Information About

Jose Andrade Assistant Professor Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road, A124 Evanston, IL 60208-3109 TEL: 847-491-5884 FAX: 847-491-4011 Email: j-andrade@northwestern.edu Research Website CV B.S., Florida Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering M.S., Stanford University, Civil Engineering: Geomechanics Ph.D., Stanford University, Civil Engineering: Geomechanics

Research

Dissertation

My research is directed towards the understanding, modeling, simulation, and quantitative prediction of complex mechanical systems, with special application to geomechanics. I am particularly interested in modeling instabilities in multi-phase porous media under static and dynamic loading by developing robust constitutive models and efficient techniques in computational inelasticity and finite element procedures.

Our research program at Northwestern encompasses the following interconnected areas:

• Computational inelasticity to develop a more mathematically consistent framework for geomaterials and to develop more efficient computational tools to implement such models.
• Reliability of structures to improve and couple already existing structural reliability methods with advanced computational tools for modeling mechanical systems.
• Energy-related applications using the mixed formulation framework for deformation-diffusion problems involving oil reservoirs, nuclear containment facilities, and CO2 sequestration initiatives
• Multi-scale modeling of geosystems to develop a deeper understanding of such models in which different space and time scales play a role on the overall behavior of the system.

Teaching

• Engineering Analysis 2
• Computational Inelasticity

Selected Publications

• J. E. Andrade. A predictive model for static liquefaction. Geotechnique. In review, 2007.
• J. E. Andrade, J. W. Baker, and K. C. Ellison. Random porosity fields and their influence on the stability of granular media. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. In press, 2007.
• J. E. Andrade and R. I. Borja. Modeling deformation banding in dense and loose fluid-saturated sands. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design 43:361-383, 2007.
• J. E. Andrade and R. I. Borja. Capturing strain localization in dense sands with random density. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering 67:1531-1564, 2006.
• R. I. Borja and J. E. Andrade. Critical state plasticity, Part VI: Meso-scale finite element simulation of strain localization in discrete granular materials. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 195:5115-5140, 2006.
• J. E. Andrade and R. I. Borja. Quantifying sensitivity of local site response models to statistical variations in soil properties. Acta Geotechnica 1:3-14, 2006.