Yijun Liu, Ph.D.Professor; Director of CAE Research Lab,Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati.Ph.D., 1992, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A. (Advisor: Professor Frank J. Rizzo). M.S., 1984, Solid Mechanics (in Aerospace Engineering), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China (Advisor: Professor Tianqi Ye). B.S., 1982, Structural Mechanics (in Aerospace Engineering), Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.9/10-pres. Professor, Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 2/12-5/12 Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong. 5/04-9/04 Visiting Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. 9/03-4/04 Visiting Professor/JSPS Senior Researcher Fellow, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. 9/00-8/10 Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 9/96-8/00 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Nuclear Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. 1/92-3/94 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 1/90-12/91 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois. 1/88-12/89 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Sciences and Mechanics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. 8/87-12/87 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Engineering Mechanics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. 9/84-7/87 Lecturer, School of Aerospace Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China.3/95-7/96 CAE Analyst, CAE Department, Advanced Vehicle Technology, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan. 1/95-3/95 Structural Analysis Engineer, Weidlinger Associates, Inc., New York City. 3/94-5/94 Engineering Software Specialist, MSC/PDA Engineering, Costa Mesa, California.