Leo Rothenburg, University of Waterloo

Research

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Latest funding

Energy dissipation in granular materials
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Micromechanics-based constitutive modeling of granular materials
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$165,000
Studies in the discrete element method
NSERC · 2005 · Principal investigator
$175,000

All 8 grants and awards

No publications available.

Energy dissipation in granular materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rothenburg, Leo

$125,000

Micromechanics-based constitutive modeling of granular materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rothenburg, Leo

$165,000

Studies in the discrete element method

Principal investigatorNSERC2005Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rothenburg, Leo

$175,000

Applications of micromechanics and fracture mechanics to mining

Principal investigatorNSERC2000Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rothenburg, Leo

$155,000

Roads and Pavements Research

Co-investigatorCFI2000Innovation Fund: Innovation Fund (1999-2005)

Principal investigators: Haas, Ralph

Keywords: Infrastructure, pavement, asphalt, test track, cold temperature test facility, construction

$2,400,000

Discrete numerical simulation of sandstones and applications to wellbore stability analysis

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rothenburg, Leo

$127,650

Numerical simulations of granular materials

Principal investigatorNSERC1993Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Rothenburg, Leo

$82,500

Studies in micromechanics of granular materials

Principal investigatorNSERC1990Discovery Grants Program - Group

Principal investigators: Rothenburg, Leo

$47,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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