Joshua
Staubs

Research spanning aeroacoustics, unsteady aerodynamic flows, and aerodynamic performance.

Current project Google Scholar

Conceptual illustration · airfoil flow visualization

Research at Aerospace Engineering

Aerodynamics heard, seen, and measured.

Joshua Staubs works across aeroacoustics, unsteady flow phenomena, and aerodynamic performance—connecting fundamental flow physics with practical aerospace applications.

11listed works

247citations

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5i10-index

Google Scholar record, read 18 September 2026.

Research themes

Three connected lines
of inquiry.

Research questions move from sound radiated by airfoils to the unsteady loads and performance of aerodynamic systems.

Aeroacoustics

Airfoil noise and sound radiation in turbulent flows.

Unsteady flows

Unsteady loading, tip-gap flow, and rotor–stator interaction.

Aerodynamic performance

Low-subsonic grid-fin performance and flight applications.

Conceptual research illustrations; not experimental images or simulation results.

Current work

Drone acoustic
localization.

An ongoing project exploring passive detection and localization from the sound of drone motors and propellers.

Conceptual illustration of an acoustic array; not an experimental setup.

Research project

Listening for location.

The project aims to develop a passive system that detects and localizes drones from their acoustic signature.

Proposed methodsThe planned approach combines a microphone array, time- and direction-of-arrival estimation, and machine learning for sound classification and background-noise separation.
Current stageThe available project plan describes design and development planning, with offline signal-processing and machine-learning validation planned before real-time deployment and field evaluation.

Graduate research

Phuwanut Pataratawinun

Phuwanut Pataratawinun is pursuing an M.S. in Innovative Engineering for Sustainability (IES) at Chulalongkorn University. The graduate research work supports experiments, acoustic data collection, and signal processing.

Scholar record

Selected publications.

Eleven listed works across aeroacoustics, unsteady flow, and aerodynamic performance.

01
An Empirical Study of Grid Fins Aerodynamic Performance in Low-Subsonic Flight
P Chaowanapreecha, P Rattanagraikanakorn, J Staubs
Engineering Journal 29 (5), 77–94 · 2025
02
Evaluating the Impact of Grid-Fin Stabilizers on Munition Trajectory and Accuracy: A Circular Error Probable Approach
P Chaowanapreecha, P Rattanagraikanakorn, J Staubs
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 0478 · 2025
04
Sound radiation from real airfoils in turbulence
WJ Devenport, JK Staubs, SAL Glegg
Journal of Sound and Vibration 329 (17), 3470–3483 · 2010

Read the complete bibliography · 11 publications

01
An Empirical Study of Grid Fins Aerodynamic Performance in Low-Subsonic Flight
P Chaowanapreecha, P Rattanagraikanakorn, J Staubs
Engineering Journal 29 (5), 77–94 · 2025
02
Evaluating the Impact of Grid-Fin Stabilizers on Munition Trajectory and Accuracy: A Circular Error Probable Approach
P Chaowanapreecha, P Rattanagraikanakorn, J Staubs
AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, 0478 · 2025
03
Transient CO2 diffusion from vehicle cabin micro-environment in hot and humid climates
P Stitnimankarn, T Siripoorikan, N Thanomkul, P De Silva, P Pungetmongkol, J Staubs
International Journal of Environmental Science and Development 11 (5), 273–277 · 2020
04
Sound radiation from real airfoils in turbulence
WJ Devenport, JK Staubs, SAL Glegg
Journal of Sound and Vibration 329 (17), 3470–3483 · 2010
05
Real airfoil effects on leading edge noise
JK Staubs
Virginia Tech · 2008
06
Sound radiation from a series of airfoils immersed in grid-generated turbulence
J Staubs, W Devenport, S Glegg
14th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference · 2008
07
Sound radiation from three dimensional airfoils in a turbulent flow
S Glegg, W Devenport, J Staubs
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 52 · 2008
08
Leading edge noise
S Glegg, J Staubs, W Devenport
12th AIAA/CEAS Aeroacoustics Conference · 2006
09
Correlation between Unsteady Loading and Tip Gap Flow Occurring in a Linear Cascade with Simulated Stator-Rotor Interaction
JK Staubs
Virginia Tech · 2005
10
The Tip Leakage Vortex Shed From an Unsteady Tip Clearance Flow
N Intaratep, W Devenport, J Staubs
34th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference and Exhibit, 2430 · 2004
11
Correlation Between Unsteady Loading and Tip Gap Flow Occurring in a Linear Cascade Produced by Simulated Stator-Rotor Interaction
J Staubs, P Mish, WJ Devenport
Heat Transfer Summer Conference 4692, 313–331 · 2004

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