Ronaldo Borja
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bio
Borja works in computational mechanics, geomechanics, and geosciences. His research includes developing strain localization and failure models for soils and rocks, modeling coupled solid deformation/fluid flow phenomena in porous materials, and finite element modeling of faulting, cracking, and fracturing in quasi-brittle materials.
Academic Appointments
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Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professional Education
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PhD, Stanford University (1984)
2026-27 Courses
- Mechanics and Finite Elements
CEE 281 (Win) -
Independent Studies (11)
- Advanced Engineering Informatics
CEE 381 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Advanced Engineering Problems
CEE 399 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Directed Reading or Special Studies in Civil Engineering
CEE 198 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Environmental Research
CEE 370C (Spr) - Independent Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE 199L (Aut, Win, Spr) - Independent Project in Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE 299L (Aut, Win, Spr) - Independent Study in Civil Engineering for CEE-MS Students
CEE 299 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Report on Civil Engineering Practical Training
CEE 398 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Research Proposal Writing in Environmental Engineering and Science
CEE 377 (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Honors Thesis
CEE 199H (Aut, Win, Spr) - Undergraduate Research in Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE 199 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Advanced Engineering Informatics
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Prior Year Courses
2025-26 Courses
- Computational Poromechanics
CEE 314 (Spr) - Mechanics and Finite Elements
CEE 281 (Win)
2024-25 Courses
- Mechanics and Finite Elements
CEE 281 (Win) - Plasticity Modeling and Computation
CEE 315 (Spr)
2023-24 Courses
- Computational Poromechanics
CEE 314 (Spr) - Geotechnical Engineering
CEE 101C (Aut) - Mechanics and Finite Elements
CEE 281 (Win)
- Computational Poromechanics
Stanford Advisees
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Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Jun Geng, Hemiao Zhang -
Master's Program Advisor
Jingyan Chi, Jeffrey Dai, Isaiah Davies, Yixin Feng, Hsin Fu Ho, Jacky Hua, Dat Le, Isabel Newhouse, Alden Quandt, Matthew Ross, Hongkai Tao, Shivaanand Veeramani, Simon Willcox, Shunyu Yao -
Doctoral (Program)
Jun Geng, Damian Sun, Hemiao Zhang, Daniel Zhou
All Publications
- Conservation laws for coupled hydromechanical processes in unsaturated porous media: Theory and implementation. Mechanics of Unsaturated Geomaterials ISTE Ltd. and John Wiley and Sons. 2010: 186–208
- Localized and diffuse bifurcations in porous rocks undergoing shear localization and cataclastic flow. Computational Plasticity (Computational Methods in Applied Sciences) Springer. 2007
- Foreword Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 2004; 193 (27-29): iii.
- Consolidación elastoplástica con deformaciones finitas: Implementación con elementos finitos y ejemplos numéricos Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería 1999; 15 (2): 269-296
- Modelo de plasticidad multiaxial para arcillas sometidas a carga dinámica Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería 1999; 15 (2): 169-192
- Finite strain elastoplastic consolidation, Part 2: Finite element implementation and numerical examples Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 1998; 159: 103-122
- Un marco matemático para la consolidación elastoplástica con deformaciones finitas Revista Internacional de Métodos Numéricos para Cálculo y Diseño en Ingeniería 1995; 3 (11): 345-381