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CURRICULUM VITAE

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
P.O.Box 44130
Lafayette, LA 70504-4130
Office: (337) 482-5052
Fax: (337) 482-1220
E-mail: YSL at louisiana.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, December 2006
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Dissertation Co-Advisers: Prof. M. Sam Mannan and Prof. Victor M. Ugaz

B.S., Chemical Engineering, December 2001
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
Summa cum laude

REGISTRATION:

Professional Engineer, Louisiana

PUBLICATIONS:

  1. W.X. Xu, Y.-S. Liu, C. Sun, and S. Mora, “Phylogenetic and Substrate Docking Studies of Glycerol Dehydratases.”   Biotechnology for Bio fuels, submitted.
  2. Y.-S. Liu, V.M. Ugaz, S.W. North, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Development of a Miniature Calorimeter for Identification and Detection of Explosives and Other Energetic Compounds.” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 142 (3), 2007, pp. 662 – 668.
  3. Y.-S. Liu, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Screening Reactive Chemical Hazards.” Chemical Engineering Progress, 102 (5), 2006, pp. 41 – 47.
  4. Y.-S. Liu, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, M.S. Mannan, and S.R. Saraf, “Development of an Advanced Nanocalorimetry System for Material Characterization.” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 18 (3), 2005, pp. 139 –144.
  5. M.S. Mannan, H.H. West, K. Krishna, A.A. Aldeeb, N. Keren, S.R. Saraf, Y.-S. Liu, and M. Gentile, “The Legacy of Bhopal:  The Impact Over the Last 20 Years and Future Direction.” Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 18 (4-6), 2005, pp. 218 – 224.
  6. “Quantitative Subsystem Hazard Analysis of Potential for Off Site Transfer of Hydrolysate Containing VX Above Transport Detection Level,” Texas Engineering Experiment Station, College Station, TX, July 2004.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS:

  1. Y.-S. Liu and S.R. Saraf, “Emerging Biochemicals Market.” Cleantech 2008 Conference, Boston, MA, June 1 – 5, 2008.
  2. Y.-S. Liu, S. Mora, S.R. Saraf, Mark E. Zappi, “Recent Advances in Biofuels Production and by-Product Utilization.” 30th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, New Orleans, LA, May 4 – 7, 2008.
  3. Y.-S. Liu, S.R. Saraf, Mark E. Zappi, “Current Trends and Future of Biofuels and Biomass-Derived Chemicals.” AIChE 2008 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 6 – 10, 2008, Proceeding CD.
  4. Y.-S. Liu, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Development of an Advanced Handheld Calorimetry System for Identification and Detection of Energetic Compounds.” 2007 Mid-south Area Engineering and Science Conference, Oxford, MS, May 17 – 18, 2007, Proceeding CD.
  5. Y.-S. Liu, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Development of a Miniature Calorimeter for Identification and Detection of Explosives and Other Energetic Compounds.” 9th Process Plant Safety Symposium (PPSS). 3rd Global Congress on Process Safety. AIChE 2007 Spring National Meeting, Houston, TX, April 22 – 26, 2007, Proceeding CD.
  6. Y.-S. Liu, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Development of Microfabricated Calorimetry Systems for Characterization of Nanoscale Materials.” Proceedings of the 8th Annual Mary Kay O’Connor Process Safety Center Symposium, College Station, Texas, October 25 – 26, 2005, pp. 23 – 31.
  7. Y.-S. Liu, S.R. Saraf, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Rapid Reactivity Screening Using a Nanocalorimeter.” 39th Loss Prevention Symposium. AIChE 2005 Spring National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, April 11 –14, 2005, Proceeding CD.
  8. Y.-S. Liu, “Development of an Advanced Nanocalorimetry System for Rapid Material Characterizations.” Modeling of Complex Processes 2005 Symposium, College Station, TX, March 1 – 3, 2005.
  9. Y.-S. Liu, W. J. Rogers, C. Wei, and M.S. Mannan, “Experimental and Computational Methods for Process Safety Research.” International Conference on 'Bhopal & its Effects on Process Safety', Kanpur, India, December 1 – 3, 2004, Abstract No. L-115.
  10. Y.-S. Liu, S.R. Saraf, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Fabrication of a Novel Calorimeter to Characterize Nano-scaled Materials.” Poster session. AIChE 2004 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, November 7 – 12, 2004.
  11. Y.-S. Liu, S.R. Saraf, V.M. Ugaz, W.J. Rogers, and M.S. Mannan, “Development of a Nanocalorimeter for Material Characterization.” Proceedings of the 32nd North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) Conference, Williamsburg, VA, October 4-6, 2004, Proceeding CD.
  12. M.S. Mannan, W.J. Rogers, Y.-S. Liu, S.R. Saraf and A.A. Aldeeb, “Regulatory Initiatives in the United States With Regard to Reactive Chemicals.” Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Loss Prevention and Safety Promotion in the Process Industries, Prague, Czech Republic, May 31 – June 3, 2004, pp.1287 – 1294.
  13. W.J. Rogers, Y.-S. Liu, M.S. Mannan, “Experimental and Computational Methods for Process Safety Research.” Proceedings of the 3rd International NRIFD Symposium, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan, March 10 – 12, 2004, pp. 55 – 66.

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