David Garcia Cava

Dr. David Garcia Cava is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh's School of Engineering. His research specializes in structural dynamics, engineering vibrations, and structural health monitoring (SHM) systems. He leads research developing vibration-based monitoring techniques for engineering structures including wind turbines, aerospace components, and composite materials.

His work focuses on:

• Developing adaptive methodologies for structural health monitoring
• Damage detection under environmental variability
• Experimental characterization of dynamic responses
• Machine learning applications in structural diagnostics

Recent publications demonstrate advancements in mitigating environmental variability in SHM, fatigue testing of renewable energy structures, physics-informed machine learning methods, and vibration analysis of composite materials. His research has applications across wind energy, tidal power, aerospace, and mechanical systems.

Dr. Garcia Cava teaches courses in Structural Mechanics and Dynamics, Advanced Dynamics, and Research Methods. He is actively recruiting PhD students for projects on structural health monitoring and vibration analysis.