NCKU - ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR 2024 - PRESENT
JOURNALS
• Hsu K., Tan J.M., Chen Y.S., Hung C.C., Tan Z.P., Currao, G. M. D., Jiang B.S. “Event-Based Measurement of Aeroelastic Structure in High-Speed Flow”, AIAA Journal, Vo 63, No 2, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J064591)
CONFERENCES
• Yeh C-W. & Currao G.M.D., ” Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Transonic Fluid-Structure Interaction of a Spring-Wing System”, AASRC, Tamsui, Taiwan, November 15th, 2025. (BEST PAPER – 2nd place).
• Chiou S-Y & Currao G.M.D., ” Investigation of Hysteresis effect of Motor-Driven Oscillating wing in Transonic Flow ”, AASRC, Tamsui, Taiwan, November 15th, 2025.
NCKU - ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 2020 - 2024
JOURNALS
• Currao, G. M. D., “Transonic Leading-Edge Stall Flutter: Modeling, Simulations and Experiments”, J. Fluid Mech. , Vol 984, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2024.238).
• Currao, G. M. D. & He, H.-C. “Transonic Leading-Edge Stall Flutter: Modeling, Simulations and Experiments”, AIAA Journal, Vol 62, No 7, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J063735).
• Currao, G. M. D. & Hsu, S.-Y. “Diaphragm Induced Attenuation in Shock Tubes”, AIAA Journal, Vol 62, No 8, 2024 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J063847).
• Currao, G. M. D. & Chen. W.-L., “Double Peak-Heating in Hypersonic Transitional Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interactions”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 40, No. 4, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J061094).
• Chih-Yung Wu , G. M.D. Currao , Wen-Lih Chen*, Chia-Yu Chang , Bo-Yi Hu , Tse-Hao Wang , Yi-Chu Chen, The application of an innovative integrated Swiss-roll-combustor/Stirling-hot-end component on an unpressurized Stirling engine, Energy Conversion and Management Vol. 249, p. 114831, 2021.
• Wen-Lih Chen, G. Currao, Yueh-Heng Li, Chien-Chun Kao, Employing Taguchi method to optimize the performance of a microscale combined heat and power system with Stirling engine and thermophotovoltaic array, Energy, Vol. 270, p. 126897, 2023.
• Wen-Lih Chen, G.Currao, Chih-Yung Wu, Bah Evan, Chieh-Yu Mao, Shu-Wei Tsai, Chih-Yuan Yu, A Study on an Unpressurized Medium-Temperature-Differential Stirling Engine Integrated with a New Spiral-Patterned Flat-Flame Burner and a New Spiral-Finned Hot-End Plate, International Journal of Energy Research, 8827094, 2023.
• Currao, G. M. D., McQuellin, L. P., et al., “Hypersonic Oscillating Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction on a Flat Plate”, AIAA Journal, Vol 59, No. 3, 2021 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J059590).
CONFERENCES
• Jiang B.S., Wang K., Tsai S. & Currao G.M.D., ” Transonic Flutter Experiments: Design and Challenges”, AASRC, Taichung, Taiwan, November 25th, 2023. (BEST PAPER – 2nd place).
• Ali, S. D. & Currao G.M.D., ”Drag reduction techniques for driver golf clubs”, AASRC, Taichung, Taiwan, November 5th, 2022.
• He, H.-C. & Currao G.M.D., ”Fluid-Structure Interactions of Hypersonic Skin-Panels at Mach 0.8”, AASRC, Taichung, Taiwan, November 5th, 2022.
• Hsu, S.-Y. & Currao G.M.D., “Double-diaphragm induced shock attenuation in shock-tubes”, AASRC, Taichung, Taiwan, November 5th, 2022
UNSW - PhD CANDIDATE/RESEARCH ASSOCIATE 2014 - 2020
JOURNALS
• Currao, G. M. D., Choudhury, R., et al., “Hypersonic Transitional Shock Wave – Boundary Layer Interaction on a Flat Plate”, AIAA Journal, Vol. 58, No. 2, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J058718).
• Currao, G. M. D., Neely A. J., Kennell C.M., Gai S. L. and D. R. Buttsworth, “Hypersonic Fluid-structure interaction on a cantilevered plate with shock impingement”, AIAA journal, Vol. 57, No. 11, 2019 (https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J058375).
• Wang, L., Currao, G. M. D., Hang, F., Neely, A. J., Young, J., Tian, F., “An Immersed Boundary Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction with Compressible Multiphase Flows”, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol. 346, 2016 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2017.06.008).
CONFERENCES
• Currao, G. M. D., McQuellin, L. P., et al., “Hypersonic Oscillating Shock-Wave/Boundary-Layer Interaction on a Flat Plate”, AIAA Journal, 2021 (BEST PAPER).
• Currao, G. M. D., Bhattrai, S., Neely, A. J., “Fluid-Thermal-Structure Interactions on a Hypersonic 2D Intake”, 19th ISABE, 2019.
• Bhattrai, S., Neely, A. J., Currao, G. M. D., McQuellin, L. P., “Impact of Aeroelasticity on Hypersonic Intake Performance”, 19th ISABE, 2019.
• Freydin, M., Dowell, Currao, G. M. D., Neely, A. J., “Computational Study for the Design of a Hypersonic Panel Flutter Experiment”, IFASD, 2019
• Currao, G. M. D., Freydin, M., Dowell, E., Neely, A. J., MacQuellin, L. P., “Design of a Panel Flutter Experiment in a Short Duration Hypersonic Facility”, 21st AFMC, 2018
• Neely, A. J., Currao, G. M. D., MacQuellin, L. P., “Using Radiative Heating to Perform Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interaction Experiments in a Short Duration Hypersonic Wind Tunnel”, 21st AFMC, 2018
• Iahn, I. J. H., Currao, G. M. D., Neely, A. J., Jacobs, P., Gollam, R., “Two-way Coupled Hypersonic Fluid Structure Interaction Simulations with Eilmer”, 21st AFMC, 2018
• Bhattrai, S., McQuellin, L. P., Currao, G. M. D., Neely, A. J., “Influence of hypersonic fluid-structure interaction on the control authority of a trailing-edge flap”, AIAA Space Forum, 2018
• Currao, G. M. D., Neely, A. J., Buttsworth, D. R., Gai, S. L., “Hypersonic Fluid-Structure Interaction on a Cantilevered Plate”, 7th EUCASS, 2017 (BEST PAPER)
• Gai, L. S., Khraibut, A., Currao, G. M. D., “On the Structure of Large Scale Separations in Hypersonic Flows”, 7th EUCASS, 2017
• Currao, G. M. D., Neely, A. J., Buttsworth, D. R., Choudhury, R., "Measurement and Simulation of Hypersonic Fluid-Structural Interaction on a Cantilevered Plate in a Mach 6 Flow", SciTech AIAA Conference, 2016
• Currao, G. M. D., Neely, A. J., Schomberg, K. A., Ringrose-Voase, E., "Global Measurement of Temperature and Pressure on the Sidewall of an Altitude-Adaptive Expansion-Deflection Rocket Nozzle", 19th AFMC, 2014