Yucheng Liu

Title

Department Head/Duane Sander Endowed Professor, ASME Fellow, SAE Fellow

Office Building

Crothers Engineering Hall

Office

221

Mailing Address

Crothers Engineering Hall 221
Mechanical Engineering-Box 2219
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

CV

Education

• Ph.D. in mechanical engineering | University of Louisville | 2005
• M.S. in mechanical engineering | University of Louisville | 2003
• B.S. in mechanical engineering | Hefei University of Technology, China | 1997

Academic Interests

• Multiscale modeling and simulation
• Process-structure-property-performance relations of materials
• High strain rate performance of materials
• Mechanical and machine design
• Crashworthiness analysis
• Mechanical and machine design
• Wave energy conversion technology

Committees and Professional Memberships

• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (Since 2007, Fellow since 2017)
• Fellow, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) (Since 2007, Fellow since 2019)
• Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) (Since 2011)
• Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (Since 2015)
• Professional Engineer (Mechanical Engineering), registered in Ohio State (Since 2006)

Awards and Honors

• Duane Sander Professor of Entrepreneurial Engineering, SDSU, 2021
• Second Place, “Championing Change” category of Wasatch Aerospace and Systems Engineering Mini Conference, 2021
• Bagley College of Engineering Service Award, MSU, 2021
• Forest R. McFarland Award, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2020
• Elected Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Fellow, 2019
• ISET B. N. Gupta Award, Indian Society of Earthquake Technology (ISET), 2018
• Jack Hatcher Chair in Engineering Entrepreneurship, Mississippi State University, 2018
• Faculty Research Award, Mississippi State University, 2018
• Bagley College of Engineering Faculty Research Award, MSU, 2018
• Elected American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow, 2017
• Mechanical Engineering Outstanding Senior Faculty Research Award, MSU, 2016
• Junior Faculty Researcher of the Year, College of Engineering, UL Lafayette, 2013
• Grosscurth Fellowship, University of Louisville, 2002-04
• Hsing Chuang Award for Excellence in Graduate Study, University of Louisville, 2001

Grants

1. “Machine-Learning-Based Surrogate Modeling of Human Vehicular Vibrational Injuries (HPC Enabled Surrogate Models and Data Analytics”, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 3/01/2021 – 2/29/2024, $744,698, PI.
2. “Development of A Phase Field Model to Simulate Microstructural Evolution in Metal Foaming Process”, Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC), 8/03/2020 – 7/30/2021, $54,000, PI.
3. “Developing A Software Tool for Modeling Vehicular Vibration-Related Human Fatigue”, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, 10/01/2019 – 9/30/2021, $349,236, Co-PI.
4. “High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) Light-Weighting Project”, AM General LLC, 3/12/2019 – 5/6/2022, $7,002,907, Co-PI.
5. “Ground Collision Severity Studies”, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 8/01/2017 – 1/31/2019, $536,486, Co-PI.
6. “I-Corps: Customer Discovery for A Novel Performance-Enhancing Foot Orthoses”, National Science Foundation, 4/01/2018 – 9/30/2018, $50,000, Award No. IIP 1824666, PI.
7. “Theoretical Understanding of Porosity-Induced Mechanisms during Solidification of Cast Alloys and Their Influence on Process-Structure-Property-Correlations”, National Science Foundation, 8/01/2017 – 7/31/2020, $445,296, Award No. CMMI 1662854, PI.
8. “Development of A Multiphase Computational Framework for Understanding and Predicting Plasticity and Damage Mechanisms Governing High Strain Rate Performance of Composite Structures”, Mississippi Space Grant Consortium (MSSGC), 8/31/2017 – 8/31/2018, $64,988, PI.
9. “Tractor Collision Avoidance Prototype and GPS-Augmented Brassboard”, Industrial Sponsor, 5/01/2017 – 4/30/2018, $709,826, Co-PI.
10. “Tug Data Acquisition”, Industrial Sponsor, 9/17/2015 – 4/30/2016, $224,474, Co-PI.
11. “Tug – Plane Collision Avoidance/Automated Approach to Aircrafts/Inputs”, Industrial Sponsor, 8/26/2015 – 10/31/2016, $385,548, Contract No. 15-0049-011, Co-PI.
12. “Microstructure-Property Relationships in Aluminum Foam Sandwich Panels during Impact and Perforation”, Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE), 2/01/2014 – 1/31/2015, $67,844, Contract No. 86301, PI.
13. “Computational Investigation of Mechanical Behavior and Plasticity Mechanisms of CFRP Composite Panels during Impact and Perforation”, NASA EPSCoR Research Award Program (RAP), 9/01/2013 – 8/31/2014, $68,023, Contract No. LEQSF-EPS(2013)-RAP-04, PI.
14. “Investigation of Lateral Impact Behavior of Pressurized Pipelines and Influence of Internal Pressure”, Louisiana Board of Regents, 6/01/2012 – 6/30/2015, $280,047, Contract No. LEQSF(2012-15)-RD-A-28, PI.
15. “Enhance Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Systems by Developing an Efficient Algorithm for Solving Differential Equations”, Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE), 1/01/2012 – 12/31/2012, $60,831, Contract No. 63095, PI.
16. “Louisiana State Save Energy Now – Phase II”, US Department of Energy (DoE), 10/01/2011 – 9/30/2012, $327,758, DNR No. 2025-12-01, Co-PI.
17. “Development of a Cost Effective, Portable Particulate Control System to Safely Process Accumulated Particular Matter”, NASA EPSCoR program and Louisiana Board of Regents, 7/01/2011 – 6/30/2012, $61,025, Contract No. NASA(2011)-DART-49, PI.
18. “Pilot Solar Thermal Power Plant Installation”, Empower Louisiana Renewable Energy Grant Program, Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and CLECO, 7/01/2010 – 4/30/2012, $1,210,000, Co-PI.
19. “Development of a Computationally Efficient Analytical Method for Design and Analysis of Stiffened Plates”, Louisiana Space Consortium (LaSPACE), 10/15/2010 – 10/14/2011, $59,680, Contract No. 51735, PI.
20. “Louisiana State Save Energy Now”, US Department of Energy (DoE), 10/01/2009 – 2/28/2011, $300,869, Co-PI.

Patents

1. Burch, V., R. F., Abdelwahed, S., Ball, J. E., Doude, M., Gafford, J. R., Hannis, T. J., Liu, Yucheng, Mazzola, M. S., McKinney, H., “Enhanced Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Improved Automated and Autonomous Operation of Logistic Ground Support Equipment”, Patent No. US2020/0033872A1, January 2020.
2. Ball, J. E., Burch, V., R. F., Cagle, L. D., Davenport, C. S., Gafford, J. R., Hannis, T. J., Hegman, A. R., LeClair, A. M., Liu, Yucheng, Mazzola, M. S., McKinney, H. G., Reza, T., Shi, J., Wei, P., and Iacomini, D. W., “Systems and Methods for Enhanced Collision Avoidance on Logistics Ground Support Equipment Using Multi-Sensor Detection Fusion”, Patent No. US10761538B2, September 2020.

Work Experience

1. Department Head and Duane Sander Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, South Dakota State University, 2021–present
2. Associate/Full/Jack Hatcher Chair Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Bagley College of Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2014–2021
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2009–2014 
4. Graduate Research Assistant/Postdoc, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Louisville, 2000-2008
5. Engineer, Shanghai Yanfeng Automotive Trim Products Co., Ltd., China, 1997–2000

Areas of Research

1. Deng, X.-Q., Hong, L., Li, W., Wang, S.-S., and Liu, Yucheng, “High Precision Machining of ZC1 Worm Gear Drives with Large Modulus”, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 165, 2021, 104437 (14 pages).
2. Chen, L., Yenusah, C. O., Ji, Y.-Z., Liu, Yucheng, Stone, T. W., Horstemeyer, M. F., Chen, L.-Q., “Three-Dimensional Phase-Field Simulation of γ” Precipitation Kinetics in Inconel 625 during Heat Treatment”, Computational Materials Science, 187, 2021, 110123 (13 pages).
3. Deng, X.-Q., Wang, S.-S., Hammi, Y., Qian, L.-M., and Liu, Yucheng, “Study on the Influence of Key Design Parameters on Lubrication Characteristics of a Novel Gear System Applying Taguchi Method”, Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 62, 2020, 2833 – 2847.
4. Deng, X.-Q., Wang, S.-S., Qian, L.-M., and Liu, Yucheng, “Simulation and Experimental Study of Influences of Shape of Roller on the Lubrication Performance of Precision Speed Reducer”, Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics, 14(1), 2020, pp. 1156–1172.
5. Dou, Y.-Q., Liu, Yucheng, Huddleston, B., Hammi, Y., and Horstemeyer, M. F., “A Molecular Dynamics Study of Effects of Crystal Orientation, Size Scale, and Strain Rate on Penetration Mechanisms of Monocrystalline Copper Subjected to Impact from A Nickel Penetrator at Very High Strain Rates”, Acta Mechanica, 231, 2020, pp. 2173–2201.
6. Liu, P.-W., Wang, Z., Xiao, Y.-H., Lebensohn, R. A., Liu, Yucheng, Horstemeyer, M. F., Cui, X.-Y., and Chen, L., “Integration of Phase-Field Model and Crystal Plasticity for the Prediction of Process-Structure-Property Relation of Additively Manufactured Metallic Materials”, International Journal of Plasticity, 128, 2020, 102670 (21 pages).
7. Deng, X.-Q., Wang, S.-S., Hammi, Y., Qian, L.-M., and Liu, Yucheng, “A Combined Experimental and Computational Study of Lubrication mechanism of High Precision Reducer Adopting Gears Meshing with Complicated Space Surface Contact”, Tribology International, 146, 2020, 106261 (13 pages).
8. Deng, X.-Q., Wang, J., Wang, S.-K., Wang, S.-S., Liu, Yucheng, and He, G., “An Optimal Process of Machining Complex Surfaces of Anti-Backlash Roller Enveloping Hourglass Worms”, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 49, 2020, pp. 472–480.
9. Liu, Yucheng, Baker, F., He, W.-P., and Lai, W., “Development, Assessment and Evaluation of Laboratory Experimentation for A Mechanical Vibrations and Controls Course”, International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education, 47(4), 2019, pp. 315–337.
10. He, G., Liu, Yucheng, Deng, X.-Q., and Fan, L., “Constitutive Modeling of Viscoelastic-Viscoplastic Behavior of Short Fiber Reinforced Polymers Coupled with Anisotropic Damage and Moisture Effect”, Acta Mechanica Sinica, 35(3), 2019, pp. 495–506.
11. Dimitrov, N., Liu, Yucheng, and Horstemeyer, M. F., “On the Thermo-Mechanical Coupling of Bammann Plasticity-Damage Internal State Variable Model”, Acta Mechanica, 230(5), 2019, pp. 1855–1868.
12. He, G., Liu, Yucheng, Bammann, D. J., Francis, D. K., Chandler, M. Q., and Horstemeyer, M. F., “A Multiphase Internal State Variable Model with Rate Equations for Predicting Elastothermoviscoplasticity and Damage of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites”, Acta Mechanica, 230(5), 2019, pp. 1745–1780.
13. Wang, X., Liu, P.-W., Ji, Y.-Z., Liu, Yucheng, Horstemeyer, M. F. and Chen, L., “Investigation on Microsegregation of IN718 Alloy during Additive Manufacturing via Integrated Phase-Field and Finite Element Modeling”, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 28(2), 2019, pp. 657 – 665. (This paper was selected as Editor’s Choice article for 2019.)
14. Deng, X.-Q., Wang, J., Wang, S.-K., Wang, S.-S., Wang, J.-G., Li, S.-C., Liu, Yucheng, and He, G., “Investigation on the Backlash of Roller Enveloping Hourglass Worm Gear: Theoretical Analysis and Experiment”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, 141(5), 2019, 053302 (11 pages).
15. Dou, Y.-Q., Ricks, T. M., DuBien, J. L., Lacy, T. E., and Liu, Yucheng, “Response Surface Modeling to Facilitate the Parametric Study of Transversely Impacted Pressurized Pipelines”, Thin-Walled Structures, 119, 2017, pp. 647–653.