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International Science Council
Fellow
Reddy Batmanathan Dayanand
Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics
Current nationality
South Africa
Current country of residence
South Africa
Affiliation / Institution
University of Cape Town
Biodata
Daya Reddy is Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and previously held the South African Research Chair in Computational Mechanics. He completed a degree in civil engineering at UCT, and a Ph.D. degree at Cambridge University in the UK. The focus of his research is on is research focusing on mathematical modelling, analysis, and simulation, with applications in materials science and biomechanics. Reddy served as the inaugural President of the International Science Council (ISC). He is a fellow of the African Academy of Sciences, the South African Academy of Engineering, and a Member and former President of the Academy of Science of South Africa. He is also an elected Fellow of the International Association of Computational Mechanics and of the ISC. He is a recipient of the Order of Mapungubwe, awarded by the President of South Africa for distinguished contributions to science, and of the Georg Forster Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
Finite element method; solid and fluid mechanics; partial differential equations; variational methods.
ELECTED
2003
Place of birth
Port Elizabeth
Country of birth
South Africa
DATE OF BIRTH
10
March
1953
Section
07. Mathematical Sciences
bdreddy_cv_may_2022.pdf
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Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
South Africa
Public contact information
EMAIL
daya.reddy@uct.ac.za
Website, social media accounts or additional info
http://www.cerecam.uct.ac.za/people/bdr
List of publications
bd_reddy_publist_jun_2022_web.pdf
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Last updated on 12/07/2023