Puppala appointed chair of National Research Council unit

Position will give University influence, impactAnand Puppala, associate dean of research for the College of Engineering, has been named chair of the National Research Council’s soil mechanics unit. Puppala, who also is a Distinguished Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering, said the NRC position will afford him to opportunity to oversee nine committees that report to the soil mechanics unit, one of the council’s three units. Each committee is comprised of up to 30 members. “This appointment offers a great opportunity to partner or lead research through this prestigious group,” said