Rate My Professor David Rowlands

Dr. David Rowlands is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Engineering and Built Environment at Griffith University, with a focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. He obtained his BSc in Physics in 1986 and began his PhD in semiconductor modelling at Griffith University in late 1989. Rowlands has contributed to engineering education through teaching embedded systems and project-based learning in the engineering program. He serves as Deputy Director of SABEL Labs, which specializes in sports, active play, biomechanics, engineering, and rehabilitation technologies.

David Rowlands specializes in embedded systems and sports engineering. His research interests include sports technology, the application of inertial sensors and wearable devices for performance monitoring in sports, biomedical signal processing, wireless monitoring, and activity recognition. Key publications include 'Bowler analysis in cricket using centre of mass inertial sensors' (2009), 'Determining over ground running speed using inertial sensors' (2011), 'A Feedback System for the Motor Learning of Skills in Golf' (2013), 'An Automated Activity Monitoring System for Rehabilitation' (2013), 'Wavelet coherence of EEG signals for a visual oddball task' (2013), 'Nocturnal motor events in epilepsy' (2019), and 'A Preliminary Investigation into the Factors Impacting Tyre Wear' (2022). Other works cover accelerometers in sports monitoring, inertial sensor applications in triathlon and wheelchair sports, and validation of sensor data for cycling cadence. His research outputs have accumulated over 1,397 citations on Google Scholar, reflecting substantial impact in sports technology and related engineering fields. Rowlands has also featured in discussions on integrating sport and technology, as in an interview in Electronics Letters (2015).