Summary
This BRITE Pivot award supports research to enable high-fidelity computer simulations of granular materials with unprecedented scalability and efficiency by fundamentally reimagining the discrete element method (DEM). Granular materials – spanning soil and powders to lithium-ion battery particles – are central to many natural and engineered systems. DEM has become an essential tool across disciplines for modeling granular materials, offering critical insight into how microscopic interactions among individual particles translate into the macroscopic behavior of granular systems. It effectively
