INSPIRATIONDr. Raghava R. Kommalapati, P.E., BCEE Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering &Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental Sustainability Prairie View A&M University

Who inspired you? “My father who is a high school graduate and a farmer insisted that I go out of the village and get an educa-tion, just like my older brother who became an engineer, my elementary school teacher, Master Jacob saw the potential in me and told me ‘someday you will be a doctor or an engineer’ during my graduation.”

EducationBachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Nagarjuna University, Guntur, AP, VR Siddhartha Engineering College, India (1988); Master of Science in Structural Engineering, Kakatiya University, National institute of Technology, Warangal, formerly Regional Engineering College, Warangal, AP, India (1990); Master of Science in Civil (Environmental ) Engineering, Louisiana State Uni-versity (1994); Ph.D. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering, Louisiana State University (1995); Professional Engineer, Texas; Board Certified Environmental Engineer, BCEE (2009).

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