Narala Gangadhara Reddy Editor

Dr. Krishna R. Reddy is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory, and also the Director of the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He received gold medals for being first in his class of B.E. (Civil Engineering) at Osmania University and M.E. (Civil Engineering) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. His teaching and research expertise includes civil and geotechnical infrastructure systems, water and environmental pollution remediation, waste management and recycling, and sustainable and resilient engineering. Dr. Reddy is the author of four major books including the two widely used textbooks: (1) Geoenvironmental Engineering: Site Remediation, Waste Containment, and Emerging Waste Management Technologies, and (2) Sustainable Engineering: Drivers, Metrics, Tools, and Applications. He is also author of 268 journal papers, 27 edited books, 22 book chapters, and 226 full conference papers. Dr. Reddy has received several awards, 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 registered Professional Civil Engineer, Envision Sustainability Professional, Fellow of the ASCE, Diplomate of Geotechnical Engineering, and Board Certified Environmental Engineer.  Dr. Rathish Kumar Pancharathi is currently Professor and Head in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal. He obtained his Ph.D. from NIT Warangal and Doctor of Engineering & Post-Doctoral research from Japan. His major areas of interest include new/alternate/supplementary cementitious materials, special concretes, rehabilitation of structures, construction technology and management, structural health monitoring, earthquake engineering and sustainable materials and technologies. He has published 223 technical articles in various international and national journals and conferences of repute including 15 book chapters and authored 1 Book. He has guided 7 doctoral students and 13 students are presently working with him. He is a recipient of several awards including Aftab Mufti Medal, prestigious Monbusho and JSPS Scholarships of the Japanese Government, Best Engineering Researcher Award, Heritage Scholarship to pursue research at IST Portugal, Danish Government Scholarship, Italy Government Post Doctoral Scholarship, Heritage Scholarship under Erasmus Mundus, AIT Fellowship, ASEM-Duo India Fellowship, Slovakian Government Scholarship, Jawaharlal Nehru memorial fellowship and Distinguished Alumnus award. Prof. Kumar is a member of the Research Advisory Council member of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), Hyderabad for the past six years. Dr. Narala Gangadhara Reddy is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal, where he teaches and conducts research. He obtained his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar, India and his Master’s degree from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal, India. After completion of Ph.D., Dr. Reddy worked as a research associate at Shantou University, China and as a visiting research fellow to Nanjing University, China. He is recipient of a Chinese government scholarship award (CSC-2019). His major areas of research include geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering and pavement geotechnics, with special focus on the characterization of problematic soils and waste materials. He has research experience on sustainable materials such as biochar and biopolymer-amended soils and wastes for mitigating of soil and industrial waste problems. He has published 32 technical articles in various journals and conferences of repute including 3 book chapters. Dr. Suchith Reddy Arukala is a Chartered Engineer by qualification in civil engineering and is an expert in the areas of sustainable construction, materials, technologies, and management, multi-criteria decision making techniques, fuzzy logic, and life cycle assessment of buildings materials. He has published more than 30 papers in his area in reputed international journals. He is recognized as a member of ASCE, MIE, MCIOB, MISTE, and Honorary Member of London Journal Press. He has completed his Masters from the UK in 2010 and a Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, India. His vast experience in teaching and research along with an intention and motivation for sustainable development is recognized and awarded him as an Earth Leader by Council for Green Revolution and KPR foundation.