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Douglas Holmes

Professor of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Material Science Engineering (MSE)

Title Professor of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Material Science Engineering (MSE)
Office 730 Commonwealth Avenue, EMA 213
Email dpholmes@bu.edu
Phone 617-358-1294
Education Ph.D., UMass Amherst
M.S., UMass Amherst
B.S., UNH
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Douglas Holmes is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Material Science Engineering (MSE) at Boston University. Holmes explores how structures bend, wrinkle, and snap under various forces. His work focuses on slender structures and soft materials, ranging from airplane wings and human hair to robotic grippers inspired by origami, leading to the development of new materials and devices with applications in robotics, aerospace, and biomedical engineering. He has published extensively in journals such as Science Robotics, Advanced Functional Materials, and Matter, with lead articles in Physical Review Letters and Soft Matter on self-ordering of buckling beams and elastogranular mechanics.

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