Current Members

Prof. Ken Kamrin
Principal Investigator

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of California, Berkeley

PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008
BS, University of California, Berkeley, 2003

Bio / CV

Dr. Bodhinanda (Nanda) Chandra
Postdoctoral Associate

PhD, University of California, Berkeley, 2024
MSc, Technical University of Munich, 2019
BEng, Kyushu University, 2016

Research emphasis: Continuum modeling of cohesionless and cohesive granular media and their interaction with fluids.

Contact: bchandra [at] berkeley [dot] edu / Personal Site

William Zunker
Graduate Student (@ MIT)

MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2023
BS, University of Minnesota, 2021

Research emphasis: Discrete element modeling (DEM) for large deformation powder compaction and physically constrained machine learned (ML) continuum theories.

Contact: wzunker [at] mit [dot] edu / Google Scholar / LinkedIn

Lale Yilmaz
Graduate Student (@ MIT)

MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024
BS, University of Rochester, 2022

Research emphasis: Reduced-order computational modeling of deformable intruders in granular media and applications to plant uprooting.

Contact: lyilmaz [at] mit [dot] edu

Konrad Keihl
Graduate Student

MS, University of California, Berkeley, 2025
BS, University of California, Berkeley, 2023

Research emphasis: Reduced-order modeling of intrusions in tilted granular media.

Contact: konradkeihl [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Teo Lara
Undergraduate Researcher (@ MIT)

Research emphasis: Solid body modeling in fluid-structure interaction problems.

Contact: teolara [at] mit [dot] edu / Personal Site

Thomas Yu
Undergraduate Researcher

Research emphasis: Resistive force theory (RFT) model development in purely cohesive materials.

Contact: thomaszy [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Dalil Ashong
Undergraduate Researcher

Research emphasis: LAMMPS Method of Dimensionality Reduction (MDR) modeling and simulation of contact evolution for particle deformation.

Contact: dalilashong [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Truman O’Brien
Undergraduate Researcher

Research emphasis: Numerical methods for analysis of photoelastic granular media experiments.

Contact: trumanob [at] berkeley [dot] edu / Personal Site

Will Siemens
Undergraduate Researcher

Research emphasis: Numerical methods for analysis of photoelastic granular media experiments.

Contact: wsiemens [at] berkeley [dot] edu

Rayme Aquino
Undergraduate Researcher

Research emphasis: Gravity-dependency of dense granular flows.

Contact: aquinorayme [at] berkeley [dot] edu / LinkedIn

Adrien Martinez
Undergraduate Researcher

Research emphasis: Gravity-dependency of dense granular flows.

Contact: adrienm03 [at] berkeley [dot] edu