Professor Liu, the faculty member of the Department of Astronautical Science and Mechanics at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). She obtained her PhD degree in the field of Materials from Centre for Composite Materials & Structures of HIT, China in 1999. From 1999 to 2005, she was a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University, and Newcastle University, respectively. Until now, she has authored or co-authored 4 book chapters, 13 issued patents, and over 150 scientific papers in different journals and conference proceedings.

B.Sc in the field of Chemistry at Heilongjiang University, 1989-1993.

M.Sc at the Centre for Composite Materials & Structures of Harbin Institute of Technology, 1993-1996.

Ph.D degree in the field of Materials from the Centre for Composite Materials & Structures of Harbin Institute of Technology,1996-1999.

Member of Asia-Pacific Committee on Smart and Nano Materials(APCSNM); Member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE); Member of conference organizing committee at 2007/2009/2011 SPIE International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering; Reviewer of Journals such as Composite Science and Technology, Optics and Lasers in Engineering and Displays. Associate editor of Smart materials and Structures.

1. Smart Materials and Structures, Sensors and Actuators

2. Composite Materials and Structures

3. Electro / magneto Rheological (ER/MR) Fluid and Devices (damper, isolator, clutch and tactile display)

4. Electroactive Polymer (EAP) and Applications

5. Shape Memory Polymer (SMP) based Composite Materials

6. Active Vibration Control

Liwu Liu, Electroactive Polymer and Applications

Fang Xie, Shape Memory Polymers

Lei Chen, Shape Memory Polymers

Haiyang Du, Shape Memory Polymers

Xiaojian Luo, Dielectric Elastomer Electroactive Polymer

Xianwei Zhao, Chiral Honeycomb

Jianguo Chen, Shape Memory Polymers

Xiongfei lu, Vibration Control

Zhichen Liu, Vibration Control

Xiaogang Guo, Shape Memory Polymers

1. Experimental Mechanics;

2. Damage Mechanics;

3. Engineering Mechanics experiment.

Master Students:
Zhongyu Liu

Jian Zhang
Xiaojian Luo

Xianwei Zhao

Jianguo Chen

Guo Yi

Bo Zhang

Chunxia Wu

Zhong Huang

Ming Dong

Haifeng Gao

Chenghu Lian

PH.D Students:
Liwu Liu

Fang Xie

Lei Cheng

1.YJ Liu, RI Davidson, PM Taylor, JD Ngu, JMC Zarraga. Single cell magnetorheological fluid based tactile display. DISPLAYS, 2005, 26 (1), 29-35.

2.Yanju Liu, Liwu Liu, Zhen Zhang, Liang Shi, Jinsong Leng. Comment on “method to analyze electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomers.

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2008, 93(10), 106101.

3.Yanju Liu, Liwu Liu, Jinsong Leng, Kai Yu, Shouhua Sun. Electromechanical stability of dielectric elastomer. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS,

2009, 95(1): 019902.

4.Yanju Liu, Haibao Lv, Xin Lan, Jinsong Leng, Shanyi Du. Review of electro-active shape-memory polymer composite. COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009, 69(13), 2064-2068.

5.Xin Lan, Yanju Liu, Haibao Lv, XiaohuaWang, Jinsong Leng, Shanyi Du. Fiber reinforced shape-memory polymer composite and its application in a depolyable hinge. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 2009, 18(2), 024002.

6.Yanju Liu, Liwu Liu, Zhen Zhang, Jinsong Leng. Dielectric elastomer film actuators: characterization, experiment and analysis. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 2009, 18(9), 095024.

7.Yanju Liu, Liwu Liu, Shouhua Sun, Jinsong Leng. Electromechanical stability of a Mooney-Rivlin-type dielectric elastomer with nonlinear variable permittivity. POLYMER INTERNATIONAL, 2010, 59(3), 371-377.

8.Yanju Liu, Liwu Liu, Zhen Zhang, Yang Jiao, Shouhua Sun, Jinsong Leng. Analysis and manufacture of an energy harvester based on a Mooney-Rivlin-type dielectric elastomer. Europhysics Letters, 2010, 90(3), 36004.

9.Liwu Liu, Yanju Liu, Zhen Zhang, Bo Li, Jinsong Leng. Electromechanical stability of electro-active silicone filled with high permittivity particles undergoing large deformation. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 2010, 19(11), 115025.

10.Liwu Liu, Yanju Liu, Bo Li, Jinsong Leng. Theoretical investigation on polar dielectric with large electrocaloric effect as cooling devices. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2011, 99(18), 181908.

11.Liwu Liu, Yanju Liu, Bo Li, Kai Yang, Tiefeng Li, Jinsong Leng. Thermo-electro-mechanical stability of dielectric elastomers. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 2011, 20(7), 075004.

12.Liwu Liu, Yanju Liu, Jinsong Leng, and Kin-tak Lau. Electromechanical stability of compressible dielectric elastomer actuators. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 2011, 20(11): 115015.

13.Yijin Chen, Weilong Yin, Yanju Liu, Jinsong Leng. Structural design and analysis of morphing skin embedded with pneumatic muscle fibers. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 2011, 20(8), 085033.

14.Haibao Lv, Yanju Liu, Jihua Gou, Jinsong Leng, Shanyi Du. Surface coating of multiwalled carbon nanotube nanopaperon shape-memory polymer for multifunctionalization. COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2011, 1427-1434.

15.Kai Yu, Zhichun Zhang, Yanju Liu and Jinsong Leng. Carbon Nanotube chains in a shape memory polymer/carbon black composite: to significantly reduce the electrical resistivity. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 2011, 98(7), 074102.

16.Haibao Lu, Yanju Liu, Jinsong Leng, Shanyi Du. Qualitative separation of the physical swelling effect on the recovery behavior of shape memory polymer. EUROPEAN POLYMER JOURNAL, 2010, 46(9), 1908-1914.

17.Haibao Lu, Yanju Liu, Jihua Gou, Jinsong Leng, Shanyi Du. Electrical properties and shape-memory behavior of self-assembled carbon nanofiber nanopaper incorporated with shape-memory polymer. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 2010,19(7), 075021.

18.Haibao Lu, Kai Yu, Yanju Liu, Shouhua Sun, Jinsong Leng. Sensing and actuating capabilities of a shape memory polymer composite integrated with hybrid filler. SMART MATERIALS & STRUCTURES, 19(6), 065014.