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Sriramya Duddukuri Nair is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. Her research focuses on the development and characterization of novel cementitious materials. Prior to her current position, she worked as a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), investigating the micro-mechanical response of alternate cementitious materials. Before that, she was a Research Associate in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin, working on improving zonal isolation of oil and gas wells. Dr. Nair received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, where she developed a novel set-on-demand concrete based on magneto-rheology principles. She holds a master’s degree from the University of California, Davis, and an undergraduate degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Dr. Nair is an active member of the American Concrete Institute and the American Ceramics Society, and was named an Early-Career Research Fellow by the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in January 2023.
Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) • Ithaca, NY
Investigated micro-mechanical response of alternate cementitious materials.
Petroleum Engineering Department, University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Worked on improving zonal isolation of oil and gas wells.
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