Advances in Computer Methods and Geomechanics: Iacmag Symposium 2019 Volume 1
暫譯: 計算方法與岩土工程的進展：IACMAG 2019 研討會 第1卷

本卷收錄了IACMAG研討會的選定論文。本次會議涵蓋的主要主題包括地震工程、地基改善及本構模型。本卷將對土木工程及岩土工程的研究者和實務工作者具有興趣。

Amit Prashant is a Professor in Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India. After his PhD and post-doctoral work in the University of Tennessee at Knoxville (USA), he went on to work as an Assistant Professor in IIT Kanpur from 2005 to 2010, before joining IIT Gandhinagar in 2010. His research interests include constitutive modeling for granular materials, numerical modeling of geotechnical structures, and earthquake geotechnical engineering. In 2005, he received the Young Researcher Fellowship Award from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (USA) during the 3rd M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics. He has also been awarded the Excellence Award in Institution Building and Outreach in 2013 and 2015 respectively. Prof Prashant has published more than 60 research articles in reputed journals and conferences, and organizes activities to encourage student initiatives and increase industry-academia interaction.

Ajanta Sachan is an Associate Professor in Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, India.After her B.E in Civil Engineering, she worked in WAPCOS Limited and IIT Kanpur, India before pursuing her PhD in University of Tennessee at Knoxville, USA. Her research interests include material characterization, studying shear strength and compressibility behavior in soils, etc. Dr Sachan serves as a reviewer in 7 journals and is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), USA, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI), USA and the National Information Centre for Earthquake Engineering (NICEE), India. She has published more than 50 research papers, and has served in various administrative capacities.

Chandrakant S. Desai is a Regents' Professor (Emeritus) in the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. After completing his MS and PhD from Rice University Houston and University of Texas, Austin in 1966 and 1968 respectively, he joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Waterways Experiment Station, where he worked till 1974. Subsequently, he joined The University of Arizona, where he has served on various capacities. Prof Desai has authored or edited 23 books and over 345 research papers over the course of his career, which has involved the development and application of constitutive laws with design and fabrication of new and innovative test devices, and of computer methods for solution of a wide range of problems in civil, mechanical and electronics engineering. He has been the founding president of the IACMAG and founding Editor-in-Chief for two international journals in Geomechanics. He has received many awards and distinctions, and is a member of a number of technical societies including an elected Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, USA.

Amit Prashant 是印度甘地納爾印度理工學院的教授。在田納西州大學諾克斯維爾分校（美國）獲得博士學位及博士後研究後，他於2005年至2010年在印度理工學院坎普爾擔任助理教授，並於2010年加入甘地納爾印度理工學院。他的研究興趣包括顆粒材料的本構模型、土木結構的數值建模以及地震土木工程。2005年，他在麻省理工學院劍橋（美國）舉辦的第三屆麻省理工學院計算流體與固體力學會議上獲得年輕研究者獎學金。他還於2013年和2015年分別獲得機構建設與推廣卓越獎。Prashant教授在知名期刊和會議上發表了超過60篇研究文章，並組織活動以鼓勵學生主動性並增進產學互動。

Ajanta Sachan 是印度甘地納爾印度理工學院的副教授。在獲得土木工程學士學位後，她曾在WAPCOS有限公司和印度理工學院坎普爾工作，然後在美國田納西州大學諾克斯維爾分校攻讀博士學位。她的研究興趣包括材料特性、土壤的剪切強度和壓縮性行為等。Sachan博士擔任7本期刊的審稿人，並是美國土木工程師學會（ASCE）、美國地震工程研究所（EERI）及印度國家地震工程資訊中心（NICEE）的成員。她已發表超過50篇研究論文，並在各種行政職位上服務。

Chandrakant S. Desai 是美國亞利桑那大學土木與建築工程及力學系的名譽教授。在1966年和1968年分別從萊斯大學和德克薩斯大學奧斯汀校區獲得碩士和博士學位後，他加入了美國陸軍工兵部隊的水道實驗站，並在那裡工作至1974年。隨後，他加入亞利桑那大學，並在多個職位上服務。Desai教授在其職業生涯中撰寫或編輯了23本書籍和超過345篇研究論文，涉及本構法則的開發與應用、新型創新測試設備的設計與製造，以及解決土木、機械和電子工程中各種問題的計算方法。他是國際土壤力學與地基工程學會（IACMAG）的創始會長，並擔任兩本國際地質力學期刊的創始主編。他獲得了許多獎項和榮譽，並是多個技術學會的成員，包括美國土木工程師學會的當選傑出成員。