Rate My Professor Dave Kellerman

Dr David Kellermann is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at the University of New South Wales. His research specializations encompass continuum mechanics, computational mechanics, advanced composite materials, forming analysis, fibre kinematics, biomechanics, orthotropic and hyperelastic material modelling, finite deformation, nonlinear finite element analysis, and buckling and stability. He teaches a range of core courses including ENGG1300 and MMAN1300 Engineering Mechanics, ENGG2400 and MMAN2400 Mechanics of Solids, CVEN1300 Engineering Mechanics for Civil Engineering, CVEN2301 Solid Mechanics, and MECH4320 Engineering Mechanics 3.

Kellermann has profoundly impacted engineering education through pioneering digital integration. He was the first academic worldwide to deploy Microsoft Teams for higher education teaching, yielding a 900% surge in student engagement, 99% satisfaction in classes exceeding 500 students, and development of AI-powered question bots, Power BI analytics dashboards, and hybrid learning platforms that foster collaboration and personalization. His accolades include the 2018 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence (VCAT E, highest in general category), a 2020 Citation for Outstanding Achievements in University Teaching from the Australian Awards for University Teaching, and the 2020 Students' Choice Teaching Award. He presented these innovations at Microsoft Inspire to 25,000 attendees and South by Southwest in 2018. Key publications feature 'Experimental Characterisation Framework for Laminate Free Edges by Digital Image Correlations and Validation of Numerical Predictions' (Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, 2024, with B. Zhang and G. Pearce), 'Fourth-order tensor calculus operations and application to continuum mechanics' (Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids, 2023, with M.M. Attard and D.J. O'Shea), 'Anisotropic hyperelasticity using a fourth-order structural tensor approach' (International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2020, with D.J. O'Shea and M.M. Attard), and 'An invariant-free formulation of neo-Hookean hyperelasticity' (ZAMM, 2016, with M.M. Attard), underscoring his contributions to nonlinear mechanics and materials modelling.