XINYU LIU, PH.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
P O Box 10032
Beaumont, TX 77710-0032
Phone:  409-880-8807 
Fax:  409-880-8121
Email:  xinyu.liu@lamar.edu
Resume
Micro-Manufacturing Research Lab

Education

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006

M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 1999

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 1997

Areas Of Expertise

Illustrative Papers/Presentations

  1. T. Özel and X. Liu, (2009) “Investigations on Mechanics Based Process Planning of Micro-End Milling in Machining Mold Cavities”, Materials and Manufacturing Processes, in print.
  2. Liu, X., and Jun, M., (2008) “Effects of Process Parameters on Surface Location Errors in Micro-endmilling,” Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI), v36, 277-284.
  3. Liu, X., DeVor, R. E., and Kapoor, S. G., (2007) “A model-based analysis of the surface roughness in micro-endmilling, Part I: model development,” J. of Manuf. Sci. and Eng., v129, pp 453-460.
  4. Liu, X., DeVor, R. E., and Kapoor, S. G., (2007) “A model-based analysis of the surface roughness in micro-endmilling, Part II: experimental investigation,” J. of Manuf. Sci. and Eng, v129, pp 461-469.
  5. Liu, X., DeVor, R. E., and Kapoor, S. G., (2006) “An analytical model for the prediction of minimum chip thickness in micro-machining,” J. of Manuf. Sci. and Eng., v128, pp 474-481.
  6. Jun, M., Liu, X., DeVor, R. E., and Kapoor, S. G., (2006) “Investigation of the dynamics of micro-endmilling, Part 1: model development,” J. of Manuf. Sci. and Eng., v128, pp 893-900.
  7. Liu, X., DeVor, R. E., Kapoor, S. G. and Ehmann, K. F., (2004) “The mechanics of machining at the micro-scale: assessment of the current state of the science,” J. of Manuf. Sci. and Eng., v126, pp. 666-678.
  8. Vogler, M. P., Liu, X., Kapoor, S. G., and DeVor, R. E. (2002) "Development of meso-scale machine tool (mMT) systems," Transactions of the North American Manufacturing Research Institution of SME (NAMRI), v30, pp. 653-661.
  9. Reddy, R. G., Ozdoganlar, O.B., Kapoor, S. G., DeVor, R.E., and Liu, X., (2002) “A stability solution for the axial contour-turning process”, J. of Manuf. Sci. and Eng., v124, pp. 581-587.
  10. Atul Dhanorker, Liu, X., Tuğrul Özel (2007) “Micromilling Process Planning and Modeling for Micromold Manufacturing”, Proceedings of MSEC 2007, ASME International Conference of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  11. Tuğrul Özel, Liu, X., Atul Dhanorker (2007) “Modeling and Simulation of Micromilling Process”, CIRP 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Design and Production of Machines and Dies/Molds,  Çeşme, Turkey.
  12. Liu, X., Jun, M., DeVor, R.E., and Kapoor, S.G., (2006), “Prediction and Analysis of Surface Location Error in Micro-Endmilling”, Proceedings of 2nd International Workshop on the Next-Generation Microfactory System, July 6-7, 2006, Jeju, Korea.
  13. Liu, X., Jun, M., DeVor, R. E., and Kapoor, S. G., (2004) “Cutting mechanisms and their Influence on dynamic forces, vibrations and stability in micro-endmilling”, Proceedings of ASME 2004 IMECE, Anaheim, CA, USA.
  14. Liu, X., Vogler, M. P., Kapoor, S. G., DeVor, R. E., Ehmann, K. F., Mayor, R., Kim C. and Ni, J., (2004), “Micro-endmilling with meso-machine-tool system,” NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing grantees and Research Conference Proceedings, Dallas, TX.
  15. Vogler, M. P., Liu, X., DeVor, R. E., Kapoor, S. G., Subrahmanian, R., Sung, H., and Ehmann, K. F., (2002) “Miniaturized machine tools for CNC-based micro/meso-scale machining of 3D features,” the Third International Workshop on Microfactories, Minneapolis, MN, USA.

Honors and Activities