Dr. R. G. Reddy is an ACIPCO Endowed Professor of Metallurgy, Professor of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
Department of Metallurgical
and Materials Engineering, The University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. His academic administration
and research work experiences include: Department Head of the Department of
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and Associate
Director
of Center for
Green Manufacturing at The University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; Professor and
Chairman of
the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering at University of
Nevada, Reno; Visiting Researcher
at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley; Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay; and Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago.
Professor Reddy has over 30 years of teaching and
research experience in the field of chemical and materials
engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Utah. He
has conducted projects involving thermodynamics and kinetics of metallurgical reactions; electrochemical
processing of materials, plasma processing of materials, energy efficient
and environmental cleaner technologies, ionic liquids and fuel cells.
As
the Head of the Department, Dr. Reddy has implemented novel
educational and research program with a concerted effort to recruit
undergraduate and graduate students. In 2008, the Department of
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MTE) successfully received the
ABET accreditation for full six-years. The MTE
department received 2007 national ranking of #1 materials engineering in
productivity.
He
has published
over 350 research
papers and 24 books
including one undergraduate student textbook in thermodynamics. He has also presented
more than 230 invited
lectures and research presentations (72 invited, 15
distinguished /plenary and 5 keynote) in 25 nations (United States, Austria,
Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, China, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India,
Italy, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden,
Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom). He is the recipient of 4 USA patents.
As
an Endowed Chair Professor in the college of engineering and administrator
of many research projects (funding from including NSF, DOE, DOD,
Industries), Dr. Reddy has advised and worked
with over 87 research scholars, students
and visiting scientists. For his outstanding contribution to the field, his
alma
mater the University of Utah recognized him as a John Lewis Distinguished
Lecturer of the year.
Dr. Reddy is an Editor-in-chief of Journal for Manufacturing Science & Production and Associate Editor of Journal of Phase
Equilibria and Diffusion. He has served in many leadership
positions
within the College of Engineering, University and other national and
international organizations. Chair/member
of 25
professional
societies committees, 52
technical sessions, and 25
public and universities committees; consultant to more than 25 industries, federal
institutions and Universities; taught 12 continuing education/short
courses; He is serving on several committees at the materials societies
including TMS, SME and ASM international. He has successfully organized 26 national and international
symposia including most recently
the National Science Foundation 2003 NSF Design, Service, and Manufacturing Grantees and
Research Conference.
He was appointed
as the University of
Alabama Coordinator
for the
National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) and NASA, and served as
Council
Member for
the Alabama State Committee for Department of Defense-EPSCoR programs.
Honors and
awards
include: Who’s Who in Technology Today, National Dean’s list, Phi Kappa
Phi, Tau Beta Pi Society. Several of his students received outstanding
student /research awards. He has received the Service Award and the Best Research
Paper Award
from Light Metals Division, TMS. Dr. Reddy also received the Research Award from J. Manufacturing
Society. He is the recipient of the Eminent Engineer of the Tau Beta Pi Society
and also the TMS Extraction & Processing 2002 Distinguished
Lecture Award, the 2005 Milton E.
Wadsworth Award for Extractive Metallurgy of SME-AIME, the 2006 ATA Award
for Excellence in Engineering,
ATA, USA, 2006 Henry Krumb Lecturer, SME-AIME, 2006-07. He is the recipient
of the 2009 EPD/TMS Science Award, 2009 EPD/TMS Distinguished Service Award
and
2012 TMS Alexander Scott Distinguished Service Award.
Dr. Reddy is a Fellow of ASM International and Distinguished Member (Fellow) of SME, SME-AIME, USA.
