His research interests include fatigue and fracture analysis of metals and composite materials, probabilistic methods, computational mechanics, and risk management. He completed his PhD at Vanderbilt University, and obtained his Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees from Tongji University in China. Dr. Liu is a member of AIAA,ASME, and ASCE and serves on several technical committees on probabilistic methods and advanced materials. His group is current working on several projects for damage analysis and prognosis sponsored by DOE, AFOSR, NASA, and DOT.