Principal Investigator
Sriramya Duddukuri Nair (Ramya)
Assistant Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability Faculty Fellow
Email: sn599@cornell.edu
Dr. Nair is a material scientist focusing on development and characterization of novel cementitious materials. Prior to joining CEE, she worked as a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), investigating the micro-mechanical response of alternate cementitious materials. Previously, she was a Research Associate in the Petroleum Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Austin and worked on improving zonal isolation of oil and gas wells and for decommissioning and permanent abandonment of wells. Dr. Nair received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and developed a novel set-on-demand concrete based on the principles of magneto-rheology. Her master’s degree is from the University of California, Davis and her undergraduate degree is from Indian Institute of Technology Madras. Dr. Nair originally hails from Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad in India. She is an active member of American Concrete Institute, American Society of Civil Engineers and American Ceramics Society.
Graduate Students
Swati Gupta
Pursuing Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Co-Advisor: Prof. Greg McLaskey
M.S., Structural Engineering, Columbia University, 2021
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Melon University, 2012
Project: Mesoscale Modeling
Lyn Zemberekci
Pursuing Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
M.Sc., Materials Science, Sabanci University, 2020
B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Ozyegin University, 2018
Project: Alternate Cementitious Materials
Undergraduate Students
Sophia Bergen
Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar
Pursuing B.S. in Environmental Engineering, Class of 2023
Project: Alternate Cementitious Materials for Geothermal Wells
Joseph Friedman
Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering, Class of 2023
Project: Alternate Cementitious Materials for Geothermal Wells
Harshitha Goggineni
Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering, Class of 2022
Project: Durability
Maiwand Mohmand
Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering, Class of 2023
Transferred from Middlesex Community College, Bedford, MA
Project: 3D Printing
Hudson Scanni
Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering, Class of 2023
Project: Alternate Cementitious Materials for Geothermal Wells
Ryan Schanta
Hunter R Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar
Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering, Class of 2023
Project: Magnetorheology
Sriya Vuppalapati
Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering, Class of 2023
Project: Rheology of Cementitious Materials
Alumni
Eshana Kolli
B.S., Civil Engineering, Purdue University 2019
M.Eng., Structural Mechanics and Materials, Cornell University 2020
Project: 3D printing
Phil Soltys
B.Sc., Stevens Institute of Technology, 2020
M.Eng in Structural Mechanics and Materials, Cornell University 2021
Project: Durability
