Dear Colleagues,

We would like to cordially invite you to the Computational Geomechanics mini-symposium at the ASCE EMI 2020 Conference, which will take place on May 26–29, 2020 at Columbia University in NYC. The abstract submission is now open until January 15, 2020 (Link: https://submissions.emi2020.org). The mini-symposium description is given below:

MS 206: Computational Geomechanics – in Honor of the 90th Birthday of Professor Frank L. DiMaggio

Organizers

Jinhyun Choo, The University of Hong Kong (Contact Organizer)
Jose Andrade, California Institute of Technology
Ronaldo Borja, Stanford University
Qiushi Chen, Clemson University
Hoe Ling, Columbia University
Majid Manzari, George Washington University
SeonHong Na, McMaster University
Richard Regueiro, University of Colorado Boulder
WaiChing Sun, Columbia University

Abstract

This mini-symposium will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of-the-art in computational geomechanics. Emphasis will be on novel formulations, computational methods, and numerical simulations involving geomaterials such as soil and rock. Contributions are solicited in, but not restricted to, the following topic areas in computational geomechanics: (1) development, implementation, and validation of advanced constitutive models, (2) computational models and algorithms for multiphysics problems (coupled fluid flow and solid deformation, chemo-thermo-hydro-mechanics, etc.), (3) numerical modeling of fracture, damage, and fragmentation processes in geomaterials, (4) micromechanics (particulate mechanics, molecular dynamics, etc.), (5) multiscale modeling (hierarchical and concurrent schemes, etc.), (6) meshfree methods for large deformation problems, (7) nonlocal and/or generalized continuum modeling, (8) dynamics of geomaterials, and (9) uncertainty quantification and probabilistic methods.

This mini-symposium honors Professor Frank L. DiMaggio who has made immense contributions to many fields of engineering mechanics including computational geomechanics.

Thank you for your consideration, and I hope to see many of you at EMI 2020!

Best regards,
Jinhyun

We have an opening for a postdoctoral position to conduct computational geomechanics research on landslides and debris flow. The researcher will be jointly supervised by Dr. Jinhyun Choo and Dr. Clarence E. Choi in the Department of Civil Engineering of The University of Hong Kong (HKU). The ideal candidate will have solid backgrounds in geomechanics, poromechanics, numerical methods, and scientific computing. Knowledge of landslides and debris flow is helpful but not required. This is a one-year postdoctoral appointment with the possibility of extension upon satisfactory performance.

Interested applicants should email, together with their CV, to Dr. Jinhyun Choo (jchoo@hku.hk) and/or Dr. Clarence E. Choi (cechoi@hku.hk).

Dear Colleagues,

We would like to cordially invite you to the Computational Geomechanics mini-symposium in EMI 2019, which will be held on June 18–21, 2019 at Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA. The abstract submission is now open at emi2019.exordo.com until January 30, 2019. The mini-symposium description is given below:

EMI 2019, June 18–21, 2019. Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA.

(Joint conference with Geo-Institute)

MS35: Computational Geomechanics

Organizers

Jinhyun Choo, The University of Hong Kong (Contact Organizer)

Jose Andrade, California Institute of Technology

Ronaldo Borja, Stanford University

Qiushi Chen, Clemson University

Majid Manzari, George Washington University

SeonHong Na, McMaster University

Richard Regueiro, University of Colorado Boulder

WaiChing Sun, Columbia University

Description

This mini-symposium will provide a forum for presentation and discussion of the state-of-the-art in computational geomechanics. Emphasis will be on novel formulations, computational methods, and numerical simulations involving geomaterials such as soil and rock. Contributions are solicited in, but not restricted to, the following topic areas in computational geomechanics: (1) development, implementation, and validation of advanced constitutive models, (2) computational models and algorithms for multiphysics problems (coupled multiphase flow and solid deformation, chemo-thermo-hydro-mechanics, etc.), (3) numerical modeling of fracture, damage, and fragmentation processes in geomaterials, (4) micromechanics (particulate mechanics, molecular dynamics, etc.), (5) multiscale modeling (hierarchical and concurrent schemes, etc.), (6) meshfree methods for large deformation problems, (7) nonlocal and/or generalized continuum modeling, (8) dynamics of geomaterials, and (9) uncertainty quantification and probabilistic methods.

Best regards,

Jinhyun Choo

Dear Colleague,

We would like to kindly invite you to the Computational Geomechanics mini-symposium at EMI 2018, which will take place in May 29–June 1, 2018 at MIT, Cambridge MA, USA. The abstract submission is now open at https://www.openconf.org/emi2018/openconf.php until January 31, 2018. The mini-symposium description is given below:

Organizers:

WaiChing Sun, Columbia University
Jose Andrade, Caltech
Ronaldo Borja, Stanford University
Jinhyun Choo, University of Hong Kong
Majid Manzari, George Washington University
Richard Regueiro, University of Colorado Boulder

Abstract:

Geomaterials, such as soil, rock, and concrete, are multiphase porous materials whose macroscopic mechanical behaviors are governed by grain size distribution and mineralogy, fluid-saturation, pore space, temperature, loading paths and rate, drainage conditions, chemical reactions, and other factors. As a result, predicting the mechanical responses of geomaterials often require knowledge of how several processes, which often take place in different spatial and temporal domains, interact with each other across length scales. This mini-symposium is intended to provide a forum for researchers to present contributions to recent advances in computational geomechanics problems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to (1) development and validation of constitutive models that addressed multi-physical coupling effects, (2) discrete and continuum formulations for geomechanics problems, (3) iterative sequential couplings of fluid and solid solvers, (4) uncertainty quantification and spatial variability of soil properties, (5) multiscale mechanics, (6) modeling of weak and strong discontinuities, (7) regularization techniques to circumvent pathological mesh dependence and (8) techniques to model crack growth and fragmentation processes in geomaterials.