Dr. Rui Liu joined the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED), Kent State University (KSU) in the fall of 2013. Dr. Liu holds tenure and the rank of Associate Professor at KSU effective for the fall semester of 2019. Leading the structural resilience research group at KSU, Dr. Liu has research interests in the areas of "green" construction materials, innovative structural design, forensic engineering, and intelligent infrastructure management. Dr. Liu is a professional engineer registered in the State of California. 

Mail:132 S. Lincoln St. CAE 210M
         Kent, OH 44236
Office:(330)672-0611
Email: rliu5@kent.edu
​NEWS
  • 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)
  • Congratulations to the CAED team of "Hyperbolo-ICE", winning the first place in in the category of Architecture/Art/Fashion Design in the 2020 Kent State Undergraduate Research Symposium (5/12/2020)
  • Congratulations to the team members from Kent State for their project "Hyperbolo-ICE", a self-supported ice pavilion successful built in the 2019 HIT International Ice and Snow Construction Festival. (12/22/2019)
      David DelRaso (Construction Management and Architecture Study)
      Kelly Daugherty (Architecture)
      Krystyn Svetlak (Architecture)
      Juan Pablo Pina-Icaza (Architecture)
      Jack Wintersteller (Architecture)
      Nina Korkor Anani-Manyo (Architecture)
      Yuwei Jiang (Architecture)
  • Congratulations to the design research team of BeTA Pavilion, a bending active biotensegrity textile hybrid structure which received a special mention award in the 2019 IASS Lightweight Structures Design Competition, Barcelona, Spain, Oct. 7-10,2019 
      Diane Davis-Sikora, Associate Professor, CAED, Kent State
      Rui Liu, Associate Professor, CAED, Kent State
      Linda Ohrn-McDaniel, Professor, Fashion, Kent State
      Fred Wolfe, M. Arch and M.S. candidate, CAED, Kent State
      Hailey Derose, M. Arch and M.S. candidate, CAED, Kent State
      Maumee Amoah, Master of Fashion Industry Studies, Kent State

​Awards
  • 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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