(Architect, Structural Engineer, Educator, Assistant Professor of Structures in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Sudarshan Krishnan is an architect, structural engineer and Assistant Professor of Structures in the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His current research is focused on lightweight structures and transformable architecture. This includes cable domes, deployable structures, tensegrity and tensioned-membrane structures. He serves on the Working Group-6: Tensile and Membrane Structures, of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS), and on the ASCE/ACI-421: Design of Reinforced Concrete Slabs Technical Committee of the American Concrete Institute (ACI). Besides several peer-reviewed journal and conference publications, he has co-edited a book published by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH).
http://www.arch.illinois.edu/faculty/sudarshan-krishnan-phd
