个人简介

研究方向为计算岩土力学，包括有限元、离散元、物质点、随机场、计算流体动力学及多尺度等计算方法，以及先进数值算法与软件研发，应用于应用过程仿真分析及基础设施防灾减灾研究。

教育背景

  • 2018.12，美国克莱姆森大学，土木工程，博士
  • 2012.06，3499cc拉斯维加斯，交通工程，本科

工作经历

  • 2023.03-至今，3499cc拉斯维加斯-3499cc拉斯维加斯，副教授
  • 2021.02-2023.02，香港科技大学-土木与环境工程学院、3499cc拉斯维加斯-智能工程学院，博士后（“香江学者”计划）
  • 2019.02-2021.02，3499cc拉斯维加斯-智能工程学院，博士后
  • 2018.06-2018.12，美国爱达荷国家实验室，Research Intern

主持科研项目

  • 全国博士后管委会办公室和香港学者协会，“香江学者”计划项目，颗粒介质多尺度模拟，2021.02-2023.02.
  • 国家自然科学基金，青年项目，基于CT图像和机器学习的钙质砂宏微观力学试验及多尺度离散元建模，2020.01-2022.12.
  • 博士后科学基金，面上项目，基于傅里叶级数的不规则颗粒离散元方法研究，2020.01-2021.12.
  • 高校基本科研业务费，青年教师培育项目，基于计算机视觉的交通基础设施结构智能检测与健康评估，2020.01-2021.12.

近五年论文（*学生一作，#本人通讯）

  1. Huang, S., Wang, P., Lai, Z.(#), Yin, Z. Y., Huang, L., & Xu, C. (2024). Machine-learning-enabled discrete element method: The extension to three dimensions and computational issues. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 432, 117445.
  2. Lai, Z., Feng, Y. T., Zhao, J., & Huang, L. (2024). Unifying the contact in signed distance field-based and conventional discrete element methods. Computers and Geotechnics, 176, 106764.
  3. Lai, Z., Zhao, J., Zhao, S., & Huang, L. (2023). Signed distance field enhanced fully resolved CFD-DEM for simulation of granular flows involving multiphase fluids and irregularly shaped particles. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 414, 116195.
  4. Lai, Z., Xia, Y., & Chen, Q. (2023). Discrete element modeling of granular hopper flow of irregular-shaped deformable particles. Advanced Powder Technology, 34(9), 104106.
  5. Lin, Y., Ma, J., Lai, Z., Huang, L., & Lei, M. (2023). A FDEM approach to study mechanical and fracturing responses of geo-materials with stochastic inclusions using a novel reconstruction strategy. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 109171.
  6. Huang, S.*, Huang, L., Lai, Z.#, & Zhao, J. (2023). Morphology characterization and discrete element modeling of coral sand with intraparticle voids. Engineering Geology, 315, 107023.
  7. 吴峰*, 黄林冲, & 赖正首#. (2022). 基于球面沃罗诺伊的颗粒表面离散与重构方法. 工程力学, 40, 1-13.
  8. Zhao, S., Lai, Z.#, & Zhao, J. (2022). Leveraging ray tracing cores for particle‐based simulations on GPUs. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 124(3), 696-713.
  9. Xiao, R., Liang, B., Wu, F., Huang, L., & Lai, Z.# (2022). Biocementation of coral sand under seawater environment and an improved three-stage biogrouting approach. Construction and Building Materials, 362, 129758.
  10. Lai, Z., Zhao, S., Zhao, J., & Huang, L. (2022). Signed distance field framework for unified DEM modeling of granular media with arbitrary particle shapes. Computational Mechanics, 70(4), 763-783.
  11. Lai, Z., Zhao, S., Zhao, J., & Huang, L. (2021). Revisiting the GJK and shape erosion method for contact resolution in DEM. Powder Technology, 394, 363-371.
  12. Lai, Z., Chen, Q., & Huang, L. (2021). Machine‐learning‐enabled discrete element method: Contact detection and resolution of irregular‐shaped particles. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 46(1), 113-140.
  13. Lai, Z., Chen, Q., & Huang, L. (2021). Evaluating the hydromechanical responses of seabed–pipelines with rotated anisotropic heterogeneous seabed properties. Ocean Engineering, 234, 109226.
  14. Huang, S.*, Huang, L., & Lai, Z.# (2021). An extension of the Fourier series-based particle model to the GJK-based contact detection and resolution framework for DEM. Computational Particle Mechanics, 1-11.
  15. Lai, Z. & Huang, L. (2021). A polybezier-based particle model for the DEM modeling of granular media. Computers and Geotechnics, 134, 104052.
  16. Lai, Z., Chen, Q., & Huang, L. (2021). A semianalytical Hertzian frictional contact model in 2D. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 92, 546-564.
  17. Lai, Z., Chen, Q., & Huang, L. (2020). Fourier series-based discrete element method for computational mechanics of irregular-shaped particles. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 362, 112873. 
  18. Huang, L., Huang, S., & Lai, Z.# (2020). On the optimization of site investigation programs using centroidal Voronoi tessellation and random field theory. Computers and Geotechnics, 118, 103331. 

荣誉奖励

  • 2023.11，多场多相过程CFD-DEM工业软件开发与仿真技术应用，第二届全国博士后创新创业大赛，全国总决赛优胜奖、优秀博士后
  • 2022.10，基于有向距离场的多相流与任意形状颗粒CFD-DEM模拟方法，第六届全国颗粒材料计算力学会议，优秀青年报告
  • 2022.06，Multiscale modeling of granular media: Developments of irregular-shaped particle models and contact algorithms in discrete element method，2022年“香江学者计划周年学术交流会”，优秀海报奖
  • 2020.12，基于组件的多物理场模拟软件Albany——二氧化碳地质封存模拟算例，2020年“粤港澳大湾区高性能计算”全国博士后学术论坛，优秀论文奖
  • 2020.02，基于岩溶发育机理的碳酸盐岩地区工程地质调查及塌陷预警关键技术，2019年度广东省科技进步，二等奖
  • 2020.01，岩土-地下结构耦合体系力学行为演化的动态感控关键技术及应用，2019年度广东省力学学会技术发明，一等奖

报考/合作

  • 招收岩土工程/工程力学方向硕士，欢迎对计算力学感兴趣的同学。