J. N. Reddy (engineer)

In this Telugu name, the surname is Junuthulla.

J. N. Reddy
Born	12 August 1945 (1945-08-12) (age 79) Warangal, Hyderabad State, British India (now Telangana, India)
Alma mater	Osmania University, Oklahoma State University, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Known for	Finite element method, plate and shell theory, micromechanics, applied mathematics, computational mechanics
Awards	ASME Medal & Timoshenko Medal (2016 & 2019)
Scientific career
Institutions	University of Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, Texas A&M University
Doctoral advisor	Tinsley Oden

Junuthulla N. Reddy (born 12 August 1945) is a Distinguished Professor and the inaugural Oscar S. Wyatt Endowed Chair in Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University. ^[1] He is known for his contributions to the finite element method, solid mechanics, plate theory, composite materials, and applied mathematics. Reddy has published over 620 journal articles, authored 20 books, and delivered more than 150 invited talks worldwide. ^[2] He is listed among the ISI Highly Cited Researchers in Engineering ^[1] , with over 54,000 citations, an h-index of 123, and an i10-index of 721on Google Scholar. ^{[2] [3]}

Education

He has a PhD from University of Alabama in Huntsville, Alabama, a M.S. In Mechanical Engineering from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Osmania University. ^{[4] [5]}

Awards

• Timoshenko Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2019. ^{[6] [7]}
• ASME Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2016. ^[8]
• Prager Medal, Society of Engineering Science (medal presented at 53rd Annual Technical Meeting at University of Maryland, 4–6 October 2016).
• Simpson Distinguished Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, April–May 2016.
• Inductee, The Hall of Fame of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 17 October 2015.
• Foreign Fellow, the Indian National Academy of Engineering, September 2015.
• Special Sessions organized in honor of Professor JN Reddy at the Eighth International Conference on Advances in Steel Structures (ICASS) and IJSSD Symposium on Progress in Structural Stability and Dynamics, held in Lisbon, Portugal, 22–24 July 2015, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal (a special issue of the International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics in honor of JN Reddy was published).
• Special Sessions organized in honor of Professor JN Reddy at the 18th International Conference on Composite Structures, held in Lisbon, Portugal, 15–18 June 2015, Lisbon, Portugal (a special issue of the Composite Structures journal in honor of JN Reddy is planned).
• The IACM O.C. Zienkiewicz Award from the International Association for Computational Mechanics, 2014.
• Raymond D. Mindlin Medal from the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2014.
• Finland Distinguished Professor (FiDiPro), Aalto University and National Technology Agency of Finland (Tekes), 2014–2018.
• Visiting Professor of the Science without Borders Program of Brazil (University of São Paulo), 2014–2016.
• Chair of Excellence, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, 2014–2015. Elected to the NAE (Class of 2015) for contributions to composite structures and to engineering education and practice.
• Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, The Royal Academy of Engineering, London, UK, 2013.
• Satish Dhawan Visiting Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2012–2013.
• Computational Mechanics Award, the Japanese Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME), October 2012.
• Top 100 Scientists, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, 2012.
• Honorary Doctorate Degree, Odlar Yurdu University, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2011.
• Life Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), June 2011.
• Regents' Professor, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2010.
• 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. 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)
• J. N. Reddy and M. L. Rasmussen, Advanced Engineering Analysis, John Wiley (1982) reprinted by Krieger, Melbourne, FL, 1990
• J. N. Reddy, Applied Functional Analysis and Variational Methods in Engineering, McGraw-Hill (1986); reprinted by Krieger, Melbourne (1991)
• O. O. Ochoa and J. N. Reddy, Finite Element Analysis of Composite Laminates, 2nd ed., Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands (1992) ISBN   0-7923-1125-6
• J. N. Reddy and A. Miravete, Practical Analysis of Laminated Composite Structures, 3rd ed., CRC Press, FL, 1995. ISBN   0-8493-9401-5
• C. M. Wang, J. N. Reddy and K.H. Lee, Shear Deformation Theories of Beams and Plates Dynamics Relationships with Classical Solution, Elsevier, U.K., 2000. ISBN   0-08-043784-2
• J. N. Reddy, Energy Principles and Variational Methods in Applied Mechanics, 2nd ed., John Wiley (2002) ISBN   0-471-17985-X, 3rd edition to appear in 2017.
• J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, Oxford University Press, USA (2004). ISBN   0-19-852529-X
• J. N. Reddy, Mechanics of Laminated Composite Plates and Shells: Theory and Analysis, 2nd ed., CRC Press (2004). ISBN   0-8493-1592-1
• J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to the Finite Element Method, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill Education (2005). ISBN   0-07-124473-5
• J. N. Reddy and D. K. Gartling, The Finite Element Method in Heat Transfer and Fluid Dynamics, 3rd ed., CRC Press, FL, 2010. ISBN   1-4200-8598-0
• J. N. Reddy, Theory and Analysis of Elastic Plates and Shells, 2nd ed., Taylor & Francis (2007) ISBN   0-8493-8415-X
• C. M. Wang, C. Y. Wang, and J. N. Reddy, Exact Solutions for Buckling of Structural Members, CRC Press (2005) ISBN   0-8493-2222-7
• J. N. Reddy, Principles of Continuum Mechanics. A Study of Conservation Principles with Applications, Cambridge University Press (2010) ISBN   0-521-51369-3
• R. T. Fenner and J. N. Reddy, Mechanics of Solids and Structures, 2nd ed., CRC Press (2012) ISBN   0-632-02018-0
• J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to Continuum Mechanics with Applications, 2nd ed., Cambridge University Press (2013) ISBN   978-0-521-87044-3
• J. N. Reddy, An Introduction to Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis, 2nd ed., Oxford University Press (2015) ISBN   0-19-852529-X
• Ashwin Rao, A.R. Srinivasa and J. N. Reddy, Design of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuators, Springer (2015) ISBN   978-3-319-03187-3 (Print) and ISBN   978-3-319-03188-0 (Online)
• K.S. Surana and J.N. Reddy, The Finite Element Method for Boundary Value Problems, Mathematics and Computations, CRC Press, to appear (2017)

References

1. "ISI Highly Cited Author – J. N. Reddy". Archived from the original on 18 May 2006. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
2. "Reddy, J.N." engineering.tamu.edu. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
3. "Members - European Academy of Sciences". 13 April 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
4. India, The Hans (9 March 2015). "Telangana expartiates to contribute for Tech education". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
5. "J.N. Reddy" (PDF). Shell Buckling.
6. "Timoshenko Medal". ASME. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
7. "Reddy awarded American Society of Mechanical Engineers'l". Texas A&M University Engineering. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
8. "J.N. Reddy and James Duderstadt to Receive Prestigious ASME Honors". ASME. Retrieved 10 March 2017.

External links

• J. N. Reddy publications indexed by Google Scholar