Alomir Favero

Educational Background

• Ph.D., Stanford University
• B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Sao Paulo

Research Interests

• Numerical modeling and analysis of mine tailings storage facilities
• Multi-scale and multiphase modeling of geomaterials and geohazards
• Risk and resilience analysis of geotechnical structures and geotechnical systems
• Advanced numerical modeling of geotechnical tests, foundations, and earth-retaining structures
• Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method and meshless numerical methods

Teaching Specialties

• Geotechnical engineering and soil mechanics
• Numerical methods and programming for engineering
• Computational geomechanics

Professional Registrations and Affiliations

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE, Member)
• ASCE’s Geo-Institute
• Deep Foundations Institute (DFI)
• Pile Drivers Contractors Association (PDCA) 

Selected Publications

Rógenes, E., Paes, I. T., Delgado, B. G., Bittar, R. J., Gomes, A. dos S., Cirone, A., Fávero Neto, A. H., & Rasmussen, L. L. (2026). Assessing Static Liquefaction Triggers in Tailings Dams Using the Critical State Constitutive Models CASM and NorSand. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 49(4), 1092-1112. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3914

Favero Neto, A. H., Oliveira, G. R. A., Rasmussen, L. L., & Rógenes, E. (2025). Large Deformation and Critical State Analysis of the Fundão Tailings Dam. Proceedings of Geo-Extreme 2025, Long Beach, California (USA), 80–89. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784486511.009

del Castillo, E. M., Fávero Neto, A. H., Geng, J., & Borja, R. I. (2024). An SPH framework for drained and undrained loading over large deformations. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 48(12), 3227-3257. https://doi.org/10.1002/nag.3790

Rógenes, E., Paes, I., Delgado, B. G., Gomes, A., Lanzieri, D. R., Cruz, F., Favero Neto, A. F., & Rasmussen, L. L. (2024). PLAXIS and CASM: Formulation, Implementation, and Verification. Proceedings of TAILINGS AND MINE WASTE 2024.

Rógenes, E., Gomes, A. dos S., Farias, M. M. de, Fávero Neto, A. H., Vinueza, G., & Rasmussen, L. L. (2024). The impact of discontinuities on spalling failure in excavations under high-stress conditions. Computers and Geotechnics, 175, 106667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compgeo.2024.106667

Mullet, B., Segall, P., & Fávero Neto, A. H. (2023). Numerical modeling of caldera formation using Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH). Geophysical Journal International, 234(2), 887–902. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad084

Favero Neto, A. H., Orlando, P. D. G., & Rocha, R. (2022). The Impacts of Aging Infrastructure and Evolving Load Conditions: Case Study of an Earth Retaining Wall Failure. Proceedings of Forensic Engineering 2022, Denver, Colorado (USA), 221–231. https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784484548.023

del Castillo, E.M., Favero Neto, A.H., Borja, R.I. (2021). A continuum meshfree method for sandbox-style numerical modeling of accretionary and doubly vergent wedges. Journal of Structural Geology, 153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104466

del Castillo, E.M., Favero Neto, A.H., Borja, R.I. (2021). Fault propagation and surface rupture in geologic materials with a meshfree continuum method. Acta Geotechnica, 16(8), 2463-2486. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-021-01233-6

Favero Neto, A.H., Askarinejad, A., Springman, S.M., Borja, R.I. (2020). Simulation of debris flow on an instrumented test slope using an updated Lagrangian continuum particle method. Acta Geotechnica, 15(10), 2757-2777. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-020-00957-1

Favero Neto, A.H., Borja, R.I. (2018). Continuum hydrodynamics of dry granular flows employing multiplicative elastoplasticity. Acta Geotechnica, 13(5), 1027-1040. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-018-0700-3

Favero Neto, A.H., Vieira Jr., L.C.M., Malite, M. (2016). Strength and stiffness of cold-formed steel purlins with sleeved and overlapped bolted connections. Thin-Walled Structures, 104, 44-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tws.2016.02.017