User:Flacman~enwiki/Peter A. Cundall

Prof. Cundall performed his doctoral work at Imperial College, London, where he originated the Distinct Element Method for modelling jointed rock and granular materials. He was a faculty member at the University of Minnesota for seven years, and he is now Principal at Itasca Consulting Group in Minneapolis and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota. Prof. Cundall is the original author of many computer codes, including TRUBAL, FLAC, UDEC, 3DEC, and PFC, which all enjoy widespread use. He has written many papers including the most-cited paper for the journal Géotechnique (published in 1979, with co-author Strack). He has received several awards for his work in rock mechanics, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Member of the National Academy of Engineering.