C U R R I C U L U M   V I T A E

 

Jim C. P. Liou, Ph.D., P.E.

Department of Civil Engineering

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho  83844-1022, U.S. A.

Phone: (208)885-6202, FAX: (208)885-6608, E-Mail: liou@uidaho.edu

 

EDUCATION

 

B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1969, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
M.S., Civil Engineering, 1972, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1976, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

 

EXPERIENCE

 

August 1986 - present,  Professor of Civil Engineering (since 1998) and Adjunct professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Idaho. Teach courses on fluid mechanics, hydraulics, hydraulic transients, open channel hydraulics, and numerical methods.  Conduct research on fluid transients, hydraulic aspects of water quality modeling in water distribution networks, pipeline leak detection, pipeline safety, transport of bio-sediments in fish culture facilities, and stratified flows in passive cooling systems of nuclear reactors.

 

June 1999 - present, Guest Lecturer on Advanced Hydraulics-Fluid Transients, UNESCO – IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, The Netherlands.

 

September 1998 - June 1999, Visiting Professor, Hydraulic Engineering and Hydroinformatics, International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic, and Environmental Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands. (now UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education).  Lectured on computational hydraulics, network analysis, and unsteady flow to Master and PhD students.  Directed a MS thesis on pipeline slurry flow.  Conducted research on numerical methods for nonlinear fluid transients problems.

Summer 1990, 1993, and 1995,  AWU-DOE Faculty Fellowship at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.  Conducted research on transient thermohydraulics of pressurized water reactors in nuclear power plants and on stratified flows in advanced passive nuclear reactors.

June-August 1987,   Research Faculty at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Summer Faculty Research Program of the U.S. Army Research Office.  Conducted research on the mixing and the evolution of frazil ice in wind driven surface currents and in gravity driven turbulent open channel flows.

 

May 1979-July 1986,  Senior Staff Engineer and Research and Development Manager, Stoner Consulting Engineers, Inc., and Stoner Associates, Inc.  Conducted studies on transient flow problems associated with water supply, sewage disposal, irrigation, and off-shore LNG unloading facilities.  Performed analysis on pipeline failure for litigation purposes.  Developed computer programs for transient flows in deep sea well head control lines, for transient natural gas flow in cross country pipelines with compressor and chiller stations and with heat transfer to the environment, and for on-line batch tracking and leak detection of petroleum products pipelines.  Conducted research on numerical aspects of transient flow simulations.  Provided maintenance, quality assurance, and user training and support of existing general purpose software packages for simulating transient flows in pipeline systems.

 

July, 1976-May 1979,  Engineer (7/6/76), Senior Engineer (9/3/77), Engineering Specialist (3/3/79), Hydraulics and Hydrology Group, Geotechnical Services of Bechtel, Inc., in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  Established hydrothermal performance and blowdown operations strategy for a cooling pond.  Completed mathematical and physical modeling and field studies of thermal discharge into rivers.  Designed energy dissipators and diffusers.  Provided liaison for physical model investigations.  Completed field investigation and repair of an embankment failure due to jet impingement.

 

1972-1976,   Research and Teaching Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, University of Michigan.  Conducted research on the following subjects: numerical simulation of a slamming check valve and the resulting impact on a steam pipe in a power plant, transient natural gas flow in pipelines, pulsating flow in a visco-elastic tubing, hydraulic resonance and natural frequencies of pipes and networks, vibrations of dam-reservoir systems, dynamic response of soil deposits subjected to shaking, and soil liquefaction during earthquakes.

 

1971-1972,  Research Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, University of Idaho.  Completed a theoretical and experimental study on the size of wakes generated by partially submerged objects in open channels.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Member of the Control Group of Hydromechanics Committee, 1982-87
Chairman of Hydromechanics Committee, 1985-86
Chairman, Task Committee on Mechanics of Free Air in Closed Conduits, 1990-92
Member of Research Committee, Pipeline Division, 1994-1999

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Chair, Subcommittee on Fluid Transients, Fluids Application Committee, Fluids Engineering Division, 1996-1999
Chair and US Organizer, International Water Hammer Symposium, Third ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, San Francisco, July 18-22, 1999

Chair and US Organizer, International Water Hammer Symposium, Fourth ASME/JSME Fluids Engineering Conference, Honolulu, July 6-10, 2003  
Member of Transportation Committee, Petroleum Division, 1996-1999

 Idaho Society of Professional Engineers (ISPE)

 Chairman, Northern Chapter of ISPE, 1988-89

 

REGISTRATIONS

 

Registered Professional Engineer in Idaho, Michigan, and Pennsylvania

 

AWARDS

 

Eckart Service Award, Petroleum Division, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, February, 1998.

Outstanding Faculty Research Award, 1996-97, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Idaho.

Three Alumni Awards for Faculty Excellence, University of Idaho Alumni Association, December 1991, November 1995, and December 2004.

Three Faculty Fellowships, The Associated Western Universities, Inc., and the U.S. Department of Energy, summer 1990, summer 1993, and summer 1995.

Research Faculty, U.S. Army Summer Faculty Research and Engineering Program, U.S. Army Research Office, summer 1987.

Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honorary Society.

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