Junuthula N. Reddy is a Distinguished Professor and holder of the Oscar S. Wyatt

Oscar Wyatt

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 Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

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, College Station, Texas

College Station, Texas

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, USA. He is one of the researchers responsible for the development of the Finite Element Method

Finite element method

The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...

 (FEM). He is an authoritative figure in the broad area of mechanics. He has made significant seminal contributions in the specific areas of finite element method

Finite element method

The finite element method is a numerical technique for finding approximate solutions of partial differential equations as well as integral equations...

, plate theory, solid mechanics

Solid mechanics

Solid mechanics is the branch of mechanics, physics, and mathematics that concerns the behavior of solid matter under external actions . It is part of a broader study known as continuum mechanics. One of the most common practical applications of solid mechanics is the Euler-Bernoulli beam equation...

, variational methods

Calculus of variations

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, mechanics of composites

Composite material

Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...

, functionally graded materials, fracture mechanics, plasticity, biomechanics, classical and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, and applied functional analysis

Functional analysis

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. Reddy has over 380 journal papers, 14 books, and has given numerous national and international talks. Many of his (former) PhD and postdoctoral students are currently faculty members in reputed universities throughout the world. He has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited Author in Engineering by the ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific Company. He has won many awards for his research accomplishments.

In addition to being a world class researcher, he is also considered as a phenomenal educator. He has won many teaching awards, and his books are widely used as textbooks in many courses at various universities across the world. His books are known for explaining very difficult theories in lucid manner.

Education

• PhD – University of Alabama in Huntsville
  University of Alabama in Huntsville
  The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a state-supported, public, coeducational research university, located in Huntsville, Alabama, United States, is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees, and is organized in five...
  
  , Alabama, 1973
• M.S. – Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, 1970
• B.E. – Osmania University
  Osmania University
  Osmania University , , since 1918, is a public university located in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was established and named after the last Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan. It is one of the oldest modern universities in India. It is the first Indian University to have Urdu and...
  
  , Hyderabad, 1968

International Awards

• Honorary degree (Honoris Causa) from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, 2009.
• Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautical and Astronautics, 2005.
• Distinguished Research Award of the American Society for Composites, 2004.
• Computational Solids Mechanics award for the US Association for Computational Mechanics, 2003.
• Outstanding Man of the 21st century, 2000.
• The Nathan M. Newmark medal from the American Society of Civil Engineering, 1998.
• Fellow of the International Association of Computational Mechanics, 1998.
• Charles Russ Richards Memorial Award, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1995.
• Men of Achievement, 1994.

Books

• J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill Education (2005). ISBN 0071244735
• J. N. Reddy, Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells: Theory and Analysis, 2nd ed., CRC Press (2003)
• J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford University Press, USA (2004). ISBN 019852529X
• J. N. Reddy, Energy Principles and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics, 2nd ed., John Wiley (2002)
• J. N. Reddy, Applied Functional Analysis and Variational Methods in Engineering, McGraw-Hill (1986); reprinted by Krieger, Melbourne (1991)
• J. N. Reddy, Theory and Analysis of Elastic Plates, Taylor & Francis (1999)
• J. N. Reddy and D. K. Gartling, The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics, 2nd ed., CRC Press (2000). ISBN 084932355X
• J. N. Reddy and M. L. Rasmussen, Advanced Engineering Analysis, John Wiley (1982)
• J. T. Oden and J. N. Reddy, A Mathematical Theory of Finite Elements, Wiley-Interscience (1976)
• J. T. Oden and J. N. Reddy, Variational Methods in Theoretical Mechanics, 2nd ed., Springer-Verlag (1982)