Doctor of Engineering
Postdoctoral researcher
Shock Wave Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
2025.08.19 Our paper has been published in Physics of Fluids.
2025.05.27 Presented our current work at CSME-CFDSC-CSR 2025 International Congress (Montréal, Canada).
Compressible fluid dynamics
Shock wave phenomena
Experiments
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Numerical method for compressible flow and shock waves
Compressible multiphase flow
Industrial applications
9) G. Fukushima* and K. Kitamura, "Peculiarity of moving weak shock computations: Entropy generation analysis of numerically expressed shock waves," Physics of Fluids 37 (8): 086151 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0282374 (Accepted Manuscript)
8) T. Mamashita, G. Fukushima, and K. Kitamura, "Linear discontinuity sharpening for highly-resolved and robust magnetohydrodynamics simulations," International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids 97, 1226-1247 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.5402 (open access)
7) G. Fukushima* and K. Kitamura, "Improved hybrid approach of monotonic upstream-centered scheme for conservation laws and discontinuity sharpening technique for steady and unsteady flows," Physics of Fluids 36 (4): 046110 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0198163 (open access)
6) G. Fukushima*, J. Hagiwara, Y. Nakamura, and A. Sasoh, "Petal formation law in a cellophane diaphragm subjected to a pressure difference," Physical Review E 106, L043001 (2022). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.106.L043001
5) D. Ichihara, G. Fukushima, D. Kuwabara, and A. Sasoh, "Energy conversion efficiency of electrical exploding foil accelerators," AIP Advances 11, 095203 (2021). doi: 10.1063/5.0061699 (open access)
4) G. Fukushima*, S. Ogawa, J. Wei, Y. Nakamura and A. Sasoh, "Impacts of grid turbulence on the side projection of planar shock waves," Shock Waves 31, 101-115 (2021). doi: 10.1007/s00193-021-01000-2 (available at ResearchGate)
3) G. Fukushima*, J. Wei, S. Ogawa, J. Hagiwara, Y. Nakamura and A. Sasoh, "Losing the shock wave front profile due to interaction with turbulence," Fluid Dynamics Research 53(2), 025504 (2021). doi: 10.1088/1873-7005/abeda4 (preprint is available at Nagoya University Repository) (Fluid Dynamics Research highlights of 2021)
2) G. Fukushima*, T. Tamba, A. Iwakawa, and A. Sasoh, "Influence of cellophane diaphragm rupture processes on the shock wave formation in a shock tube," Shock Waves 30, 545–557 (2020). doi: 10.1007/s00193-020-00951-2 (available at ResearchGate)
1) T. Tamba, G. Fukushima, M. Kayumi, A. Iwakawa, and A. Sasoh. "Experimental investigation of the interaction of a weak planar shock with grid turbulence in a counter-driver shock tube," Physical Review Fluids 4, 073401 (2019). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevFluids.4.073401
* corresponding
K. Kitamura, G. Fukushima, “Supercritical Flow Computations by Using Interface Sharpening Reconstruction,” AIAA Aviation Forum and ASCEND 2025, AIAA 2025-3599, Las Vegas, Nevada, July 21-25, 2025. https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/6.2025-3599
A. Sansica, D. Lusher, K. Kitamura, G. Fukushima, “Characterization of Turbulent Transonic Buffet Using an Improved Hybrid Monotonic Upstream-Centered Scheme,” The 35th International Symposium on Shock Waves, 162, Brisbane, Australia, July 6-11, 2025.
M. Brouillette, A. Grebe, G. Fukushima, D. Chartrand, M. Eldakamawy, “Particle Separation Using Expansion Waves,” The 35th International Symposium on Shock Waves, 197, Brisbane, Australia, July 6-11, 2025.
N. Shigeta, N. Kimura, J. Hagiwara, D. Custodio, T. Asahi, K. Ozawa, Y. Nakamura, A. Sasoh, G. Fukushima, “Shock Wave Propagation with Fore-Flow in Converging Ducts,” The 35th International Symposium on Shock Waves, 208, Brisbane, Australia, July 6-11, 2025.
〇G. Fukushima, A. Grebe, D. Chartrand, J.-F. Lepage, M. Brouillette, "Numerical analysis of carbon capture technology using supersonic flow," CSME-CFDSC-CSR 2025 International Congress, 373, Montreal, Canada, May 25-27, 2025.
A. Grebe, M. Eldakamawy, G. Fukushima, D. Chartrand, M. Brouillette, "Supersonic carbon capture from industrial gaseous effluents," The 17th Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Conference (GHGT-17), Calgary, Canada, October 21-24, 2024. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5070978
N. Shigeta, J. Hagiwara, D. Custodio, N. Kimura, G. Fukushima, Y. Nakamura, A. Sasoh, "Shock-Flow Interaction Experiments Using Two-Diaphragm Shock Tube," A09, The Fourth International Conference on High Temperature Gas Dynamics (HiTGD 2024), Beijing, China, October 11-14, 2024.
T. Mamashita, G. Fukushima, K. Kitamura, "Application of Hybrid MUSCL-THINC Approach to Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations for Sharply Capturing Discontinuities," [8-A-02], The 12th International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Kobe, Japan, July 14-19, 2024.
〇G. Fukushima, K. Kitamura, "MUSCL and THINC hybrid scheme for strong and very weak shock waves in steady and unsteady flows," 76th Annual Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, J15.00007, Washingtons DC, USA, 2023.
〇G. Fukushima, K. Kitamura, A. Sasoh, "Improvement of Very Weak Shock Capturing Using Hybrid MUSCL-THINC," The 34th International Symposium on Shock Waves, T11-0373, Daegu, Korea, 2023.
T. Yamaguchi, N. Shigeta, G. Fukushima, D. Custodio, Y. Nakamura, A. Sasoh, "Shock Wave Mitigation through Magic Fence," The 34th International Symposium on Shock Waves, T20-0242, Daegu, Korea, 2023.
N. Shigeta, G. Fukushima, T. Yamaguchi, J. Hagiwara, D. Custodio, Y. Nakamura, A. Sasoh, "Shock Wave Mitigation due to Forward Flow Nudge," The 34th International Symposium on Shock Waves, T22-0142, Daegu, Korea, 2023.
〇G. Fukushima, K. Kitamura, A. Sasoh, "On Peculiar Behaviors of Captured Very-Weak Moving Shockwaves," AIAA Aviation Forum 2022, AIAA 2022-4127, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2022. (AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Best Student Paper Competition 1st Place) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2022-4127
〇G. Fukushima, S. Ogawa, J. Wei, J. Hagiwara, Y. Nakamura, A. Sasoh, “Moderation of Shock Wave Profile in Grid Turbulence,” AIAA Aviation Forum 2021, AIAA 2021-2608, Virtual event, 2021. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2021-2608
〇G. Fukushima, T. Tamba, S. Ogawa, A. Iwakawa, A. Sasoh, “Experimental investigation of planar shock wave-grid turbulence interaction using counter driver shock tube,” AIAA Aviation Forum 2019, AIAA 2019-3074, Dallas, Texas, USA, 2019. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-3074
A Sasoh, T. Tamba, G. Fukushima, “Visualization of shock wave–grid turbulence interaction in the counter–driver shock tube,” 71st Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, BAPS.2018.DFD.E03.1, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2018.
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AIAA Computational Fluid Dynamics Best Student Paper Competition 1st Place, AIAA AVIATION Forum 2022 Chicago IL, Jul 2022
Nagoya University outstanding graduate student award, Jun 2022
Best Presentation Award, Symposium on Shock Waves in Japan, Mar 2021
Outstanding presentation award, Chubu branch conference of the Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, Nov 2019
Oversea research funds, Yokohama Academic Foundation, 2023
JSPS (Japan society for the promotion of science) PD research fellow, 2023-present
JSPS (Japan society for the promotion of science) DC2 research fellow, 2021-2023
The DII Collaborative Graduate Program for Accelerating Innovation in Future Electronics, 2018-2023
Takenaka Scholarship Foundation, 2015-2018
PhD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan, Mar. 2023 (supervised by Professor Akihiro Sasoh)
Email: gaku.fukushima (Please add "[at]usherbrooke.ca")
Information as of August 2025