J. N. Reddy

Biography

J. N. Reddy is working as a professor in the department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, USA. He has completed Post Doctoral Fellow in Texas Institute for Computational Mechanics from University of Texas at Austin, 1973-1974. He has done Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, 1973. He has done M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, 1970. He has done B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India, 1968. He has won several awards like Honorary Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Nov. 2011., Honorary Doctorate Degree, Odlar Yurdu University, Baku, Azerbaijan, September 2011., Life Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), June 2011., Award for Career Achievement, presented by the organizers of the ACE-X 2010, Paris, France, July 2010. etc. He has published many research papers which are appeared in various national and international journals.

Research Interest

mechanics of composite materials and of computational methods, which deals with theoretical formulations and numerical analysis of problems in engineering. The shear deformation plate and shell theories that he developed and bear his name are well known and finite element models have been implemented into commercial software like ABAQUS, NISA, and HYPERFORM, which are accessible to engineers around the world