Computational Geomechanics Laboratory
The Computational Geomechanics Laboratory at the Colorado School of Mines aims to advance understanding and develop practical solutions in the fields of rock mechanics and engineering geology.
Welcome
The field of rock engineering has undergone enormous change in the past few decades, and we are currently in the middle of a digital transformation. The computer age is allowing us to revolutionize the ways we think about rock engineering tasks that have in the past been highly subjective, inexact, and labor-intensive.
Our mission in the Geomechanics Group is to integrate the latest advances in technology, including powerful numerical models, 3-D scanning, computer vision, and geostatistics, with geomechanics data and knowledge to advance the fields of rock mechanics and engineering geology.
Please visit the Research page to find out more about our current and previous research activities and publications.
Visit the Team Members page to get to know the current and former laboratory group researchers. Please feel free to contact us if you are interested in joining the group.
News
10/23 – Congratulations to the Mines team, who secured 2nd prize in the Rock Bowl Quiz at the 2023 ISRM Congress (Team members: Akash, Ella, and Doandy)!
10/23 – Congratulations to Dr. Walton, Adam Malsam, and collaborators for winning a 2023 Fred Burggraf Award from the Transportation Research Board.
05/23 – Congratulations to Dr. Walton for winning the Mines 2022-2023 Outstanding Associate Professor award for Earth & Society Programs (9 departments).
04/23 – Congratulations to Ella for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation!
04/23 – Congratulations to Lukas for successfully defending his doctoral dissertation!
04/23 – Congratulations to Colby for successfully defending his Masters thesis!
04/23 – Congratulations to Mohamed for successfully defending his Masters thesis!
04/23 – Congratulations to Ella for winning 1st prize in the Materials Science and Mechanics poster session at the GRADS research symposium.
04/23 – Congratulations to Akash for winning the People’s Choice award for his poster at the GRADS research symposium.
04/23 – Congratulations to Jacob for winning 2nd prize in the Resources and Earth Sciences poster session at the GRADS research symposium.
03/23 – Congratulations to Akash for winning the largest-ever SME Annual Graduate Student Poster Contest 2023!
02/23 – Congratulations to Cassidy for successfully defending her Masters thesis!
12/22 – Congratulations to the Mines team, who has won ARMA’s Student Design Competition 2022 (Team members: Akash, Ella, Mohamed, Mehrdad, and Muhammad; Supervisor: Dr. Gabriel Walton)!
08/22 – Congratulations to Nataly for successfully defending her Masters thesis!
04/22 – Congratulations to Adam for successfully defending his Masters thesis!
04/22 – Congratulations to Ella for winning 1st prize in the Materials Science and Mechanics poster session at the GRADS research symposium.
04/22 – Congratulations to Akash for winning the People’s Choice award for his poster at the GRADS research symposium.
03/22 – Congratulations to Akash for passing his comprehensive exams!
03/22 – The Computational Geomechanics Group sweeps the GE/GP Research Fair poster competition, with wins in all four categories with eligible entrants. Congratulations to Cam, Adam, Akash, and Ella!
03/22 – Congratulations to Akash for getting 3rd place out of 30+ entrants in the SME Annual Graduate Student Poster Contest 2022!
12/21 – Congratulations to Ella for passing her comprehensive exams!
08/21 – Congratulations to Rahel and Brian for successfully defending their Masters theses!
06/21 – Congratulations to Adam for winning the Best Presentation Award at this year’s American Rock Mechanics Symposium!
06/21 – Congratulations to Heather for winning the American Rock Mechanics Association’s 2021 Masters Thesis Award!
04/21 – Congratulations to Luke and Rami for successfully defending their doctoral dissertations!
04/21 – Congratulations to Adam and Ella for first place wins in the GRADS Earth Science oral session and the Computation poster session, respectively.
10/20 – Dr. Walton’s invited Keynote talk for Sweden’s online Bergdagarna conference is now posted here
08/20 – Congratulations to Heather (MSc) and Sankhaneel (PhD) for successfully defending their theses!
08/20 – Congratulations to Rami for passing his comprehensive exams!
07/20 – Dr. Walton’s invited paper for Sweden’s National Rock Mechanics Day is now available here
06/20 – Congratulations to Luke for passing his comprehensive exams!
03/20 – Congratulations to Brian for winning the Geological Engineering division of the GE Department Student Research Fair!
01/20 – Congratulations to Carlos for successfully defending his Master’s thesis!
11/19 – Congratulations to John for being given a Best Paper Award for his submission to the TBMDiGs conference