Dave Holley
Lecturer
Background
Mr David (Dave) Holley has Over 40 years’ experience in the manufacture and design of pyrotechnic items. Systems Engineering MSc and application of the toolset has provided a means of analysing, recording, generating knowledge assets and teaching in the OME domain.
Dave joined UWTSD after retirement and for the past six years has helped to deliver the OME programme as a lecturer in Systems Engineering, Project Work, both group and individual, and Pyrotechnics and also by acting as an Apprentice Liaison Officer for COTEC Lavington and DSTL.
Specialist Subjects
- Systems Engineering
- Systems Thinking
- OME Design
- Pyrotechnics
- Knowledge Management
Professional and/or Research Experience
Dave was elected a BAE SYSTEMS Technical Specialist in 2004 for his work in pyrotechnic design. Additional interests included knowledge capture and transfer of knowledge to early career staff.
Following this award Dave was recognised in 2018 as a BAE Systems Global Engineering Fellow for his work in systems engineering associated with design and manufacture of Ordnance Munitions and explosives.
Dave’s final role at BAE Systems, that of Design Authority, has expanded his domain knowledge and allowed him to influence the processes by which successful designs are realised. This role included training and development of technical staff in the application of energetic material science and store design, systems engineering, process safety and product safety.
Dave also undertook mentoring of MSc Systems Engineering Students and candidates for the award of Chartered Chemist with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Following this award Dave was recognised in 2018 as a BAE Systems Global Engineering Fellow for his work in systems engineering associated with design and manufacture of Ordnance Munitions and explosives.
Dave’s final role at BAE Systems, that of Design Authority, has expanded his domain knowledge and allowed him to influence the processes by which successful designs are realised. This role included training and development of technical staff in the application of energetic material science and store design, systems engineering, process safety and product safety.
Dave also undertook mentoring of MSc Systems Engineering Students and candidates for the award of Chartered Chemist with the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Qualifications
- BSc Hons Chemistry (Owens, Manchester)
- MSc Advanced Systems Engineering (Loughborough)
Languages Spoken
English.
French.
French.
Professional Membership or Roles
Chartered Chemist
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Fellow of the Institute of Explosives Engineers
Former BAE Systems Global Engineering Fellow
Member of the International Pyrotechnic Society
Professional Publications
- 1993:- Advanced IR Decoy Flare. (Concept Patent)
- 1993:- Advanced IR Decoy Flare (Composition Patent)
- 1996:- Factors affecting the radiometric output of infrared flares.
- Davies N and Holley D A , (Proceedings of the 22nd IPS) 2000:- Tracers, A Systems Approach.
- D.A. Holley, S.L. Burn, (Proceedings of the 27th IPS) 2001:- Overview Of The United Kingdom's Low Toxicity Obscurants Research Programme
- COLLINS, Peter J D; SIMPSON, James; HOLLEY, Dave; APPLEYARD, Paul , (Proceedings of the 28th IPS) 2002:- The Derivation of a Figure of Merit Model for Obscurant Materials,
- David A. Holley, Andrew O. Burn, Peter J.D. Collins (Proceedings of the 29th IPS) 2004:- MSc Dissertation. The systems Implications of Insensitive Munitions Technology. 2012:- Knowledge Management Applied to Pyrotechnic Science,
- Holley, D. (Proceedings of the 38thth IPS) 2014:-Red Phosphorus Payload for Artillery Shell (Concept Patent)
- 2014:- :Red Phosphorus composition for Artillery Shell (Composition Patent)