Members
Principal Investigator
Prof. Xiaoyu Song, PhD in Computational Geomechanics
Associate Professor
Graduate Students
Kaiqi Wang (PhD) (graduated in summer 2019)
Dissertation Topic: Computational Modeling of Multi-physics Instability in Multi-phase Porous Media
Shashank Menon (PhD)
Dissertation Topic: Multiphysics Induced Failure in Multi-phase Porous Media under Static and Dynamic Conditions
Zhe Zhang (PhD)
Dissertation Topic: Modeling unsaturated porous media from the atomic scale to the continuum scale through HPC
Miao-Chun Wang (PhD, Female) ( 2015 - 2016)
Dissertation Topic: Full-scale molecular dynamics modeling through HPC
Thai Nguyen (PhD) (Committee member, graduated fall 2018)
Dissertation Topic: Strength envelopes of Florida limestones
Rodrigo Antunes (PhD) (Committee member, graduated summer 2018)
Dissertation Topic: Effects of Aggregate Gradation on Aggregate Packing
Advisor: Prof. Mang Tia, Professor in Civil Engineering Materials
Undergraduate Students
Rachael Dokken
(REU)
Spring 2020
Topic: Molecular dynamics modeling and scientific computing
Sahil Agarwal
(REU)
Spring 2020
Topic: Molecular dynamics modeling and scientific computing
Alejandro Correa
(OPS undergraduate)
Fall 2019
Topic: Centrifuge testing of bearing capacity of cantilever sheet piles
Juan Arango
(OPS undergraduate)
Fall 2019
Topic: Centrifuge testing of bearing capacity of cantilever sheet piles
Castano Urrea, Catalina (Female)
(Undergraduate Student - UF Minority Program)
Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
Katherine Zhang (B.S., Female)
Summer 2017
Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Topic: Computing research on multiphysics in porous media
Rita O Kalo (B.S., Female)
Senior in Civil Engineering
Spring 2017
Georges Obayi
(Undergraduate Student - UF Minority Program)
Spring 2017
Katherine Zhang (REU Summer 2016)
Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Topic: Computing research on multiphysics in porous media
High school students
Cameron Ketchem (61th Student Science Training Program 2019)
Suncoast Community High School, Palm Beach, FL
Topic: MD modeling of nanotubes at elevated temperature through HPC
Brandon Stephens (61th Student Science Training Program 2019)
Suwannee High School, Suwannee, FL
Topic: MD modeling of clay-water systems through HPC
Jack Yu (60th Student Science Training Program 2018)
The Stony Brook School in New York
Topic: Modeling porous media at the atomistic scale
Lucas Weaver (59th Student Science Training Program 2017)
High School, Florida
Topic: Computing research on porous media on HiPerGator, a supercomputer at UF.
Horace Gordon (58th Student Science Training Program 2016)
High School, Tampa, Florida
Topic: Modeling porous media on HiPerGator, a supercomputer at UF.