Damoder Pati Reddy, P.E., Class of '62
Dr. Damoder "Pat" Reddy received his baccalaureate
degree in civil engineering in 1958 from Osmania University
in India. Subsequently, he served two years as a public works
engineer. He enrolled in Michigan Tech's graduate school in
1960 and earned a masters degree in civil engineering in 1962.
He served on the Michigan Tech Civil Engineering Faculty as
a structural engineering instructor from 1962-1963, as Director
of the Digital Computing Center in 1964, and as an assistant
professor of civil engineering from 1965 to 1969. He spent
the 1966-67 year on leave at Northwestern University where
he earned his Ph.D. in structural engineering. Dr. Reddy joined
Agbabian Associates in 1969. He is an expert in structural
dynamics. He has completed numerous engineering studies and
projects involving seismic analyses of buildings, dams, nuclear
reactors, bridges and other structures. Among his seismic
evaluation projects are: the San Gabriel Dam Outlet Tower,
the Norris Concrete Gravity Dam, the Seventh Street Concrete
Arch Bridge in Los Angeles, and the Rocky Flats Plutonium
Plant. He has published several technical papers in international
journals, given numerous presentations at engineering society
meetings, and has taught earthquake engineering courses at
the University of Southern California.
Dr. Reddy is a member of the Michigan Tech President's Club
and served on the Executive Council of the Civil and Environmental
Engineering "Partnering with the Future Campaign".
Pat and his wife Soumitri have three children and reside in
Rolling Hills, California. |