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Gaetano Currao

Associate Professor

Group:Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics
Office:5847A
TEL:06-2757575 ext. 63656

Email:
currao@gs.ncku.edu.tw
Website:
Bio

 

1Education

Ph.D., Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia (2014 – 2018)
M.S., Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (2011 – 2013)
B.S., Department of Aerospace Engineering, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy (2013 – 2010)

1Experiences

Associate Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2024 – present)
Assistant Professor, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan (2020 – 2024)
Research Fellow & A/Lecturer, University of New South Wales, Australia (2018 – 2020)

1Specialities and Research Interests

Flight Hardware Design and Analysis, Launch Vehicle Structures System Analysis, Fatigue Analysis of Military Aircraft, Mechanics of Composite Materials, Continuum Damage Mechanics, Computational Solid Mechanics, Modeling of Nonlinear Mechanical Properties of Materials

1Honors
 

•Best Fluid-Dynamic Paper – AIAA Aviation Forum Conference (2019)
•Best research poster – FSI Workshop @ UNSW Canberra (2018)
•Best presentation – Annual Review for the Air Force Office for Scientifi Research (AFOSR) High Speed Aerodynamics Portfolio @ NASA Langley (2017)
•Best student paper finalist – Category: Structures and Materials 7th EUCASS (2017)