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.
Postdoctoral Associates

Moneeb Genedy
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2018
M.S., University of New Mexico, 2014
B.S., Alexandria University, Egypt
Graduate Students

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
Geothermal Well Cementing

Sophia Bergen
Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar
BS Environmental Engineering ’23

Hudson Scanni
BS Civil Engineering ’23

Emily Pinheiro
BS Civil Engineering ’23

Zin Tun
BS Civil Engineering ’24
Magnetorheology

Ryan Schanta
Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar
BS Civil Engineering ’23

Sriya Vuppalapati
BS Civil Engineering ’23
3D Printing of Concrete

Edie Blaze
Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar
BS Civil Engineering ’24

Harshitha Goggineni
BS Civil Engineering ’22

Maiwand Mohmand
BS Civil Engineering ’23
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

Joseph Friedman
Pursuing B.S. in Civil Engineering, Class of 2023
Project: Alternate Cementitious Materials for Geothermal Wells