He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Department, Cambridge University, UK. He is familiar with new product design, engineering design process (from system definition to life cycle support), and project management. He received a certificate on Project Management Professional (PMP). Before Dr. Liu’s career in the University, he had 12-years work experience, including 4 years working on international projects in United States, with Lockheed Martin, SAIC, Northrop Grumman and MITRE. He participated in 3 ill-defined and complex projects with 2 complete project cycles, and has more than 20 international and national publications.