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Granular Materials Committee

Purpose:

To promote and support the advancement of knowledge and understanding in the mechanics of granular or particulate materials, utilizing analytical, numerical and experimental techniques.

Membership Eligibility:

Applicants with less than 5 years of experience after Ph.D., should fulfill at least one out of the following three conditions:

  • have presented at least one (1) abstract or organized at least one (1) mini-symposium at one of the EMI annual conferences;
  • have at least one (1) journal paper published, in print, or accepted for publication in the Journal of Engineering Mechanics (JEM);
  • have completed at least one (1) paper review for JEM within the last five (5) years.

 Applicants with more than 5 years of experience after Ph.D., should fulfill at least two out of the following three conditions:

  • have participated by presenting an abstract or organizing a mini-symposium in at least two (2) EMI annual conferences (including national or international conferences) within the last five (5) years;
  • have at least one (1) journal paper published, in print, or accepted for publication on JEM within the last five (5) years;
  • have completed at least one (1) paper review for JEM within the last five (5) years.

Leadership

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Marcial Gonzalez, Ph.D., M.EMI – Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA, Chair
Anthony D. Rosato, Ph.D., M.EMI, F.AAM – New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, USA, Vice-Chair

COMMITTEE PAST CHAIRS

  • 2021-2023
    Marcial Gonzalez, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
    Purdue University
  • 2019–2021
    Anthony D. Rosato, Ph.D., Ph.D., F.AAM
    NJ lnstitute of Technology
  • 2017–2019
    Mahdia Hattab, Ph.D.
    University of Lorraine, France
  • 2015–2017
    Ali Daouadji, Ph.D.
    Universite Paul Verlaine
  • 2013 - 2015
    Matthew R Kuhn, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE
    University of Portland


  • 2011–2013
    Pierre-Yves Hicher, Ph.D., F.EMI
    Research Institute In Civil Eng. and Mechanics
  • 2009–2011
    Tang-Tat Percy Ng, Ph.D., F.ASCE 
    University of New Mexico
  • 2007–2009
    Anil Misra, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
    University of Kansas
  • 2005–2007
    Ching Shung Chang, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI
    University of Massachusetts
  • 2001–2005
    Jin Yeam Ooi, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    University of Edinburgh
COMPETITION

2023 Granular Materials Committee Student Winners

The Granular Materials Committee hosted the 2023 video competition for graduate students to present their research findings in experimental, computational and theoretical studies (students were allowed to submit in one of these categories) within the broad field of granular materials. As nearly every product, commodity, or infrastructure is constituted from, derived from, or supported by particulate materials through mining, agriculture, and/or chemical processing, the competition spans the engineering disciplines, applied mathematics, materials science and physics. The following winners were selected by a distinguished panel of jurors, from a number of outstanding submissions.

PAST COMPETITIONS

Previous Student Competition Winners

AWARDS

Award Recipients

Membership

  • Anil Misra, Ph.D.,, P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
    Chair
  • Marcial Gonzalez, Ph.D.
    Past-Chair
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  • Giuseppe Buscarnera, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
C
  • Alexander H D Cheng, F.EMI, M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Qingli Dai, Ph.D.
    Member
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  • Mahdia Hattab, Ph.D.
    Member
  • Pierre-Yves Hicher, F.EMI
    Member
  • Ryan Colt Hurley, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Tisha D Kramer, Aff.M.ASCE
    ASCE Staff Contact
  • Dinesh R Katti, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
    Member
  • Matthew R Kuhn, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Ning Lu, Ph.D., F.EMI, F.ASCE
    Member
  • Alessandro F. Rotta Loria, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Ramesh Babu Malla, Ph.D., F.EMI, F.ASCE
    Member
  • Alejandro Martinez, Ph.D., EIT, A.M.ASCE
    Member
  • Arif Masud, Ph.D., F.EMI, M.ASCE
    BOG Liaison
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  • Ranganathan Parthasarathy, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Anthony D. Rosato, Ph.D., Ph.D., F.AAM
    Member
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  • Usama Samir El Shamy, P.E., M.ASCE
    Member
  • Steve Waiching Sun, Ph.D., M.ASCE
    Member
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  • Linbing Wang, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
    Member
Y
  • Zhanping You, Ph.D., P.E., F.EMI, F.ASCE
    Member
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  • Mourad Zeghal, A.M.ASCE
    Member
  • Yida Zhang, Ph.D., Aff.M.ASCE
    Member
  • Jidong Zhao, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE
    Member