Robert Gracie

Dr. Robert Gracie is an Associate Professor in the Department of the Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo (UW) and is an expert in Computational Engineering. His expertise is applied the development of novel simulation technologies/software and the deployment of commercial analysis software to complete problems.

At UW, he carries out research on the development of simulation technologies with an emphasis on multi-physics problems, including fracture and deformations, heat transfer, and multi-constituent fluid flow. Research focuses on the development of novel numerical methods to simulate problems which cannot be readily simulated using exiting commercial software. Recent applications include carbon sequestration, enhanced geothermal systems, hydraulic fracturing, and dissolution solution mining. Past applications include: impact analysis, fracture and fragmentation processes and multiscale analysis.