David Garcia Cava

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David Garcia Cava

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3841-6824

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Highly qualified and motivated candidates with funding or plans to obtain funding should get in touch to discuss PhD positions on the following topics: Vibration-based Structural Health Monitoring, Structural dynamics, Engineering Vibrations. Please provide a one-page research proposal.

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Biography

I am David Garcia Cava a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering at the University of Edinburgh. My main research interests are structural vibrations, structural health monitoring and engineering vibrations.

Research students

Current members

  • Dashty Samal Rashid (PhD student): Physics-informed data-driven loose bolt identification 
  • Hannah Mitchell (EngD student): Probabilistic assessment of structural integrity of renewable industry composite components. Based on Frazer-Nash Consultancy

Past members

  • Dr Callum Roberts (Former PhD student): Structural health monitoring methodology for wind turbine blades under variable environmental and operational conditions.
  • Dr Mateusz Stajuda (Former PhD student):  Data-driven safety systems for centrifugal compressor.
  • Dr Fraser Anderson (Former PhD student): Investigation of the causes of wind turbine underperformance
  • Dr Artur Movsessian (Former PhD student): Machine learning for enhancing damage detection in structural health monitoring methodologies of wind turbine blades.
  • Kevin Qu (Research Assistant): Robust long-term monitoring of offshore wind turbines by mitigating environmental and operational variations (ROMEO) & Dynamic characterisation of 3D printed components for space applications. 
  • Ana Sofia Arvelos Pereira (Research Assistant): On the enhancement of data-driven damage assessment under environmental and operational variabilities using virtual sensing. Based on NOVA University Lisbon.  
  • Everton Bruno Castanha (Research Assistant): Low-cost osteoporosis diagnosis: Modelling and designing a testing framework (Framework developing)
  • Dr Rodolfo Lauro Weinert (Research Associate): Low-cost osteoporosis diagnosis: Modelling and designing a testing framework (Modelling)

Education/Academic qualification

Academic Practice , Postgraduate Diploma, Academic Practice , University of Strathclyde

Award Date: 5 Sept 2019

Mechanical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Data-based vibration structural health monitoring methodology for composite laminated structures, University of Strathclyde

Award Date: 28 Jun 2016

Advanced Structural Engineering, Master in Science, Computer aided structural design of temporary works and scaffolding, Edinburgh Napier University

Award Date: 22 Oct 2012

Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Award Date: 1 Sept 2006

External positions

Lecturer, University of Strathclyde

Jun 2017 → Oct 2019

Teaching Associate, University of Strathclyde

Jun 2016 → Sept 2017

Structural Engineer, Algeco Modular Constructions

May 2008 → Oct 2010

Structural Engineer, SGS Tecnos

Jul 2006 → May 2008

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