Speakers

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy

Speech Title:

Climate Resilient Design of Built-Infrastructure

Time Slot:

8.20pm to 8.40pm IST on 22-Dec-2020

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy

Conference Speaker

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory, and also the Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA.

Dr. Reddy received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA.  Dr. Reddy has over 25 years of teaching, research and consulting expertise in the broad fields of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering and also sustainable and resilient engineering.  

Dr. Reddy is the author of four major books:

  • Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies
  • Sustainable Engineering: Drivers, Metrics, Tools, and Applications
  • Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites, and
  • Electrochemical Remediation Technologies for Polluted Soils, Sediments and Groundwater.

He is also author of 246 journal papers, 21 edited books/conference proceedings, 22 book chapters, and 224 full conference papers. Dr. Reddy has given over 200 invited presentations in the USA and 20 other countries. Dr. Reddy has served or currently serves as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of over 10 different journals. He has also served on various professional committees of the ASCE and ISSMGE.

Dr. Reddy has received several awards for excellence in research and teaching, including ASCE Wesley W. Horner Award, ASTM Hogentogler Award, UIC Distinguished Researcher Award, University of Illinois Scholar Award, and University of Illinois Award for Excellence in Teaching. He is a Fellow of the ASCE, a Diplomate of Geotechnical Engineering, and a Board Certified Environmental Engineer. He is also a registered Professional Civil Engineer and an Envision Sustainability Professional.

Contact Information:

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy, PhD, PE, BCEE, DGE, FASCE, ENV SP
University Scholar & Distinguished Researcher
Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Director, Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory
Director, Geotechnical & Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory
Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois at Chicago
842 West Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607
e-mail: kreddy@uic.edu
https://gagel.lab.uic.edu/

More information:

CV l GAGEL l SERL l Google Scholar
Sustainable Engineering Textbook
Geoenvironmental Engineering Textbook
Short Course Videos: Sustainable Engineering l Geoenvironmental Engineering