Dr. Rui Liu joined the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED), Kent State University (KSU) in the fall of 2013. Leading the structural resilience research group (SRRG) at KSU, Dr. Liu has research interests in the areas of sustainable materials, innovative structural design, forensic engineering, and intelligent infrastructure management. Dr. Liu is a professional engineer registered in the State of California (CA C80234). 

Mail:132 S. Lincoln St. CAE 210M
         Kent, OH 44236
Office:(330)672-0611
Email: rliu5@kent.edu
​NEWS
  • Dr. Liu will co-present with Dr. Sigrid Adriaenssens (Princeton U.) "Structural Safety, Engineering Ethics, and Aesthetics" in the ASCE 2022 Tech Talk on November 15, 2022. (8/3/2022)
  • Funded by MBMA, Dr. Liu attended 2022 Architecture Faculty workshop in Nashville, TN, August 2-3, 2022. (8/2/2022)
  • Dr. Liu will co-teach with Dr. Mirian Velay-Lizancos (Purdue U.) a short course titled "Machine Learning and Emerging Technologies for Forensic Engineering" in Denver, CO on Friday, November 4, 2022. 
  • Co-authored with Diane Davis-Sikora and Linda Ohrn-McDaniel, Dr. Liu's article BeTA_S Pavilion has been published in Journal of International Association for Shells and Spatial Structures, 63(2), 115-121. DOI: https://doi.org/10.20898/j.iass.2022.010
  • Co-authored with Nina Anani-Manyo, a former Kent State graduate student MS in Architecture and Envriomental Design, the article titled "Computer Vision and Building Envelope" will be included in the proceedings of ASCE 9th Forensic Engineering Congress, Denver, CO, November 4-7, 2022. 
  • Co-authored with Education Committee members and/or associates of ASCE Forensic Engineering Division, Dr. Liu's publications titled "A Practical Application of Code of Ethics in Failure Case Studies" and "Failure Case Studies of Concrete Structures" will be included in the proceedings of ASCE 9th Forensic Engineering Congress, Denver, CO, November 4-7, 2022. 
  • Dr. Liu attended IACAMI Summer 2022, Salt Lake City, June 28-30, 2022.
  • Stephanie Akhigbe and Megan Porter work with Dr. Liu in Summer 2022, sponsored by Kent State Summer Undergraduate Research Experience Program (7/5/2022) 
  • Dr. Liu serves as the Chief Proceedings Editor of ASCE 9th Forensic Engineering Congress, November 4 - 7, Denver, CO. (7/5/2022)
  • Dr. Liu has been nominated by the Kent State Faculty Senate as a member of the University Research Council for the term 2020-2023 (5/22/2020)
​Awards
  • AIA Cleveland Makers Honor Award – Hyperbolo-ICE, Kent State University, November 6, 2020. Design Awards Jury: Anne Marie Duvall Decker, FAIA; Roy T. Decker, FAIA; Carol Ross Barney, FAIA, Hon. ASLA; Adam Ruffin. 
  • Excellent Advisor Award - 2019 HIT International Ice and Snow Construction Festival (First Prize Award - Hyperbolo-ICE)
  • NSF WAFES Workshop Fellow, 2019
  • Faculty Merit Award, CAED, KSU, 2018
  • Faculty Traveling Fellowship, CAED, KSU, 2017-2018
  • KSU Teaching Scholar, 2016-2017
  • Farris Family Innovation Award, May 2016
  • Faculty Excellence Award, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University, March, 2015
  • Scholar of the Month, January 2015, Kent State University http://www.kent.edu/kent/news/success/scholar-month/Rui-Liu
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