Biography

Dr. Frank Liou is the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department, at Missouri S&T. He is the founder of the Manufacturing Engineering Program and has served as the Director of the program at Missouri S&T since 1999. Currently he also serves as the Director of the Intelligent Systems Center at Missouri S&T.

He has published a book on Rapid Prototyping and Engineering Applications, along with over 350 technical papers. Dr. Liou’s research has been focusing on additive manufacturing, including hybrid additive and subtractive process integration, multiscale multi-physics process modeling, automated repair, and advanced material fabrication.

He has worked with industry to commercialize products from his research, including Siemens’ NX Hybrid Manufacturing module and DMG/MORI’s Lasertec series.

Dr. Liou has received several teaching, research and service awards. Recently he received the SME Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal in 2020. Dr. Liou is a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and a Fellow of Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME).

Research Interests

Metal additive manufacturing (AM), Novel AM process development and process planning, Rapid prototyping, Multiscale Multiphysics AM process modeling, Remanufacturing automation, AM process monitoring and control, Digital materials processing.

Education

• Ph.D., M.E.
  • University of Minnesota, July 1987
    • Dissertation: “Dynamic Analysis of High-Speed Mechanisms with Elastic Members”
    • Advisor: Professor Arthur G. Erdman
• M.S., M.E.
  • North Carolina State University in Raleigh, May 1984
• B.S., N.A. & M.E.
  • National Cheng-Kung University, Taiwan, June, 1980