Contact#
OpenFDEM developer group#
Lead Developer#
- Prof. Xiaofeng Li
- Institute of Rock and Soil MechanicsChinese Academy of SciencesEmail: xfli@whrsm.ac.cnWebsite: www.xiaofengli-fdem.com
- Bio:
Prof. Xiaofeng Li earned his BEng from Wuhan University in 2013, and PhD degree from Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Monash University in 2019. He was selected for the National Natural Science Fund for Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program (Overseas) and the Hubei Province Innovation Talent Program. His research interests lie in the fields of rock dynamics and computational mechanic sciences with emphasis on the development of the hybrid continuum and discontinuum methods for failure modelling of geomaterials spanning the scale from micro-grain-based heterogeneity (mineral, texture, anisotropy, grain morphology) to macro-in-situ applications (rock faulting, geothermal-induced earthquakes). He is the recipient of the 2021 ROCHA runner-up of the ISRM. He is awarded as future leader of Class 2022 in ARMA. He is the main developer of the opensource continuum-discontinuum code (OpenFDEM, www.openfdem.com), which aims to be a free finite and discrete element kernel with object-oriented architecture for solving multiscale, multiphase and multiphysics (3M) problems that operates on various platform
Developers#
Dr. Dongbao Yang (3D mechanical solver, GUI) - Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qian Li (blast solver) - Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhonghao Li (quadratic framework) - Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kunru Xie (fluid solver) - Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ben Wang (blast solver) - Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Grace Hu - University of Toronto, Documentation and Website
Katia Ossetchkina – University of Toronto, Documentation and Website
Advisory Committee#
- Prof. Haibo Li
- Bio:
Prof. Haibo Li is a Professor and PhD Supervisor at the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is a recipient of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China and the National High-level Talent Program. His research focuses on rock dynamics, dynamic failure of geomaterials, and the safety evaluation and control of rock engineering under dynamic loading. He has published more than 300 papers, including over 145 SCI-indexed journal articles. His research has been widely applied to major engineering projects in nuclear power, transportation, and mining, and he received the National Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Class) as the first recipient.
- Prof. Giovanni Grasselli
- Department of Civil & Mineral EngineeringUniversity of Toronto
- Bio:
Giovanni Grasselli is a Professor and the NSERC/Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental Petroleum Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on hybrid finite-discrete element (FDEM) numerical technology, experimental visualization techniques, and geomechanics principles applied to the study of tunneling and hydraulic fracturing. He received the prestigious ISRM Rocha Medal (2004) for best thesis worldwide in rock mechanics and supervised two Rocha Medal winners (2015 and 2017). Through the start-up company Geomechanica Inc., the FDEM technology is currently commercialized and translated to engineering practice.
- Prof. Jian Zhao
- Bio:
Prof. Jian Zhao is currently a professor of rock mechanics, mining and tunnelling at Monash University Australia, and the Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. He obtained PhD from the Royal School of Mines at Imperial College London, worked as a faculty at Nanyang Technological University of Singapore and a professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne of Switzerland. He has served as a civil and mining engineering consultant globally, and as company director and principal, including independent director for public company of resources and minerals.
- Dr. Qi Zhao
- Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringThe Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityEmail: qi.qz.zhao@polyu.edu.hk
- Bio:
Dr. Qi Zhao obtained his Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto with Prof. Grasselli, and he worked in the same group as a postdoc for a year. He then did postdoctoral research with Prof. Glaser at UC Berkeley. He joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in June 2020 as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.