Information About

Wing Kam Liu Walter P. Murphy Professor Director of NSF Summer Institute on Nano Mechanics and Materials Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Northwestern University 2145 Sheridan Road, Rm. A326 Evanston, IL 60208-3111, USA TEL: 847-491-7094 FAX: 847-491-3915 w-liu@northwestern.edu link to research site BS, Engineering Science, University of Illinois at Chicago (1976) MS, Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology(1977) PhD, Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology(1981)

Honors and Awards

• U. S. Association for Computational Mechanics “John von Neumann Medal,” to be awarded in July 2007
• Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, “Computational Mechanics Award”, 2004
• International Association for Computational Mechanics “Computational Mechanics Award” (2002)
• Cited by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) (2001) as one of the most highly cited, influential researchers in Engineering, and an original member, highly cited researchers database.
• U. S. Association for Computational Mechanics “Computational Structural Mechanics Award” (2001)
• ASME Gustus L. Larson Memorial Award (1995)
• Thomas J. Jaeger Prize, Int. Association for Structural Mechanics in Reactor Technology (1989)
• ASME Pi Tau Sigma Gold Medal (1985)
• Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award, American Society of Automotive Engineers (1983)
• ASME Melville Medal (1979)
• 1990 Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
• 1993 Fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• 1995 Fellow of U. S. Association for Computational Mechanics (USACM)
• 1997 Fellow of American Academy of Mechanics (AAM)
• 1998 Fellow of International Association for Computational Mechanics (IACM)
• 2003-present Member of the executive committee of the International Association for
• Computational Mechanics (Elected)
• 2001-2006 Member of the executive committee of Applied Mechanics Division of ASME (Chairman in 2005)
• 2001-2003 Chairman of the Engineering Panel of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, China,July 1, 2002 – present
• 2000-2002 President, U. S. Association for Computational Mechanics
• 2000-2001 Visiting Nanyang Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Research:

• Computational Nanotechnology
• Multi-scale analysis and design
• Modeling or MEMS and NEMS Devices
• Computational Biology
• Reproducing Kernel Particle and Wavelets Methods
• Linear and Nonlinear Fluid Structure Interactions
• Finite Element and Finite Difference Numerical Methods
• Nonlinear Continuum Mechanics and Plates and Shells Structures
• Seismic Analysis and Vulnerability of Structures
• Linear and Nonlinear Vibrations
• Structural Acoustics
• Computer Aided Design
• Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer
• Computational Approach to Probabilistic Fracture and Fatigue

In the classroom

Professor Liu has taught the following courses: Static and Dynamics, Applied Stress Analysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics I and II (two new courses developed for Dept. of ME), Computer Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanical Systems (new course developed for Dept. of ME), Computer Aided Mechanical/Structural Design (new course developed for Dept. of ME), Finite Element Methods, Advanced Finite Element Methods I, Advanced Finite Element Methods II (new course developed for Dept. of CE), Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering, Special Topics in Computational Mechanics, Computational Nano- Micro- and Macro- Mechanics (New Course). Liu is co-developing two NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training (IGERT) courses on: ME-317: Molecular Modeling and the Interface to Micromechanics and ME-318: Multiscale Simulations.  

Selected publications

Nano Mechanics and Materials: Theory, Multiscale Methods and Applications by Wing Kam Liu, Eduard G. Karpov and Harold S. Park, Wiley, 2005

Shaofan Li and Wing Kam Liu, “Meshfree Particle Methods,” Springer, 502pp. 2004.

Ted Belytschko, Wing Kam Liu, and Brian Moran, “Nonlinear Finite Elements for Continua and
Structures,” John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, 660pp, 2000.

Y. Liu, W.K. Liu, N. Patankar, and T. Belytschko, “Immersed Electrokinetic Finite ElementMethod”, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, to appear. 

Y. Liu, J. Chung, W.K. Liu, and R. Ruoff, “Dielectrophoretic Assembly of Nanowires”, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110 (29), pp 14098-14106, 2006.

W.K. Liu, Y. Liu, D. Farrell, L. Zhang and X. Wang et al, “Immersed Finite Element Method andApplications to Biological Systems”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering,195(1722-1749), 2006.

Wing Kam Liu, Karpov EG, Zhang S, Park HS, “An Introduction to Computational Nano Mechanics and Materials,” Computer Method in Applied Mechanics and Engineering 193 (17-20), 1529-1578, 2004.

Hiroshi Kadowaki and Wing Kam Liu, “Bridging Multi-Scale Method for Localization Problems,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Volume 193, Issues 30-32, 30 July 2004, Pages 3267-3302.

Su Hao, Wing Kam Liu, Brian Moran, Franck Vernerey, Gregory B. Olson, “Multi-scale Constitutive Model and Computational Framework for the Design of Ultra-high Strength,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, v.193, p.1865, 2004.

Sulin Zhang , Greg Wagner, Sergey N. Medyanik, Wing-Kam Liu, Yuan-Hsin Yu and Yip-Wah Chung, “Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies of Friction Behavior of Hydrogenated Carbon Films,” Surface and Coating Technology 177, 518-523 (2004).

W. K. Liu, W. Han, H. Lu and S. Li, “Reproducing Kernel Element Method, Part I Theoretical Formulation,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 193: 933–951, 2004.

S. Hao, B. Moran, W. K. Liu, G. B. Olson, “A Hierarchical Multi-Physics Constitutive Model for Steels Design,” Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design, 10: 99–142, 2003.

Gregory J. Wagner and Wing Kam Liu, “Coupling of Atomic and Continuum Simulations Using a Bridging Scale Decomposition,” Journal of Computational Physics, vol. 190, pp. 249-274,2003.

L. T. Zhang, A. Gerstenberger, X. Wang, and W. K. Liu, “Immersed Finite Element Method”, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Volume 193, Issues 21-22, 28 May 2004, Pages 2051-2067

Qian, D., Wagner, G.J., Liu, W.K., Yu, M.F., and Ruoff, R.S., "Mechanics of Carbon Nanotubes." Applied Mechanics Reviews, 55(2), 495-533, ASME, 2002