences.
Dr. Reddy is the first recipient of numerous institutional and national awards. Most notable are the
1984 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE), the 1992 Worcester Reed Warner Medal and 1995 Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award of
the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 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, and the 2000
Technomic Award for Composites from the American Society of Composite Materials. 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 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
Formulation and analysis of problems in continuum mechanics, solid and structural mechanics,
computational fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and 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 include: Analysis of laminated composite plates and shells with
actuators/sensors; health-monitoring of composite structures; thermomechanical analysis of
functionally graded materials; mechanics of surface damage in polymers; and development of multi-
scale computational models.
• Texas A&M Bush Excellence Award for Faculty in International Research award, 2003.
• Distinguished Achievement in Teaching Award, Association of Former Students (AFS), Texas A&M
University, 2002.
• Lockheed Martin Fort Worth Company Excellence in Teaching, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
2002.
• Distinguished Achievement in Research Award, Association of Former Students (AFS), Texas
A&M University, 2000.
• Outstanding Graduate Teaching award from Texas A&M University, 1995.
• Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. Chair, Texas A&M University, 1992-present.
• Clifton C. Garvin Professorship, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1985-1992.
• Certificates of Teaching Excellence, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
1981,1990.
• The Alumni Research Award, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, l985.
• Finalist for Sporn Teaching Award at the university level, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University, 1983.
• College of Engineering Award for Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research (the FIRST
recipient), University of Oklahoma, l979.
• Purple Shaft Award (given to a caring but tough faculty member) University of Oklahoma, 1978.
1. “On the Modeling of Thick Composite Laminates", the First U. S. National Congress on
Computational Mechanics, Chicago, IL, July 21-24, 1991.
2. “Global-Local Analysis of Composite Laminates Using Hierarchical Finite Elements and
Mesh Superposition", an invited General Lecture presented at the IBM Europe Institute on
Structural Analysis, Oberlech, Austria, July 20-24, 1992.
3. “Analysis of Composite Laminates Using Variable Kinematic Finite Elements", an invited
General Lecture presented at the 7th Brasilian Symposium on Piping and Pressure Vessels,
October 7-9, 1992, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
4. “An Evaluation of Equivalent-Single-Layer and Layerwise Theories of Composite
Laminates", the Seventh International Conference on Composite Structures, University of
Paisley, Scotland, 5-7 July 1993.
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19. “An Accurate and Robust Computational Methodology for Structural Dynamics Problems,”
(with K. S. Surana) Plenary Lecture of the International Conference on Structural Stability and
Dynamics, Singapore, December 16-18, 2002.
20. “Computational Modeling Of Advanced Materials And Structures,” Keynote Lecture of the VII
National Congress on Applied and Computational Mechanics, Évora, Portugal, April 14-16, 2003.
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1. An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, Second Edition, McGraw-Hill, NY, 1993.
2. Energy and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics, John Wiley, NY, l984.
3. Applied Functional Analysis and Variational Methods in Engineering, McGraw-Hill, NY,
1986; reprinted by Krieger, Melbourne, FL, 1991.
4. Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates: Theory and Analysis, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL,
1997.
5. Theory and Analysis of Elastic Plates, Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, PA, 1999.
6. An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K.,
2003.
JOURNAL PAPERS
64. “Modeling of the Thermomechanical Response of Active Laminates with SMA Strips Using
the Layerwise Finite Element Method", (with D. C. Lagoudas, C. M. D. Moorthy, and M. A.,
Qidwai), Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 8, pp. 476-488, 1997.
65. “Numerical Modeling of Martensitic Phase Transformations in Shape Memory Alloys", (with
G. Rengarajan and R. Krishna Kumar,) International Journal of Solids & Structures, Vol. 35,
No. 14, pp. 1489-1513, 1998.
66. “Dynamic Stability of Cross-Ply Laminated Composite Cylindrical Shells", (with T. Y. Ng and
K. Y. Lam) Int. J. Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 40, No. 8, pp. 805-823, 1998.
67. “Deflection Relationships Between Classical and Third-Order Plate Theories", (with C.M.
Wang) Acta Mechanica, Vol. 130, No. 3-4, pp. 199-208, 1998.
68. “Transverse Matrix Cracks in Cross-Ply Laminates: Stress Transfer, Stiffness Reduction and
Crack Opening Profiles", (with G. N. Praveen) Acta Mechanica, Vol. 130, No. 3-4, pp. 227-
248, 1998.
69. “Thermomechanical Analysis of Functionally Graded Cylinders and Plates", (with C. D.
Chin) J. Thermal Stresses, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 593-626, 1998.
70. “A Multilevel Hierarchical Preconditioner for Thin Elastic Solids", (with J.A. Mitchell) Int. J.
Numer. Meth. Engng., Vol. 43, pp. 1383-1400, 1998.
71. “Computational Study of Shear-Induced Crystallization in Polymers", (with Achuth Rao)
Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, Vol. 34(4), pp.357-368, 1998.
72. “On Laminated Composite Plates with Integrated Sensors and Actuators", Engineering
Structures, Vol. 21, pp. 568-593, 1999.
73. “The Elastic Response of Functionally Graded Cylindrical Shells to Low Velocity Impact",
(with S. W. Gong, K. Y. Lam) International Journal of Impact Engineering, Vol. 22, No. 4, pp.
397-417, 1999.
74. “Dynamic Stability of Cylindrical Panels with Transverse Shear Effects" (with T. Y. Ng and
K. Y. Lam) Int. J. Solids and Structures, Vol. 36(23), pp. 3483-3496, 1999.
75. “Thermoelastic Analysis of a Functionally Graded Ceramic-Metal Cylinder", (with G. N.
Praveen and C. D. Chin) ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 125, No. 11, pp. 1259-
1267, 1999.
76. “Recovery of Interlaminar Stresses and Strain Energy Release Rates in Composite
Laminates", (with C.M. Dakshina Moorthy) Finite Elements in Analysis and Design, Vol. 33,
pp. 1-27, 1999.
77. “Relationship Between Vibration Frequencies of Reddy and Kirchhoff Polygonal Plates with
Simply Supported Edges", (with C.M. Wang and S. Kitipornchai) ASME Journal of Vibration
and Acoustics, Vol. 122 (1), pp. 77-81, 2000.
78. “Relationships Between Bending Solutions of Reissner and Mindlin Plate Theories" (with
C.M. Wang, G.T. Lim*, and K.H. Lee), Engineering Structures, Vol. 23, pp. 838-849, 2001.
79. “Three-Dimensional Solution of Smart Functionally Graded Plates", (with Z.Q. Cheng)
Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vo. 68, pp. 234-241, March 2001.
80. “Deformations of Piezothermoelastic Laminates with Internal Electrodes", (with Z.Q. Cheng)
ZAMM, Vol. 81, No. 5, pp. 347-359, 2001.
81. “Study of Interlaminar Stresses in Composite Laminates Subjected to Torsional Loading",
(with J.A. Mitchell*) AIAA J., Vol. 39, No. 7, pp. 1374-1382, 2001.
82. “On the Inelastic Behavior of Crystalline Silicon at Elevated Temperatures", (with Govind
Rengarajan) Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Vol. 49, pp. 1665-1700, 2001.
83. “Bending Solutions of the Levinson Beams and Plates in Terms of the Classical Theories"
(with C.M. Wang, et a.), Int. J. Solids & Structures, Vol. 38, pp. 4701-4720, 2001.
84. “Octet Formalism for Kirchhoff anisotropic plates,” (with Z.-Q. Cheng) Proceedings of the Royal
Society, London, A, Vol. 458, pp. 1499-1517, 2001.
85. ``The k-Version of Finite Element Method for Self-Adjoint Operators in BVP,” (with K.S. Surana
and A.R. Ahmadi) Int. Journal of Computational Engineering Science, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 155-218, 2002.