Education/Interests

I am going to outline my education and some of my professional activities and publications below. I have a degree in Geological Engineering followed by post-graduate degrees in Civil Engineering. I have always liked rocks and rock formations and I progressed into looking at fractures in rocks. I went underground in gold mines and potash mines, but I did not want to spend my life down there. I moved onto writing software and doing computer analyses of cracks in rocks during my PhD studies. After finishing my PhD, I came to Cornell and started working on simulating hydraulic fracturing. Now, I am essentially only working with fractures in metallic parts, mostly in turbo-machinery. I work on software development, simulation of crack growth, computer system maintenance and administration...and whatever else needs to be done.

Ithaca is a great place for a geology field trip. Prof. Terry Engelder, introduced us to some natural hydraulic fractures; I have some photos that I took - some of which I used in a conference proceeding, called "Modeling Ithaca’s Natural Hydraulic Fractures".

I have put together a set of introductory slides based on some of our work and research interests. At one time, I did interview for faculty positions, but have long ago decided to stay in industry/consulting/research.

I will add some links here - just so you know I do have other interests.

	http://www.musclecars-and-classics.com/
	http://www.horses-and-horse-information.com/
	http://www.poets.org/
	http://www.tomshardware.com/
	http://www.gardenguides.com/

Education

	Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba May 1992
	M.Sc., Civil Engineering, University of Manitoba Oct 1988
	B.Sc., Geological Engineering, University of Manitoba May 1986

Scholarships and Awards

	NSERC Post Doctoral Scholarship 1992-1994
	University of Manitoba Duff-Roblin Graduate Fellowship 1990-1992
	Donald M. Stephens Memorial Fellowship 1990
	NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship 1986-1990
	University of Manitoba Geological Engineering Gold Medal 1986
	Amoco Canada Scholarship for High Standing in Engineering 1985
	NSERC Under-Graduate Student Research Award 1985
	Sherrit Gordon Mines Ltd. Scholarship in Geological Engineering 1983-1986

Professional/Volunteer Activities

	Contributed rock mechanics software to the International Society of Rock Mechanics Commission on Education.
	Technical session chair for the 1996 North American Rock Mechanics Conference
	Technical session chair for the 2001 US Rock Mechanics Conference
	Administration and maintenance of educational and engineering www sites: http://www.cfg.cornell.edu http://www.simscience.org/cracks/index.html http://www.techcityexhibition.org/

Professional Associations

	American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)
	International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)

Some Publications: (see a complete list in the Research/Work section)

Carter, B.J., Wawrzynek, P.A., Ingraffea, A.R. (2000) Automated 3D Crack Growth Simulation, Gallagher Special Issue of Int. J. Num. Meth. Engng. (on line at IJNME).
Carter, B.J, Desroches, J., Ingraffea, A.R. and Wawrzynek, P.A. (2000) Simulating Fully 3D Hydraulic Fracturing, in "Modeling in Geomechanics" Ed. Zaman, Booker, and Gioda, Wiley Publishers.

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