James Hughes

Dr James Hughes

Lecturer

School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

College of Engineering and Information Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD as Co-Supervisor only - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr James Hughes is a lecturer at Adelaide University. His PhD studies focused on the utilisation of ultrasonic guided waves, namely the edge wave mode, for defect and damage detection. His work in this field was particularly focused on the generation of higher-order harmonic components due to the presence of damage within structural members, and correlating these measurements with the degree of damage within the structure.

James' recent research activities have been focused on the accumulation of fatigue damage and crack growth. His current work aims to investigate different fatigue loading spectra and crack growth accrual models in order to better reconcile the predictive models with real-world outcomes. This work makes use of a novel piezoelectric sensor to accurately measure crack opening loads within individual loading cycles, thereby providing additional insight into the accumulation of damage and subsequent crack extension and fatigue life.

His teaching activities have previously been focused on discipline specific courses, such as Stress Analysis and Design, Solid Mechanics, and Fracture Mechanics. Recently, James has taught faculty-wide professional practice engineering courses, such as Research Methods and Project Management and Introduction to Engineering. He is currently the course coordinator for the Level 3 course Systems Engineering and Professional Practice (SEPP) and the Masters course Professional Engineering Management (PEM).

Date Position Institution name
2024 - ongoing Lecturer University of Adelaide
2023 - 2024 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide
2021 - 2023 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2021 University of Adelaide Australia PhD in Mechanical Engineering
2014 - 2017 University of Adelaide, Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical and Aerospace) (Honours)

Year Citation
2025 Khanna, A., Vidler, J., Hughes, J., Ng, C., & Kotousov, A. (2025). A Method for the Evaluation of Crack Tip Opening Loads Based on Strip Yield Modeling of a Propagating Crack. Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures (FFEMS), 48(8), 3338-3352.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2024 Kotousov, A., Hughes, J., Khanna, A., Moreno, B., & Wallbrink, C. (2024). Experimental Data-Driven approach for the evaluation of crack tip opening loads under variable amplitude loading. International Journal of Fatigue, 180, 108108-1-108108-11.
DOI Scopus8 WoS8
2024 Sales, A., Khanna, A., Hughes, J., Yin, L., & Kotousov, A. (2024). Fatigue Crack Growth Rates and Crack Tip Opening Loads in CT Specimens Made of SDSS and Manufactured Using WAAM. Materials, 17(8), 1842-1-1842-14.
DOI Scopus12 WoS11 Europe PMC2
2024 Opie, G. M., Hughes, J. M., & Puri, R. (2024). Age-related differences in how the shape of alpha and beta oscillations change during reaction time tasks. Neurobiology of Aging, 142, 52-64.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2023 Wallbrink, C., Hughes, J. M., & Kotousov, A. (2023). Application of an advanced piezoelectric strain sensor for crack closure measurement. International Journal of Fatigue, 167(A), 107286-1-107286-14.
DOI Scopus28 WoS25
2023 Wallbrink, C., Hughes, J. M., & Kotousov, A. (2023). Experimental investigation of crack opening loads in an aircraft load spectrum. International Journal of Fatigue, 171, 107560-1-107560-9.
DOI Scopus12 WoS9
2022 Hughes, J. M., Kotooussov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2022). Wave Mixing with the Fundamental Mode of Edge Waves for Evaluation of Material Nonlinearities. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 527, 116855-1-116855-11.
DOI Scopus20 WoS17
2022 Vidler, J., Kotousov, A., Hughes, J. M., Paradowska, A., Reid, M., & Ng, C. T. (2022). Feasibility of early fatigue damage evaluation using the Neutron diffraction method. Engineering Failure Analysis, 141, 106603-1-106603-11.
DOI Scopus10 WoS8
2021 Hughes, J. M., Mohabuth, M., Khanna, A., Vidler, J., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2021). Damage detection with the fundamental mode of edge waves. Structural Health Monitoring, 20(1), 74-83.
DOI Scopus19 WoS18
2021 Hughes, J. M., Mohabuth, M., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. (2021). The fundamental ultrasonic edge wave mode: propagation characteristics and potential for distant damage detection. Ultrasonics, 114, 106369-1-106369-10.
DOI Scopus23 WoS21 Europe PMC6
2021 Calisher, C. H., Carroll, D., Colwell, R., Corley, R. B., Daszak, P., Drosten, C., . . . Turner, M. (2021). Science, not speculation, is essential to determine how SARS-CoV-2 reached humans. Lancet, 398(10296), 209-211.
DOI Scopus23 Europe PMC16
2020 Hughes, J. M., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2020). Generation of higher harmonics with the fundamental edge wave mode. Applied Physics Letters, 116(10), 101904-1-101904-5.
DOI Scopus22 WoS19
2020 Calisher, C., Carroll, D., Colwell, R., Corley, R. B., Daszak, P., Drosten, C., . . . Turner, M. (2020). Statement in support of the scientists, public health professionals, and medical professionals of China combatting COVID-19. Lancet, 395(10226), e42-e43.
DOI Scopus197 Europe PMC101
2019 Hughes, J. M., Vidler, J., Ng, C., Khanna, A., Mohabuth, M., Rose, L. R. F., & Kotooussov, A. (2019). Comparative evaluation of in situ stress monitoring with Rayleigh waves. Structural Health Monitoring, 18(1), 205-215.
DOI Scopus37 WoS30
2019 Mohabuth, M., Khanna, A., Hughes, J., Vidler, J., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2019). On the determination of the third-order elastic constants of homogeneous isotropic materials utilising Rayleigh waves. Ultrasonics, 96, 96-103.
DOI Scopus27 WoS26 Europe PMC5
2008 Rodier, G., Greenspan, A. L., Hughes, J. M., & Heymann, D. L. (2008). SECURITATEA SĂNĂTĂŢII PUBLICE GLOBALE. Romanian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 11(1), 48-53.

Year Citation
2023 Hughes, J. M., Wallbrink, C., & Kotousov, A. (2023). Cycle-by-cycle crack closure measurements and fatigue crack growth in CT specimen made of 7075-T7351 aluminium. In Procedia Structural Integrity Vol. 45 (pp. 44-51). Adelaide, SA, Aust: Elsevier BV.
DOI Scopus3
2020 Hughes, J. M., Kotousov, A., & Ng, C. T. (2020). Measurement of Elastic Nonlinearities Using the Fundamental Edge Wave Mode. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Theoretical, Applied and Experimental Mechanics Vol. 16 (pp. 133-139). Switzerland: Springer.
DOI
2019 Kotooussov, A., Vidler, J., Hughes, J., Khanna, A., Ng, C., & Mohabuth, M. (2019). Mechanics and evaluation of early damage. In J. A. F. O. Correia, A. M. P. De Jesus, A. A. Fernandes, & R. Calcada (Eds.), Mechanical fatigue of metals: experimental and simulation perspectives Vol. 7 (pp. 359-365). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2
2018 Hughes, J., Vidler, J., Khanna, A., Mohabuth, M., Kotooussov, A., & Ng, C. (2018). Measurement of residual stresses in rails using Rayleigh waves. In A. Dyskin, & E. Pasternak (Eds.), Advances in mechanics: failure, deformation, fatigue, waves and monitoring: Proceedings of The 11th International Conference on Structural Integrity and Failure (pp. 160-164). Perth, WA: Australian Fracture Group.
2017 Hughes, J. M., Howie, J., Vidler, J., & Mohabuth, M. (2017). Stress monitoring using the change in velocity of Rayleigh waves. In Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 9) Vol. 2017-November (pp. 371-378). Sydney: Engineers Australia.
Scopus1
2017 Hughes, J. M., Howie, J., Vidler, J., & Mohabuth, M. (2017). Non-contact measurement of nonlinear Rayleigh waves using the scanning laser vibrometer. In Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Congress on Applied Mechanics (ACAM 9) Vol. 2017-November (pp. 358-363). Sydney: Engineers Australia.
Scopus1
  • ARC DP240103201: Fatigue Life Assessment of Structures under Realistic Loading Conditions. 2nd Listed CI. $609,934
  • CSEI Seed Funding: The Teaching at Scale in Engineering and IT Community of Practice. Co-contributor. $5,300
  • ANSTO ID 8986: Feasibility Study on Evaluation of Fatigue Damage Using Neutron Diffraction. Co-contributor.

Current Courses

  • ENGI5003 Professional Engineering Management
  • ENGI3006 Systems Engineering and Professional Practice

Past Courses

  • Research Methods and Project Management
  • Stress Analysis and Design
  • Advanced Mechanics of Materials
  • Introduction to Engineering
  • Design Practice
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Dynamics

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2026 Co-Supervisor 3D Biomechanical Analysis and Simulation of Multi-layer Coronary Artery Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Saman Jolaiy
2026 Co-Supervisor Fatigue of Aerospace Materials and Structural Components Master of Research Master Full Time Mr Devang Sejani

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