Professor Andrew James Neely

My Expertise

Hypersonic aerothermodynamics, Thermal-structural modelling, Fluid-structure interaction, Free flight testing in hypersonic wind tunnels, Gas Turbines and Propulsion, High Temperature structures & materials, Bio-mechanics.

Fields of Research (FoR)

Aerospace engineering, Aerospace structures, Hypersonic propulsion and hypersonic aerothermodynamics

Biography

Andrew Neely is the Associate Dean (Research Engagement) at UNSW Canberra where he is also a Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology.

Generous Ph.D. scholarships ($35,000+ per year) are available for high-achieving students (with H1/High Distinction in UG and/or Masters by Research) in engineering, mathematics or relevant sciences under my supervision. If you are interested contact me at a.neely@adfa.edu.au

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Andrew Neely is the Associate Dean (Research Engagement) at UNSW Canberra where he is also a Professor in the School of Engineering and Technology.

see https://www.unsw.edu.au/research/hdr/scholarships

PhD Topics NOW AVAILABLE on funded projects

(1) Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions on supersonic and hypersonic vehicles (NOTE: AUS/NZ/US/UK citizens only)

Professor Neely leads a research group investigating the fluid-thermal-structural behaviour of high-speed vehicles and propulsion systems. He worked on the DST/USAF HIFiRE, HyCAUSE and SCRAMSPACE flight experiment projects. He also collaborates on investigations of the biomechanical behaviour of nerve tissue.

One of our experimental hypersonic FSI cases has been chosen for the next NASA Aeroelastic Prediction Workshop (AePW3). Join if you would like to simulate the case.

https://nescacademy.nasa.gov/workshops/AePW3/public/wg/highspeed

We also host the international Database of High-Speed Fluid Structure Interaction Unit Cases

www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/high-speed-fsi-database-unit-cases

Prof Neely is

Non-executive Director, Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN)
Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS)
President, Royal Aeronautical Society Australian Division (2017-2019)
Australian Division Council, Royal Aeronautical Society (2015-2025)
Vice President, International Society for Air Breathing Engines (ISABE) (2017-2019)
Chair of the 25th ISABE Conference, Canberra, 2019
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
National Director for the RAeS Cool Aeronautics Australia STEM outreach program
Member of the AIAA Hypersonic Technologies and Aerospace Planes Technical Committee
AIAA Sydney Section, STEM K-12 Outreach Officer
Member of the AIAA Hypersonic Airbreathing Propulsion Technical Committee (2010-2014)
Member of the Combined Propulsion Technical Activity Committee, RAeS/IMechE (2010-2018)
Member of the Controls, Diagnostics and Instrumentation Committee, IGTI, ASME (1996-2009)
Member of the Air Safety Group, UK (2001-02)

The Future of High-Speed Vehicles: UNSW Defence Research Institute podcast

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qYdDaY4Oy2eWu4kmZJ8AU?si=e1MZ4MOBSaqcJTbndgYVTw&dl_branch=1&nd=1

Finite element modeling of optic chiasmal compression: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology podcast

https://journals.lww.com/jneuro-ophthalmology/Pages/podcastepisodes.aspx?podcastid=1

My Grants

SELECTED RECENT RESEARCH FUNDING

2023

Neely, Hoke, Talluru, Kleine, Wild, Dooner, McQuellin, Buttsworth / Hypersonic FTSI Unit Case for a Thermally Buckled Structural Panel / USAF AFOSR FA2386-23-1-4083. (3 years)
Neely / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS (supercomputer time). (1 year)

2022

University of Adelaide - UNSW / Defence Trailblazer for Concept to Sovereign Capability / Trailblazer Universities Program, Department of Education. (4 years)
Neely, Capra, Yeo, Sharp, Rider, Hartley, Doral, Oruganti, Veidt, Grobler / Application of CFRP material systems to internal structure on high-speed vehicles / DMTC-DSTG-Quickstep. (1 year)
Wild, Kleine, Neely / Hypersonic Vehicle Shape Distortion Sensing with Optical Fibre Bragg Gratings / USAF AOARD FA2386-22-1-4081. (2 years)
Cummings, Seidel, Reeder, Neely, O'Byrne, Buttsworth, Frankel / Free Flight Wind Tunnel Experiments and Simulations for Control Jet Applications in Hypersonic Flows / University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics TEES-JHTO. (3 years)
Buttsworth, Zander, Jahn, Gollan, Laurence, Neely / Dispersion of spacecraft components during re-entry / ARC-DP220102751. (3 years)

2021

Neely, Capra / Aerothermal Shape Distortion of Hypersonic Vehicles / Lockheed Martin Australia. (1 year)
Neely / Experimental Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Testing / DST Collaborative Project Agreement. (1 year)
Neely, Capra, Kleine, Buttsworth, McNamara, Dowell / Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions on High-Speed Aerospace Vehicles / ARC-DP210100561. (3 years)
Talluru, Alenin, Neely, Tyo, McQuellin, Kurtz / Improved simultaneous mapping of pressure and strain for hypersonic FSI experiments / USAF AOARD FA2386-21-1-4062. (2 years)
Faraone, Mitchell, Aharonovich, O'Byrne, Tan, Wang, Umana-Membreno, Pudsey, Neely, Lambert, Jagadish, McClelland, Moore / National Facility for Infrared Technologies / ARC-LE210100125. (1 year)
Neely, Tyo, Hazell, Capra, O’Byrne, Escobedo-Diaz, Kleine, Currao, Liow / High-Speed IR Thermographic Camera / UNSW Research Infrastructure Scheme (RIS). (1 year)
Neely, Jeyaratnam, Capra, Talluru, Gai / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS (supercomputer time). (1 year)

2020

Neely, O’Byrne, Capra / Hypersonic Aerosciences and Advanced Diagnostics (Phase 1) / DST Collaborative Project Agreement. (2 years)
O’Byrne, Neely, Gai, Kleine, Capra, Currao, McQuellin / Measuring the influence of wall-temperature ratio distribution on transition using optical diagnostics / US Air Force Academy High-speed Vehicles Simulation Institute FA7000-20-2-0002, (3 years)
Neely, Currao, Capra / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS + Intersect, (supercomputer time). (1 year)

2019

Neely, Buttsworth, Young, Jahn, Currao, Zander / Unit Cases to Investigate Hypersonic Fluid-Structure Interactions / USAF AFOSR FA2386-19-1-4027. (3 years)
Gai, Neely, O'Byrne, Kleine, Capra / Wall Temperature and Bluntness Effects in High Enthalpy Hypervelocity Separated Flows / USAF AFOSR FA2386-19-1-4023. (3 years)
Neely, Currao / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS, (supercomputer time). (1 year)
Neely, Young, Kleine, Capra, Gai, Tian, Hoke, Lai / Digital Image Correlation Software Suite / UNSW Research Infrastructure Scheme (RSI). (1 year)
Neely, Currao, McQuellin / Method to investigate transient flight dynamics for high-speed air breathing vehicles undergoing inlet unstart / UNSW Canberra Defence-Related Research (DRR) scheme. (1 year)

2018

Neely, Buttsworth, Young, Jahn, Candler, McNamara / Fluid-Structural Interactions in High-Speed Flows / ARC-DP180103480. (3 years)
Neely / UNSW Canberra Workshop on Fluid-Structure Interaction / USAF AFOSR FA9550-18-1-0206. (1 year)
Neely / Application of Multifunctional Composite Materials to Hypersonic Ground Testing / UNSW Canberra Defence-Related Research (DRR) scheme. (1 year)

2017

Neely, McGilvray, de Baar, Doherty / Experimental Measurement of Fluidic Thrust Vectoring on Internal and External Expansion Hypersonic Nozzles / USAF EOARD FA9550-17-1-0401. (1 year)
Neely / Gas Turbine Engine Component Distortion / DST Group research contract. (1 year)
Neely, Buttsworth, O’Byrne, Choudhury, Tahtali, Mudford / Free-flight Separation Dynamics of HIFiRE 8 and generic geometries / DST Group research contract. (1 year)
Boyce, Frankcombe, Neely, Gai, Brown / Physics of the interactions between high-speed craft and their environment / NCI National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) (supercomputer time). (1 year)
Neely, Young / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS + Intersect, (supercomputer time). (1 year)
Neely, Young / Experimental measurement of fluidic thrust vectoring on a hypersonic nozzle / UNSW Canberra Defence-Related Research (DRR) scheme. (1 year)

2016

Neely, Buttsworth, Jahn, Manzie, Ur Rahman / Characterisation and control of a flap undergoing hypersonic fluid-structure interaction / USAF AFOSR FA2386-16-1-4024. (2 years)
Gai, Neely, Kleine, Buttsworth / Effects of Wall Temperature in High Enthalpy Rarefied Hypersonic Separated Flow / USAF Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development, FA2386-16-1-4014. (2 years)
Neely, Buttsworth, O’Byrne, Choudhury, Tahtali, Mudford / Validation of DST Group’s HIFiRE-4 Glider Aerodynamic Database via Hypersonic Free-Flight / DST Group research contract. (1 year)
Kleine, Morgan, Buttsworth, Hazell, Neely, McIntyre, Mee, Gai, Smart / Optical diagnostics for the investigation of high-speed energetic processes / ARC-LE160100194. (1 year)
Neely, Kleine, Tuttle, Young, Gai, Doolan, Moreau / High-Intensity Narrow-band PSP Lighting / UNSW  Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative (MREII). (1 year)
Boyce, Frankcombe, Neely, Gai, Brown / Physics of the interactions between high-speed craft and their environment / NCI National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS) (supercomputer time) (1 year)
Neely, Young / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS + Intersect, (supercomputer time). (1 year)
Neely, Tuttle / Prescribing non-uniform wall temperatures on hypersonic wind tunnel models / UNSW Canberra Defence-Related Research (DRR) scheme. (1 year)

2015

Neely, Young / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS, (supercomputer time). (1 year)

2014

Steelant, Hannemann, Serre, Verstraete, Neely, et al. / High Speed Experimental Fly Vehicles - International / EU FP7, ACP3-GA-2014-620327. (5 years)
Gai, O’Byrne, Neely, Kleine, Moss, Park, Boyd, Levin, Schwartzentruber, Wu, Chen / Rarefied hypervelocity  separated flow in the transitional to continuum regimes / ARC-DP140100842. (3 years)
O’Byrne, Gai, Neely, Kleine / Emission Measurements in Hypersonic Bluff-body Flows / USAF Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development scheme. (2 years)
Neely, Tuttle / Real-time mapping of in-flight heating on high-speed vehicles / UNSW Canberra Defence-Related Research (DRR) scheme. (1 year)
Neely, Young / Fluid-thermal-structural interactions for high-speed flight and propulsion / NCI NCMAS, (supercomputer time).

My Awards

2022 AIAA Structural Dynamics Best Paper Award (Vasconcelos, McQuellin, Talluru, Neely, Hypersonic Fluid-Structure Interactions on a Compliant Clamped-Free Clamped-Free Panel Under the Influence of Static Shock Impingement)
2021 AIAA Sustained Service Award ("For the sustained and trusted management of activities advancing AIAA values and interests at the section, regional, and international levels")
2019 AIAA Fluid Dynamics Best Paper Award (Currao, McQuellin, Neely, Zander, Buttsworth, McNamara, Jahn, Oscillating Shock Impingement on a Flat Plate at Mach 6)
The Harry Staubs STEM K-12 Outreach Award (1st Place, AIAA Small section category) 2016-2017
The Harry Staubs STEM K-12 Outreach Award (1st Place, AIAA Small section category) 2014-2015
2011 AIAA Hypersonics Technology Best Paper Award (Neely, Choudhury, Paukner, Odam, Measurement of Aerothermal Heating on HIFiRE-0)
Spitfire Memorial Defence Fellowship, 2008
AIAA Special Service Citation, 2008
Rector’s Commendation for Excellence in Classroom Teaching, UNSW Canberra, 2007
1997 Edwin Walker Prize for Best Paper (Neely, Ireland, Harper, Extended surface convective cooling studies of engine components using the transient liquid crystal technique), Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council Bursary 1997, Royal Aeronautical Society
Australian Postgraduate Research Award, 1992-1994

My Research Supervision

Currently supervising

CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS

Student	Degree	Year	Topic	Previous Degrees
Damon Kirkpatrick (USAF)	PhD	2023	Hypersonic Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions	MSci (Rice)
Nicholas Heath	PhD	2022	Hypersonic Vehicle Manoeurvring using Control Thrusters	MRes (Macquarie)
Lily Attwood	MPhil	2021	Energy Deposition on Hot Structures	BE (UNSW)
Luke Rooney (CEA)	MRes (PT)	2021	Hypersonic Vehicle Maneuvering Envelope	BE, BSc (Sydney)
Michelle Norton (Thales)	PhD (PT)	2020	Fluid Structure Interactions of Gate Valves	BE (UNSW)
Kaisar Al Shami	PhD	2020	Gas Turbine Thermal Rotor Bow	BSMech (Balamand)
Zach Tuten	PhD	2020	Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interactions in High-Speed Flows	MEng (Stanford)
Pratap Pawar	PhD	2020	Biomechanics of Nerve Tissue	MEng (UNSW)
Josh Booth (Royal Melb)	PhD (ANU-PT)	2019	Biomechanics of Pelvic Reconstruction	MD (Melb)
Mithun Kahawala (DSTG)	PhD (PT)	2018	Pitch-Induced Inlet Unstart on a Hypersonic Vehicle	BE, BSc (Melb)

GRADUATED RESEARCH STUDENTS

Student	Degree	Year	Thesis Title	Current Position
Paulo Vasconcelos	PhD	2023	Structural Scaling for Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Testing	Spacecraft Engineer, Skykraft
Diego Exposito	PhD	2023	Shock-Induced Separation in Hypersonic Flow	Industry Consultant
Mr Jeremy Moran	MRes	2021	Hot Wall Experiments in Hypersonic Flow	Research Associate in Hypersonics, UNSW Canberra
MAJ Roger Duziak	MRes	2020	Design and Development of a Passive Thermal Control System for Nano-Satellites	Engineering Manager, Skykraft
Dr Courtney Bright	PhD	2019	Fluidic thrust vectoring for spacecraft maneouvring	Space Systems Engineer, CSIRO
Dr Kyll Schomberg	PhD	2019	Design of Rocket Nozzle Contours Using Conjugate Circular Arcs	Systems Engineer, Shoal Group
Dr Iroizan Ubulom	PhD	2019	Gas Turbine Blade Life Prediction Using Fluid-Thermal-Structural Interaction Modelling	Civil Aviation Safety Authority
Dr Chris Kennell	PhD	2018	Study of Hypersonic Aerodynamics Using Free Flight Experiments	Technical Sales Manager, Oxford Flow Ltd
Dr Hilbert van Pelt	PhD	2018	Shock Vector Control applied to a Converging-Diverging Nozzle and a Hypersonic Vehicle	Research Associate in Hypersonics, UNSW Canberra
Dr Arnab Dasgupta	PhD	2018	A Study of Coupling Fidelity and the Aerodynamic Trajectory Parameters that Drive Static Aeroelasticity in Hypersonic Flow	Research Engineer, Lockheed Martin Australia
Dr Gaetano Currao	PhD	2018	Experimental Study of Hypersonic Fluid Structure Interaction with Shock Impingement on a Cantilevered Plate	Assistant Professor, National Cheng-Kung University,Taiwan
Dr Amna Khraibut	PhD	2018	Laminar Hypersonic Leading Edge Separation	Research Associate in Hypersonics, UNSW Canberra
Dr Zafer Leylek	PhD	2018	Global Surrogate Modelling of Gas Turbine Aerodynamic Performance	Research Scientist DST Group
Mr Jai Vennik	MRes	2018	Hot-Wall Experimental Technique for Prescribing Non-Uniform Temperatures on Hypersonic Impulsive Wind Tunnel Models	Engineer, UNSW Canberra Space
Dr Heath Pratt	PhD	2017	Effect of Simulator Model Interactivity on Cognitive Development	CEO and Senior Engineering Consultant, Engonix
Dr Evan Smith	PhD	2017	A Parametric Study of Compressor RotorThermal Bow in Aerospace Gas Turbines	Program Engineering Manager - Future Air Mobility Systems Program Office, Wing Commander RAAF
Dr Tom Lillicrap	PhD (ANU)	2017	Investigating Changes in Regional Brain Temperature in Patients Suffering Ischaemic Stroke	Clinical Scientist and Lecturer in Brewing Science, University of Newcastle
Dr Priyanka Dhopade	PhD	2014	Aeromechanical modelling of rotating fan blades to investigate high-cycle and low-cycle fatigue interaction	Lecturer, University of Auckland, Visiting Research Fellow University of Oxford
Dr Xiaofei Wang	PhD	2014	Biomechanics of the Human Optic Chiasmal Compression	Associate Professor, Beihang University
Dr Rishabh Choudhury	PhD	2014	Global Surface Temperature Measurement for Hypersonic Flight Vehicles	Research Scientist, DST Group
Dr Guofeng Zhu	PhD	2013	Computational and Experimental Study of Particle Separation in a Mini Hydrocyclone	University of Auckland
Dr Zhipeng Gu	PhD	2013	Experimental and Theoretical Study of Droplet Formation at a T-junction with Xanthan Gum Solutions	R&D Manager, Shenzhen HEC Industrial Development Co
Dr Deepak Ramanath	PhD	2011	Computational Studies of Hypersonic High Enthalpy Separated Flows	System Administrator, Penten
Dr Adnan Ahmed	PhD	2010	Mechanical behaviour of nanometric-scale and micrometric-scale SiC particulate reinforced A1 7075 matrix composites	IP Australia
Dr Gisu Park	PhD	2010	Hypervelocity aerothermodynamics of blunt bodies including real gas effects	Associate Professor, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dr Jeong Ho Choi	PhD	2010	Fabrication, characterisation and modelling of corrugated wire mesh laminates	Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute of Materials Science
Dr Graham Doig	PhD	2009	Compressible ground effect aerodynamics	Aerodynamics Lead, Canoo
Dr Karthik Ram Ramakrishnan	MRes	2009	Low velocity impact behaviour of unreinforced bi-layer plastic laminates	Lecturer in Sustainable Composites, University of Bristol
Mr Peter Young	MRes	2008	Fracture analysis of glass microsphere filled epoxy resin syntactic foam	Nova Defence
Dr Rahim Abu Tahlib	DPhil (Oxford)	2003	Detailed inveestigation of the low-tempterature analogy of an aircraft engine standard fire-test	Professor, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Dr Dickie Wong	DPhil (Oxford)	2001	Thermal investigation of acoustic liners used in gas turbines	HSBC Private Bank Equity Specialist, Hong Kong
Dr Andrew Robertson	DPhil (Oxford)	1998	Extended surface flow and heat transfer studies	Co-Head Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions at Macquarie Group

My Engagement

I am the National Director for the RAeS Cool Aeronautics Australia STEM outreach program

see activities and opportunities at

https://www.raes.org.au/cool-aeronautics/

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Location

UNSW Canberra

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Contact

+61 2 5114 5637

+61 2 6268 8276

a.neely@adfa.edu.au

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ORCID as entered in ROS

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Research Activities

Hypersonic Fluid-Structural Interaction

This research aims to fill a significant gap in the current modelling of critical fluid-structural interactions in high-speed flows by performing novel experiments to generate data that does not currently exist. This data is being used to assess and improve advanced numerical simulation tools. The effective development of high-speed vehicles and turbomachinery requires the accurate prediction of the behaviour and lifetime of structural components subject to these fluid-structural interactions in which the deformation of the structure, induced by the local flow field, can in turn influence…

Biomechanics of Damage to the Optic Nerve

UNSW Canberra is investigating the role mechanical compression of the optic chiasm plays in visual afflictions (Wang et al. 2014a). The nerves carrying optical information from both eyes all pass through this small soft-tissue structure inside the skull. This research is being performed in collaboration with Canberra Hospital, the ANU Medical School and Queens University, Belfast. The work uses high-resolution histology of chiasm anatomy to inform multi-scale numerical models of the biomechanics of chiasmal compression (Wang et al. 2014b). These numerical models are being…

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