James Buchholz

Joined the College of Engineering: 2008

Education:
Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2006
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 1997
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 1995

Special Fields of Knowledge: Experimental fluid dynamics, particle image velocimetry, flow visualization, unsteady flows

Present Research Interests: Unsteady aerodynamics of biologically-inspired underwater and aerial vehicles, urban microclimate and transport phenomena, cardiovascular fluid mechanics.

Selected Publications:

• Buchholz, J.H.J. and Smits, A.J., "The wake structure and thrust performance of a rigid, low-aspect-ratio pitching panel", J. Fluid Mech., 603, pp. 331-365, 2008.
• Buchholz, J.H.J.,Clark, R.P., and Smits, A.J., "Thrust performance of unsteady propulsors using a novel measurement system, and corresponding wake patterns", Exp. Fluids 45(3), pp. 461-472, 2008.
• Buchholz, J.H.J. and Smits, A.J., "On the evolution of the wake structure produced by a low aspect ratio pitching panel," J. Fluid Mech., 546, pp.433-443, 2006.
• Buchholz, J.H.J. and Smits, A.J., "Gallery of fluid motion: Wake of a low aspect ratio pitching plate," Phys Fluids 17(9), 2005.
• Buchholz, J.H.J., and Sigurdson, L.W., "The kinematics of the vortex ring structure generated by a bursting bubble", Phys. Fluids, 12(1), pp. 42-53, 2000. 

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics; Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and Geophysicists of Alberta