Mission

The DEG has as its goal to apply and propagate the use of Discrete Element Methods in conjunction with classical approaches such as Finite Element and Finite Difference methods, in order to solve problems possessing physics that demand both types of formulation simultaneously. The goal is to generate simulations with higher fidelity than previously possible with continuum methods alone.

Next Meeting: Thursday, April 23rd at 3:30pm

Participating Faculty

	Jonathan D. Bray Research: Earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering, physical and numerical modeling, and environmental geotechnics. Email: jonbray@berkeley.edu
	George J. Moridis Research: Unconventional resources (hydrates, tight/shale gas and oil), development of simulation codes of coupled flow, thermal, geomechanical and geophysical processes. Email: GJMoridis@lbl.gov
	Khalid M. Mosalam Research: Concrete, masonry, and wood structures; Fracture and damage mechanics; Earthquake engineering; Energy-efficient structures Email: mosalam@berkeley.edu
	Juan M. Pestana Research: Constitutive Modeling of Soil Response, Numerical Simulation of Soil-Structure Interaction, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. Email: pestana@ce.berkeley.edu
	Nicholas Sitar Research: Energy, Civil Infrastructure and Climate GeoSystems (Geoengineering). Email: sitar@berkeley.edu
	Kenichi Soga Research: Underground construction, energy geotechnics, field characterization of soils, field testing and monitoring, groundwater, seepage and permeability, laboratory testing of soils, and triaxial testing. Email: ks207@cam.ac.uk
	Tarek I. Zohdi Research: Finite element methods, Micro-structural/macro-property inverse problems involving optimization and design of new materials, Modelling and simulation of high-strength fabric, particulate/granular flows, multi-phase/composite electromagnetic media, swarm dynamics. Email: zohdi@berkeley.edu

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