The Grainger College of Engineering

Liang Y Liu

Liang Y Liu
Liang Y Liu
  • ASSOC PROF EMERITUS
  • Associate Professor Emeritus

Education

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engr. & Management), Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1991
  • M.S. in Construction Engineering & Management, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987
  • B.S. in Civil Engineering (Structures), National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan, 1982

Biography

Professor Liang Y. Liu joined the UIUC CEE faculty in 1992 as a member of the Construction Engineering and Management Program. He has extensive experience in teaching, industry practice, and research in the areas of Construction Engineering and Management. He served as the area coordinator of the Construction Engineering and Management Program for more than 15 years. He also served as the Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies from 2010 to 2016. After carrying dual appointments in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the College of Engineering as the Associate Dean of Facilities and Capital Planning, Professor Liu is currently a CEE Professor Emeritus.

Professor Liu has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in Construction Engineering and Management areas, including Construction Productivity, Cost Estimating, Construction Management Information Systems, and Construction Case Studies. While serving as the Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies, he also taught CEE195 About Civil Engineering-- Introduction to Civil and Environmental Engineering, a required course for all CEE students. Professor Liu's research areas include construction project planning, controls, cost estimating, productivity, safety, information technologies, life-cycle analysis, facility management, and computer simulation. He is member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Cost Engineers, Construction Management Association of America, American Society of Computer Simulation, and American Society of Engineering Educators. Professor Liu has been recognized several times for excellence in research, teaching and advising. In 2001, he was named the W. E. O'Neil Faculty Research Scholar. Among his multiple awards and recognitions were the 2003 Teaching Excellence Award of the College of Engineering of the University of Illinois, the 2011 UIUC Campus Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, the 2010/2012 ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Outstanding Instructor Award of UIUC CEE Department, the 2016 Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising, and the 2016 "Excellent Teachers Ranked by Their Students", and the 2016 Civil Engineering Department Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring. A passionate teacher and mentor, Professor Liu has been the multi-year recipient of the Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising and the "Excellent Teachers Ranked by Their Students" since 1992.

Academic Positions

  • Associate Dean of Facilities and Capital Planning, College of Engineering, UIUC, 2016 - present
  • Associate Head and Director of Undergraduate Studies, CEE Dept., UIUC, 2010 - 2016
  • Undergraduate Advisor, CEE Dept., UIUC, 2007-2010
  • Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Illinois 2000-present
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Illinois 1997-2000
  • Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Univ. of Illinois 1992-1997

Research Interests

  • Lighting in Construction Work Zone
  • Construction Work Zone Safety
  • Field Data Collection
  • Productivity
  • Simulation
  • Risk Analysis and Management
  • Cost Engineering
  • Schedule Analysis
  • Construction Management Information Systems
  • Construction Inspections

Research Areas

Selected Articles in Journals

  • Moatassem Abdallah, Ph.D.; Khaled El-Rayes, Ph.D.; Liang Liu, Ph.D., Minimizing Upgrade Cost to Achieve LEED Certification for Existing Buildings, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2015
  • Michael Neal Grussing; Liang Y Liu, Ph.D; Donald R Uzarski, Ph.D.; Khaled El-Rayes, Ph.D; Nora El-Gohary, Ph.D, Discrete Markov Approach for Building Component Condition, Reliability, and Service Life Prediction Modeling, ASCE Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, 2015
  • Moatassem Abdallah, PhD candidate; Khaled El-Rayes, Ph.D.; Liang Liu, PhD, OPTIMIZING THE SELECTION OF SUSTAINABILITY MEASURES TO MINIMIZE LIFE-CYCLE COST OF EXISTING BUILDINGS, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 2014
  • Michael Neal Grussing; Liang Y Liu, Ph.D., Knowledge-Based Optimization of Building Maintenance, Repair, and Renovation (MR&R) Activities to Improve Facility Life Cycle Investments, February, 2013
  • Moatassem Abdallah; Khaled El-Rayes, Ph.D.; Liang Liu, Ph.D., OPERATIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SUSTAINABLE MEASURES IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, Accepted for publication, June 2013
  • Tarek Elghamrawy, Khaled El-Rayes, Liang Liu, and Irbahim Odeh, Performance of Temporary Rumble Strip at the Edge of Highway Construction Zones, ASCE Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, (ASCE) CO. 1943-7862. 0000511. Nov. 2011
  • Seokyon Hwang and L. Y. Liu, Contemporaneous Time Series and Forecasting Methodologies for Predicting Short-Term Productivity, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, V136, pp1047-1056 (2010)
  • Feniosky Peña-Mora, Albert Y. Chen, Zeeshan Aziz, Lucio Soibelman, Liang Y. Liu, Khaled El-Rayes, Carlos A. Arboleda, Timothy S. Lantz, Jr., Albert P. Plans, Sanyogita Lakhera, and Shobhit Mathur, Mobile Ad Hoc Network-Enabled Collaboration Framework Supporting Civil Engineering Emergency Response Operations, Journal of Computing in Civ. Engrg. Vol, 24, pp302-13, 2010.
  • Ibrahim Odeh, Khaled El-Rayes, and Liang Liu (2009), Field Experiments to Evaluate and Control Light Tower Glare in Nighttime Work Zones, J. Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt. 135, pp911-920, 2009.
  • Kim, Chul S. and L. Y. Liu, Cost Information Model for Managing Multiple Projects, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers, V. 133, pp 89-111, 2007

Articles in Conference Proceedings

  • S. Hwang and L. Liu, BIM for Integration of Automated Real‐Time Project Control Systems, ASCE Conf. Proc. doi:10.1061/41109(373)51, Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice, Proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress, 2010.
  • Tarek Elghamrawy, Khaled El‐Rayes, and Liang Liu, Analysis of Injury and Fatal Crashes in Highway Construction Zones, ASCE Conf. Proc. doi:10.1061/41109(373)57Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice Proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress, 2010
  • S. Hwang & L. Liu, Time Series Models for Forecasting Construction Productivity, Proceedings of the 2009 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2009
  • S. Hwang & L. Liu, Dynamic Regression Models for Prediction of Construction Costs, Proceedings of the 2007 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering 2008
  • Seokyon Hwang and Liang Y. Liu, Modeling Excavation Process Using Dynamic Modeling Approach, ASCE Conf. Proc. doi:10.1061/40937(261)20 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, 2007
  • Chul S. Kim and Liang Y. Liu, Cost Information Model for Managing Multiple Projects, Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133, 966 (2007); doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2007)133:12(966) (9 pages), 2007
  • Tsai, M., L. Liu and F. Pena-Mora, Designing Building Black Boxes to Support Disaster Relief Efforts, ISCA 19th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE-2006), November, Las Vegas, 2006.
  • Su, Y. and L. Liu, A Case Study of Monitoring Construction Operations Using Automated Position Tracking System., ISCA 19th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE-2006), November, Las Vegas, 2006.
  • Y.M.A. Hashash, Y.Y. Su, and L.Y. Liu, 3-D Laser Scanning Applications in Monitoring Urban Excavation, Proceedings of GeoFrontiers, American Society of Civil Engineers, Austin, Texas, April 2005.

Professional Societies

  • American Society of Cost Engineers
  • American Society of Engineering Educators
  • Society of Computer Simulation
  • American Society of Cost Engineers
  • American Society of Civil Engineers

Service on Department Committees

  • Admission Committee, Construction Management Program, CEE Dept., 1992 - present
  • Program Advisor, Joint MBA-CEE MS Degrees, CEE Dept., 1992 - present
  • Program Advisor, Joint Architecture-CEE MS Degrees, CEE Dept., 1992 - repsent
  • Chief Advisor, Undergraduate Programs, CEE Dept., 2010 - present
  • Chair, W.E. O'Neil Graduate Research Award Committee, CEE Dept., 1992 - present
  • Chair, Curriculum Committee, CEE Dept., 2010 - 2016
  • Associate Head & Director of Undergraduate Studies, CEE Dept., 2010 - 2016
  • Undergraduate Advisor, CEE Department, 2007 - 2010, 2016 - present

Service on College Committees

  • Chair, Space Option Task Force, College of Engineering, 2012 - 2013
  • Education Transformation Committee, College of Engineering, 2012 - present
  • Council of Undergraduate Advising, College of Engineering
  • Course Review Committee, College of Engineering

Service on Campus Committees

  • UIUC Campus Non-Instructional Space Task Force, 2012 - present
  • UIUC Campus Search Committee (Director of Facilities and Services), 2012 - 2013
  • UIUC Campus General Education Board, 2012 - present
  • UIUC Campus Udall Scholarship Committee, 2009-2013
  • UIUC Campus Admission Policy and Records Committee (2003-2005)
  • UIUC Senate (2003-2005)

Honors

  • Keynote Speaker, EDIFICA Conference, Monterrey, Mexico (2010)
  • Best Paper Award, ASCE Construction Congress, Bahamas (2007)
  • Keynote speaker, Korean Institute of Construction Engineering and Management Conference, Seoul (2007)
  • Stanley H. Pierce Faculty Award, College of Engineering (2006)
  • W.E. O'Neil Faculty Research Fellow (2001-2004)
  • Keynote Speaker, Facility Area Networking Conference and Workshop, Construction Engineering Research Laboratories (CERL), Army Corps of Engineers (2004)
  • Discovery Channel Innovation Award semi-finalist for Digital Hardhat Research (1997)
  • Department of Defense Advanced Technology Demonstration, Washington D.C (1996)
  • American Association of Cost Engineers 1995 Convention, Top 10 Presenters (among 216 presenters) (1995)

Teaching Honors

  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Spring 2003)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2003)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Spring 2001)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2000)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Spring 2000)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 2000)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 1999)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Spring 1999)
  • Daily Illini Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students (Fall 1998)

Research Honors

  • Best Paper Award on Building Blackbox Research, ASCE Construction Congress (2007)
  • W.E. O’Neil Faculty Research Fellow (2001-2004)
  • Discovery Channel Innovation Award semi-finalist for Digital Hardhat Research (1997)
  • Department of Defense Advanced Technology Demonstration, Washington D.C. (4/1996)

Public Service Honors

  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (2005)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (2003)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (2002)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (2001)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (2000)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (1999)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (1998)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (1997)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (1995)
  • College of Engineering, Engineering Council Advising Excellence Award (1994)

Other Honors

  • Technical Review Panelist, O'Hare Modernization Program ($6.8 billion)Construction Management contractor selection review (2005)
  • Marquis Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 8th Edition (2005-6)
  • Technical Review Panelist, NSF-FIATECH Joint Workshop (2004)
  • Center Proposal Panelist, NIOSH (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health) (2004)

Recent Courses Taught

  • CEE 195 - About Civil Engineering
  • CEE 420 - Construction Productivity
  • CEE 422 - Construction Cost Analysis
  • CEE 525 - Construction Case Studies

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