Summary
short biography
Andrew Holmes received the BA degree in natural sciences from Cambridge University in 1987, and the PhD degree in electrical engineering from Imperial College London in 1992. He was a Research Associate in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London from 1991 to 1993, after which he took up a joint Research Fellowship in Microengineering with Imperial and the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. In 1995 he was appointed to a Lectureship at Imperial College London, where he is currently Professor of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) and Head of the Optical & Semiconductor Devices Group. Dr Holmes has worked on a range of topics in optical signal processing, integrated optics and MEMS, and has published around 180 journal and conference papers in these areas. His current research interests include micro-power generation by energy harvesting, power conditioning for energy harvesters, tribology of micro-scale mechanical systems, novel micro-assembly techniques, and laser processing for MEMS and electronics manufacture. He is a co-founder of Microsaic Systems plc, an Imperial College spin-out company started in 2001 to exploit Imperial College MEMS research. The company, which developed a bench-top mass spectrometer based on MEMS technology, was admitted to AIM in 2011.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Holmes AS, Kiziroglou ME, Yang SKE, et al., 2022, Minimally invasive online water monitor, Ieee Internet of Things Journal, Vol:9, ISSN:2327-4662, Pages:14325-14335
Shi M, Holmes A, Yeatman E, 2020, Piezoelectric wind velocity sensor based on the variation of galloping frequency with drag force, Applied Physics Letters, Vol:116, ISSN:0003-6951
Dou G, Holmes AS, 2020, System integration for plastic electronics using room temperature ultrasonic welding, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol:22, ISSN:1438-1656, Pages:1-6
Davies E, George DS, Holmes AS, 2014, Remote photothermal actuation for calibration of in-phase and quadrature readout in a mechanically amplified Fabry-Pérot accelerometer, Ieee Photonics Journal, Vol:6, ISSN:1943-0647, Pages:1-1
Pillatsch P, Yeatman EM, Holmes AS, 2014, A piezoelectric frequency up-converting energy harvester with rotating proof mass for human body applications, Sensors and Actuators A - Physical, Vol:206, ISSN:0924-4247, Pages:178-185
Hergert RJ, Hanrahan B, Ghodssi R, et al., 2013, Performance of integrated retainer rings in silicon micro-turbines with thrust style micro-ball bearings, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, Vol:23, ISSN:0960-1317
Howey DA, Bansal A, Holmes AS, 2011, Design and performance of a cm-scale shrouded wind turbine for energy harvesting, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol:20, Pages:1-12