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Richard Wan is a professor at the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. He has extensive experience in geomechanics, emphasizing continuum mechanics, micromechanics, experimental mechanics, and soil rock mechanics. His research expertise extends to computational modeling of complex geotechnical structures using a multiscale multiphysics approach. He has supervised over 50 PhD students and authored 150 publications, as well as three books. His key research interests include geomechanics, computational mechanics, and unsaturated soil mechanics, with applications in energy resource extraction and stability of unsaturated dykes. Wan has a keen interest in extending geomechanics theories to thermodynamic concepts and was involved in a significant NSERC project modeling pandemics with mechanistic approaches. He has received numerous awards and has served on the editorial boards of leading international journals. His innovative research has contributed greatly to the field, particularly in understanding the behavior of geomaterials under various conditions.
Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.