Prof. Krishna R. Reddy is a university scholar, researcher, professor of civil and environmental engineering, and the Director of both the Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL) and the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory (GAGEL) in the Department of Civil, Materials, and Environmental Engineering (CME) at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC).

Education

Prof. Reddy received PhD in Civil Engineering from the

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, Chicago. He received gold medals for being first in both BS (Civil Engineering) at the

Osmania University Osmania University is a collegiate university, collegiate Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Mir Osman Ali Khan, the 7th Nizam of Hyderabad, issued a ''firman'' calling f ...

, India, in 1983 and MS (Civil Engineering) at the

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, India, in 1985.

Career and research

Reddy worked for three years in consulting as a Geotechnical /Geoenvironmental Engineer, before joining

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. He specializes in Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, along with Sustainable and Resilient Engineering, with a particular emphasis on environmental remediation, waste management & landfill design, AI/ML/DL applications, and the development and applications of sustainability and resilience frameworks. His research is funded by the U.S.

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, the U.S.

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, several prominent state and local government agencies, and industries. His research includes laboratory studies, field experiments, and computer modeling, ultimately leading to fundamental advances and practical solutions to real-world problems. Reddy has served or currently serves as an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of over ten different journals, including ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASTM Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASCE Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste,

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, among others. He has also served on various professional committees, including the Geoenvironmental Engineering Committee and Technical Coordinating Council of Geo-Institute (GI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the Environmental Geotechnics Committee of International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE).

Honors and awards

*2007: Award for Excellence in Teaching,

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*2007: University Scholar Award, University of Illinois *2011: Hogentogler Award,

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(ASTM) *2018: Wesley W. Horner Award, Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI),

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(ASCE) *2022: Fulbright Academic & Professional Excellence Award (Teaching & Research), U.S. Department of State *2023: G.A. Leonards Lecture, Purdue Geotechnical Society,

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References

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