Dear Participants,
 
Welcome to "FLAC and UDEC for Geomechanics and Reservoir Engineering" course. My hope is that by the end of this course you have a new appreciation for the subject matter and will continue your education in the subject.

The main objective of this course is demonstrating the implementation of numerical modeling and geomechanics simulation in reservoir engineering. The course focuses on the practical applications of numerical modeling for simulation and analysis of geomechanics problems such as wellbore stability, geothermal analysis, flow analysis, and hydraulic fracturing.
 
My name is Siavash Zamiran and I will be your instructor for the next weeks in this online course. I am a geotechnical and geomechanics engineer with over than ten years of industry and academic experience in different geotechnical and petroleum engineering disciplines. I am a member of ASCE Geo-Institute Computational Geotechnics Committee. I was the winner of national ASCE Edmund Friedman Award in 2019 and ASCE St. Louis Young Engineer Award in 2018. If you would like to know more about me, please check my website at www.zamiran.net and get connect to me through my LinkedIn profile. 
 
I look forward to working with you!
 
Best Regards,
Siavash Zamiran, Ph.D., P.E.