David Harvey

David is a Senior Lecturer in “Engineering Systems and Mechanical Design”. He has a background in mechatronics and robotics, with deep industrial experience in systems, particularly early-stage systems engineering for significant socio-technical systems. His research interests include mobile robotics to further human endeavour in science and agriculture, as well as engineering practice in digital engineering and early-stage design.

My Research

Mobile Robotics

• Agricultural
• Biologically inspired
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
• Disaster response

Systems

• Digital engineering methods (including Model-Based Systems Engineering, digital prototyping and digital twin)
• Concurrent engineering
• Interdisciplinary systems research - Establishing a "Systems Research and Teaching Community of Practice" with academics from across the university

Education

• University of Adelaide - PhD, Engineering Science 2002 - 2007
• MIT Professional Education - Digital Programs - Professional Certificate, Architecture and Systems Engineering: Models and Methods to Manage Complex Systems 2016 - 2017
• University of Adelaide - BE (Mechatronics) 1998 - 2001