Education
Ph.D., Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, 2006
S.M. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, 2003
BEng (Aerospace), Carleton University, 2000
Biography
Dave Willis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at University of Massachusetts Lowell and is a visiting associate professor at Tufts CEEO in Fall 2025. His research interests include computational and experimental aerodynamics, renewable energy, and engineering education.
Selected Publications and Presentations
- Eniola, V., Cimorelli, J., Niezrecki, C.,, Willis, D.J., Jin, X., Investigating the impact of wind speed variability on optimal sizing of hybrid wind-hydrogen microgrids for reliable power supply, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Vol. 106, Pages 834-849,, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.01.444.
- Barry, C. P., Olson, B. G., Willis, D. J., Bergeron, K., Charrette, C., Noetscher, G. M., & Sherwood, J. A. (2024). The experimental characterization of the torsional and transverse stiffnesses of a braided parachute suspension line. Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics.
- N. Rondeau, K. J. Desabrais, G. Barlow , J. Luna, E. Morrison, D. J. Willis, Parachute Fabric Permeability under Short vs. Long Term Humidity Conditioning Effects in a Controlled Lab Environment, Paper presented at the 24th AIAA ADS Conference, Denver, CO, June 2017.
- F. Azhar, K. Tite, S.P. Johnston, C.J.Hansen, S. Shina, A. Schiano, and D.J.Willis, Hands-On MADE 4 ME: Deploying, using, developing and evaluating desktop computer numerical control (CNC) systems in the engineering classroom, presented at the 2016 ASEE National Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 2016.
- H. Salehipour, and D.J. Willis, A coupled kinematics-energetics model for predicting energy efficient flapping flight, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 318, Pages 173-196, February 2013.
- D.J.Willis, J.Peraire and J.K.White,A Combined pFFT-Multipole Tree Code, Unsteady Panel Method with Vortex Particle Wakes, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 53, Number 8, Pages 1399-1422, March 2007.