Ronaldo I. Borja
Stanford University

Current Ph.D. Students

• Jose E. Andrade (BSCE, Florida Institute of Technology) – multiscale modeling of granular materials (now assistant professor at Northwestern University)
• Craig D. Foster (AB Math, Princeton University) – finite element with embedded strong discontinuity (now assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago)
• Fushen Liu (BSCE, MSCE, Tsinghua University) – dynamic slip instability in earthquake faults; extended finite element methods
• Pablo F. Sanz (Ing. Civil, University of Buenos Aires) – folding and fracturing of sedimentary rocks; nonlinear contact mechanics
• Joshua A. White (BSCE, Princeton University) – stabilized finite element methods for coupled fluid flow-solid deformation

Current Post-Doctoral Scholars

• Ryosuke Uzuoka (Japan) – nonlinear finite element modeling of seismic response of partially saturated soils
• Sergio Blanco (Spain) – modeling of failure of saturated porous media by the strong discontinuity and extended finite element methods
• Azad Koliji (Switzerland) – mechanical behavior of unsaturated structured soils with double porosity
• Shuji Moriguchi (Japan) – numerical simulation of liquefaction phenomena with computational fluid dynamics and distinct element modeling

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