Associate Professor
David Holmes
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Biography
Dr David Holmes is an Associate Professor in Mechanical Design & Manufacturing at the Queensland University of Technology. Dr Holmes holds a B.Eng(Hons) in Mechanical Engineering and a Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics from James Cook University, with additional RPEQ and CPEng status in Mechanical Engineering Design. His research focusses on the development and application of advanced numerical methods as they apply to problems in flow, mechanical engineering design, and fatigue analysis. David has significant experience in the algorithmic development of both Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH), and the Finite Element Method (FEM), and has applied these approaches, and a wide range of other research and commercial CFD and FEM software, to solve problems in porous media flow; biomechanics; and in the mechanics, dynamics, thermodynamics, and aerodynamics of racing vehicles. David also teaches design methods and analysis at all university levels.Career History
- 2021 - Present: Associate Professor in Mechanical Design & Manufacturing, QUT, Brisbane QLD
- 2017 - 2021: Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Design & Manufacturing, QUT, Brisbane QLD
- 2012 - 2017: Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering, JCU, Townsville QLD
- 2010 - 2012: Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, JCU, Townsville QLD
- 2009 - 2010: Saudi Aramco Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge MA (USA)
- 2008 - 2009: Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, Cambridge MA (USA)
- 2007: Consulting Engineering, Rockfield Technologies Australia, Townsville QLD
- 2004 - 2007: Doctoral Candidate and Casual Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, JCU, Townsville QLD
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Keywords
Numerical Methods, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, Parallel Architectures, Curriculum Mapping, Mechanical Engineering, Design, Finite Element Analysis, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Constitutive Model, Finite Element Method
Research field
Mechanical Engineering, Numerical and Computational Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (James Cook Uni. of North Qld)
Professional memberships and associations
- Member of Engineers Australia, MIEAust
- Member of the Laboratory for Advanced Modelling and Simulation in Engineering and Science (LAMSES) Group of the Queensland University of Technology - link
- Member of MIT Geonumerics Group
Teaching
Teaching area: Mechanical Design & Manufacturing within the discipline of Mechanical Engineering, focusing on:
- Mechanical design
- Machine component design
- Numerical methods and Finite Element Analysis
- Teamwork and design project management
- Systems engineering
- Manufacturing in design
- Solid modelling and computer assisted design
Teaching Philosophy: Using industry focused blended and project based learning experiences to effectively equip mechanical engineering students for professional practice.
Subjects taught:
- EGB210 Fundamentals of Mechanical Design
- EGB316 Design of Machine Elements
- EGB436 Industrial Automation
- EGH420 Mechanical Systems Design
- ENN533 Advanced Engineering Design and Maintenance
Teaching awards:
- 2021: Faculty of Engineering Teacher of the Year (Queensland University of Technology).
- 2016: National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Office for Learning and Teaching): Designing Excellence: Empowering mechanical engineers through an intentional industry-driven curricula enactment that assures professional readiness in highly employable graduates.
- 2013: University Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (James Cook University): For development and implementation of a top-down curriculum overhaul of the mechanical design sub-disciplinary stream, enhancing the practical engineering design capabilities of graduates.
Publications
- Holmes, D. & Pivonka, P. (2021). Novel pressure inlet and outlet boundary conditions for Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics, applied to real problems in porous media flow. Journal of Computational Physics, 429. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207058
- Holmes, D., Saha, S., Chen, J., Brown, R., Jayathilake, P. & Vanaki, S. (2020). Muco-ciliary clearance: A review of modelling techniques. Journal of Biomechanics, 99.
- M. Vanaki, S., Holmes, D., Suara, K., Jayathilake, P. & Brown, R. (2020). Transport and fate of inhaled particles after deposition onto the airway surface liquid: A 3D numerical study. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 117.
- Mokhtarpour Vanaki, S., Holmes, D., Jayathilake, P. & Brown, R. (2019). Three-dimensional numerical analysis of periciliary liquid layer: Ciliary abnormalities in respiratory diseases. Applied Sciences, 9(19), 1–22. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/133840
- Holmes, D., Sheehan, M., Birks, M. & Smithson, J. (2018). Development of a competency mapping tool for undergraduate professional degree programmes, using mechanical engineering as a case study. European Journal of Engineering Education, 43(1), 126–143. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223075
- Khatamifar, M., Lin, W., Armfield, S., Holmes, D. & Kirkpatrick, M. (2017). Conjugate natural convection heat transfer in a partitioned differentially-heated square cavity. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 81, 92–103. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109517
- Holmes, D., Williams, J., Tilke, P. & Leonardi, C. (2016). Characterizing flow in oil reservoir rock using SPH: Absolute permeability. Computational Particle Mechanics, 3(2), 141–154. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109520
- Holmes, D., Williams, J. & Tilke, P. (2011). Smooth particle hydrodynamics simulations of low Reynolds number flows through porous media. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, 35(4), 419–437. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109535
- Holmes, D., Williams, J. & Tilke, P. (2010). An events based algorithm for distributing concurrent tasks on multi-core architectures. Computer Physics Communications, 181(2), 341–354. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109536
- Holmes, D. & Loughran, J. (2010). Numerical aspects associated with the implementation of a finite strain, elasto-viscoelastic-viscoplastic constitutive theory in principal stretches. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 83(3), 366–402. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/109539
QUT ePrints
For more publications by David, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Advanced Electronic Control of Vehicle Inertial Response Rate using a Custom Inerter Based-Suspension System
MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor YuanTong Gu, Associate Professor Michael Cholette