Ideally, in an attempt to reduce laboratory costs, one would like to make predictions of complex solid and fluid particulate material behavior by numerical simulations, with the primary goal being to minimize time-consuming trial and error experiments. A central objective of this presentation is to provide basic models and efficient numerical solution strategies for the direct simulation of complex particulate media that can be achieved within a relatively standard computing environment. Key corresponding laboratory experiments are also discussed. The topics to be touched upon are: Electromagnetic Composites, Computational Bio-electromagnetics, Environmental Degradation of Composite Materials, Structural Fabric, Complex Particulate Flows and Generalizations to Modeling and Design of Collective Behavior. For more information about this seminar, please contact: Rachel Walton(510) 486-7879