He received his doctoral and master’s degree from the University of Missouri – Columbia. He teaches coursework in the areas of electronics, sensors, data acquisition systems and robotics, and conducts research in emerging information technologies, artificial intelligence and mechatronics applications in agricultural production and processing. His research projects have been funded by private companies, state and federal agencies. He has been invited to present research projects at various national and international conferences. Dr. Liu is the past committee chair of American Society of Biological and Agricultural Engineers (ASABE) ITSC-254 Emerging Information Systems, and the current secretary of ASABE California-Nevada section.