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XINYU LIU, PH.D. |
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
- Meso/Micro/Nano-scale manufacturing system and processes;
- Precision mechanical design, micro-metrology
- Design for manufacturing, CAD/CAE/CAM
- Design of experiments, Statistical quality control
Illustrative Papers/Presentations
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Research Grant “Non-contact Metrology System for Quantitative Characterization of Surface Roughness and Dimension Accuracy of Deep Holes”, Schlumberger Research Center, 2008;
- Research Enhancement Grand Award, Lamar University, 2008;
- Panel reviewer for the National Science Foundation in the Manufacturing Machines and Equipment Program, 2008
- Reviewer for the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering;
- Reviewer for the International Journal of Machine Tool and Manufacture;
- Reviewer for the International Journal of NanoManufacturing;
- Reviewer for the ASME International Conference of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 2007;
- Several publications listed in Top 10 most downloaded articles in the ASME Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering; one of them ranked 1st for three consecutive months;
- Excellent Graduate, awarded by Tsinghua University, 1997
- Award in National Mathematics Olympics and Physics Olympics, China, 1991.

