LTC Drew Curriston
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering Program Director
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
LTC Drew Curriston was commissioned as an Aviation Officer from the U.S. Military Academy in 2006 with a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. He is a Senior Army Aviator and has served in various units, including command of Alpha Company 3-25 AVN, Battalion Executive Officer of 3-1 AHB, and Executive Officer of the 1st Combat Aviation Brigade. He earned a Master of Science in aerospace engineering from Auburn University in 2014 and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M in 2024.
He has served at West Point from 2014-17 and again from 2024 to present, teaching and directing courses in dynamics, fluid mechanics, engineering design, and aeronautical engineering. His areas of interests include experimental aerodynamics, wind tunnel testing, and uncertainty quantification.
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering - Texas A&M
M.S., Aerospace Engineering - Auburn University
B.S., Mechanical Engineering - U.S. Military Academy
Research Interests
Uncertainty quantification, Wind tunnel testing, Flight testing
Current Research
Uncertainty quantification in wind tunnel testing, Integration of uncertainty analysis in wind tunnel test design.
Selected Publications
Curriston, Drew A., and Edward B. White. “Uncertainty Analysis Integration in Wind Tunnel Test Planning and Execution.” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, submitted 2024.
Curriston, Drew A., and Edward B. White. “Managing Test Planning Decisions Using the Military Decision Making Process.” Manuscript submitted to the AIAA Aviation Forum, accepted 2024.
Curriston, D. A., “Wind Tunnel Data Quality Assessment and Improvement Through Integration of Uncertainty Analysis in Test Design,” Ph.D. thesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2024
Curriston, Drew A., Michael Taylor, and Edward B. White. "Use of MEMS Sensors for Inertial Corrections in Wind Tunnel Testing." AIAA 2024-0733, doi:10.2514/6.2024-0733, 2024.
Curriston, Drew A., Lisa Brown, and Edward B. White. "Applying P4T3 Methodology to Test Facility Maintenance - An Army Aviation Perspective." AIAA 2023-4370, doi: 10.2514/6.2023-4370, 2023.
Curriston, Drew A., and Roy J. Hartfield. "Turbine Blade Aerothermal Optimization Using Evolution Strategies." AIAA 2014-3521, doi: 10.2514/6.2014-3521, 2014.
Curriston, Drew A., and Roy J. Hartfield. "Power Turbine Blade Aerodynamic Optimization Using Non-Restrictive Evolution Strategies." AIAA 2013-3685, doi: 10.2514/6.2013-3685, 2013.
Curriston, Drew A., and Alice E. Smith. "Airfoil Optimization by Evolution Strategies." Evolutionary Computation (CEC), 2013 IEEE Congress on. IEEE, doi: 10.1109/CEC.2013.6557734, 2013.