January 20-22, 2026 | SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 
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Rabi Shankar S. Yadava, Ph.D., P.E, M.ASCE

Rabi Shankar S. Yadava, Ph.D., P.E, M.ASCE

Principal, Terracon Consultants, Inc.

Dr. Rabi Yadava is a Principal Engineer in Terracon’s Gaithersburg, MD, USA office with 34 years of experience in managing, supervising, analysis and design of various types of super-structures and sub-structures using national and international codes.

Dr. Yadava received B.Tech degree from IIT Kharagpur in the year 1990, M.Tech degree in 1992 and PhD Degree in 1998 from IIT Bombay, India. He is licensed in eight states in USA as Professional Engineer and is a certified Project Management Professional. 

He has extensive experience in the fields of Geo-Structural engineering, Structural engineering, Automated web-based Geotechnical and Structural instrumentation and monitoring. His industry experience includes fossil and nuclear power plants, wind turbine generator foundatios, dams, tunnels, petrochemical complexes, buildings, and highway structures. His doctoral research titled “Optimal Design of Offshore Jacket Platforms considering Soil Structure Interaction” invloved  combined analysis of super-structure and large diameter deep piles. 

His specific expertise in the field of underground construction includes planning for large scale support of temporary construction considering different systems, risk assessments, deep foundations, structural and geotechnical instrumentation, shoring, underpinning and working with various types of earth retaining systems. In the field of structural engineering his experstise working with multiple materal types, advance analyses and design of buildings, rehabilitation of structures.

His powerful combination of expertise in Structural engineering, Geo-Structural engineering, and Instrumentation and Monitoring is unique in the industry and a valued resource for his design team members.

Sessions
"This is my first year at POWERGEN and so far I can just say, wow, this event is huge. I never thought I would have access to so many different vendors and so many different experts in the energy industry by coming to an event like this."
Caitlyn Watkins
Cleco
"It's my first time at POWERGEN. I'm having a great time walking around and seeing all of the booths in the exhibit hall and everything that everybody's trying to sell me, as well as a lot of very useful technical presentations. My particular favorite has been the carbon capture track, but they've all been good that I've attended so far."
Janelle Dana
Entergy
"Hi, I’m Chad Lemoine with Entergy... here as a corrective actions program specialist. It’s my first time at POWERGEN, so it’s been great for networking. I’ve met personnel at our plants I’d only talked to on the phone, so that face-to-face interaction has been really good. I’ve enjoyed meeting new people, learning about what they do, and how it interacts with my work... Overall, it's been a really good time." 
Chad Lemoine
Entergy
"I think my favorite part of the conference has been essentially the Smarter Power Plant Track. There's been a lot of good [takeaways] for us because our plans are quite old, so there's a lot of manual readings and things, but me being the IT generation, I think it could be done better. So having a lot of these [takeaways] from companies who have [accomplished what] we are wanting to do is great. It's been really eye opening networking with all of the exhibitors [as well]. It's my first time here, but I don’t think it's going to be my last."
Jonathan Hellborg
Svensk Kraftreserv
“Nel’s chosen to sponsor and be part of POWERGEN because it's one of the more important shows in the hydrogen market, also the power generation market in general. Over the years, we've seen a shift in POWERGEN from more traditional power generation to a greater presence with renewables, and now with hydrogen, as an energy source, moving into the future.” 
Chris Van Name
Nel Hydrogen
“We're here today at the conference because I believe this is the largest power generation conference there is in the country. One, it's a way to get our name out and that's why we're sponsoring it. But two, it's also a great way to connect with other groups, other organizations and, you know, meet the people who are actually important for our own progression as a company.” 
James Walker
Nano Nuclear Energy, Inc
“We come to POWERGEN every year because it's a great show you can make great contacts in the renewable space, great contacts in the data center space, great contacts in the commercial industrial space. So that's why we're here every year. You should be here too.”
David D’Escoto
Maddox Industrial Transformer