James Buchholz

Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Associate Faculty Research Engineer, IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering
Biography

Publications: 
Google Scholars Citation Record
Publications, Citations, h-index, i10-index

Joined the College of Engineering: 2008

Active Scientific and Professional Society Memberships: 

  • American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • American Society of Engineering Education
  • Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta

Special Fields of Knowledge: 

  • Experimental fluid dynamics
  • Image-based flow velocimetry
  • Flow visualization
  • Unsteady flows
  • Vortex-dominated flows
  • Bluff-body aerodynamics

Research areas:

  • Unsteady aerodynamics of biologically-inspired air and underwater vehicles
  • Wind turbine aerodynamics
  • Transport processes around boulders and mussels in fluvial environments
  • Cardiovascular flows
Engineering Unit(s)
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • IIHR—Hydroscience and Engineering
James Buchholz
Education
PhD, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, 2006
MSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 1997
BSc, Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, 1995
Contact Information
Address

2440 Seamans Center for the Engineering Arts and Sciences
United States