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José Andrade
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Assistant Professor of Civil and Evironmental Engineering

Northwestern University
2145 Sheridan Road, A124
Evanston, IL 60208-3109

TEL: 847-491-5884
FAX: 847-491-4011

j-andrade@northwestern.edu

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CV

BS, Florida Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering
MS, Stanford University, Civil Engineering: Geomechanics
PhD, Stanford University, Civil Engineering: Geomechanics

 Jose Andrade

Honors and Awards

  • U.S. National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, participant, Albuquerque, NM (2008)
  • USNC/TAM Fellowship, International Congress in Theoretical & Applied Mechanics, Adelaide, Australia (2008)
  • USACM Fellowship, 8th World Congress in Computational Mechanics, Venice, Italy (2008)
  • Zienkiewicz Medal 2006: best paper in numerical methods by a researcher under 35 years old by the Institution of Civil Engineers of London (2008)
  • Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Fellow (2007)
  • Young Researcher Fellowship, 7th World Congress in Computational Mechanics, Los Angeles, CA (2006)
  • Young Researcher Fellowship, 3rd MIT Conference on Computational Fluid & Solid Mechanics (2005)

Research

Dissertation

Our research is directed towards the understanding, modeling, simulation, and quantitative prediction of complex mechanical systems, with special application to poromechanics. We are 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 porous materials and to develop more efficient computational tools to implement such models.
  • Energy-related applications using the mixed formulation framework for deformation-diffusion problems involving oil reservoirs, nuclear containment facilities, and CO2 sequestration initiatives
  • Development of physics-based constitutive models for granular media exploiting multiscale techniques to bypass phenomenology

Areas of application span across civil, defense, and energy applications.

Teaching

Prof. Andrade teaches several courses at the graduate and undergraduate level including: Finite elements, Statics and Dynamics, Soil Mechanics, Computational Inelasticity, and Computational Poromechanics

Selected Publications

  • X. Tu, J. E. Andrade, and Q. Chen. Return mapping for nonsmooth and multiscale elastoplasticity. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. In review, 2008.
  • J. E. Andrade and X. Tu. Multiscale framework for behavior prediction in granular media. Mechanics of Materials. In press, 2009.
  • H. M. Jennings, J. W. Bullard, J. J. Thomas, J. E. Andrade, J. J. Chen, and G. W. Sherer. Characterization and modeling of pores and surfaces in cement paste: correlations to processing and properties. Advanced Concrete Technology, 6:5-29, 2008.
  • K. C. Ellison and J. E. Andrade. Liquefaction mapping in finite element simulations. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. In review, 2008.
  • X. Tu and J. E. Andrade. Criteria for static equilibrium in particulate mechanics computations. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 75:1581-1606, 2008.
  • J. E. Andrade. A predictive model for static liquefaction. Géotechnique. In press, 2009
  • 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, 32:1147-1172, 2008.