Full Name
Giovanni Grasselli
Job Title
Professor
Company
U. Toronto
Speaker Bio
GIOVANNI GRASSELLI is an Energi Simulation Industrial Research Chair in Fundamental 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 if hydraulic fracturing. He received the prestigious ISRM Rocha Medal (2004) for best thesis worldwide in rock mechanics and supervised a Rocha Medal winner (2015). Through the start-up company Geomechanica Inc., the FDEM technology is currently commercialized and translated to engineering practice.
Professor at University of Toronto (Canada)
https://geogroup.utoronto.ca/
His research focuses on hybrid finite-discrete element (FDEM) numerical technology, experimental visualization techniques and Geomechanics principles applied to the study if hydraulic fracturing. He received the prestigious ISRM Rocha Medal (2004) for best thesis worldwide in rock mechanics and supervised a Rocha Medal winner (2015). Through the start-up company Geomechanica Inc., the FDEM technology is currently commercialized and translated to engineering practice.
Professor at University of Toronto (Canada)
https://geogroup.utoronto.ca/
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