Bodhinanda Chandra
Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolBodhinanda Chandra is a computational mechanics postdoctoral researcher based in Berkeley with 14 years of experience bridging geomechanics, numerical methods, and high-performance simulation. He develops and stabilizes multi-phase Material Point Method (MPM) implementations for hydro-mechanical coupling and granular rheology, contributing to the open-source CB-Geo-Berkeley codebase and prior Kratos MPM efforts. His work spans theory (constitutive modeling and rheology) to production-grade HPC code, with practical experience validating particle-based methods across international collaborations in Germany, Japan, and Italy. As an educator and group administrator he’s taught advanced numerical modelling courses while maintaining research software and community resources, a combination that helps translate cutting-edge methods into usable tools for long-term stability and landslide simulations. An uncommon strength is his track record of implementing stabilization schemes that improve MPM’s long-term stability—making particle methods more reliable for large-deformation geomechanics.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering with a Designated Emphasis in Computational and Data Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Civil Engineering with a Designated Emphasis in Computational and Data Science and Engineering at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Science (M.Sc.) with Honours, Computational Mechanics, Master of Science (M.Sc.) with Honours, Computational Mechanics at Technical University of MunichBachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Civil Engineering at Kyushu University
Github Skills (49)
simulation10
difference10
parallel10
hierarchical10
python10
computational-science10
requirements-management10
extensibility10
capistrano10
modularity10
python-interface10
mpi10
cluster-computing10
openmp10
geo10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
geomechanics/mpm
Oct 2011 - Jan 2023
High-Performance Material Point Method
Contributions:185 reviews, 590 commits, 88 PRs in 11 years 5 months
geophysicsmaterial-point-methodmethodhierarchicalpoint
bodhinandach/mpm
Aug 2020 - Jan 2022
CB-Geo High-Performance Material Point Method
Contributions:10 pushes, 31 branches in 1 year 5 months
geomaterial-point-methodmethodhierarchicalpoint
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