Computational Poro-Geomechanics Group
Prof. Xiaoyu Song, PhD, PE, M. ASCE
Associate Professor (with tenure, 2021 - )
Assistant Professor (2014 - )
Editorial Board Member of International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics
Associate Editor of ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Member of the ASCE GI Board Technical Publication Committee
Editorial Board Member (Associate Editor) of the Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
Editorial Board Member of Computers and Geotechnics
(PhD)
Dissertation topic: GNN-based multi-scale modeling of deformable porous media
(PhD)
Dissertation Topic: Physics-based ML and its engineering applications
Hossein Pashazad (PhD)
Dissertation Topic: Novel computational modeling of failure of multiphase porous media under static and dynamic loads
Kaiqi Wang (PhD)
Dissertation Topic: Computational Modeling of Multi-physics Instability in Multi-phase Porous Media
Shashank Menon (PhD)
Dissertation Topic: Multiphysics Induced Failure in Multi-phase Porous Media under Static and Dynamic Conditions
Zhe Zhang (PhD)
Dissertation Topic: Modeling unsaturated porous media from the atomic scale to the continuum scale through HPC
Miao-Chun Wang (PhD, Female) ( 2015 - 2016)
Dissertation Topic: Full-scale molecular dynamics modeling through HPC
Thai Nguyen (PhD) (Committee member)
Dissertation Topic: Strength envelopes of Florida limestones
Rodrigo Antunes (PhD) (Committee member)
Dissertation Topic: Effects of Aggregate Gradation on Aggregate Packing
Advisor: Prof. Mang Tia, Professor in Civil Engineering Materials
Master Students:
Jing Ye
Feroz Shah (2025 - )
Soner Tucker (2025 - )
Dr. Song has advised more than 10 master students (non-thesis) since 2015
Undergraduate Students:
Rachael Dokken (REU)
Spring 2020
Topic: Molecular dynamics modeling and scientific computing
Sahil Agarwal (REU)
Spring 2020
Topic: Molecular dynamics modeling and scientific computing
Alejandro Correa (OPS undergraduate)
Fall 2019
Topic: Centrifuge testing of bearing capacity of cantilever sheet piles
Juan Arango (OPS undergraduate)
Fall 2019
Topic: Centrifuge testing of bearing capacity of cantilever sheet piles
Castano Urrea, Catalina (Female)
(Undergraduate Student - UF Minority Program)
Fall 2018 and Spring 2019
Katherine Zhang (B.S., Female)
Summer 2017
Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Topic: Computing research on multiphysics in porous media
Rita O Kalo (B.S., Female)
Senior in Civil Engineering
Spring 2017
Georges Obayi
(Undergraduate Student - UF Minority Program)
Spring 2017
Katherine Zhang (REU Summer 2016)
Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
Topic: Computing research on multiphysics in porous media
High school students:
Cameron Ketchem (61th Student Science Training Program 2019)
Suncoast Community High School, Palm Beach, FL
Topic: MD modeling of nanotubes at elevated temperature through HPC
Brandon Stephens (61th Student Science Training Program 2019)
Suwannee High School, Suwannee, FL
Topic: MD modeling of clay-water systems through HPC
Jack Yu (60th Student Science Training Program 2018)
The Stony Brook School in New York
Topic: Modeling porous media at the atomistic scale
Lucas Weaver (59th Student Science Training Program 2017)
High School, Florida
Topic: Computing research on porous media on HiPerGator, a supercomputer at UF.
Horace Gordon (58th Student Science Training Program 2016)
High School, Tampa, Florida
Topic: Modeling porous media on HiPerGator, a supercomputer at UF.