Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2006.
M. S. Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2001.
B. S. Material Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China, 1995.
ACCREDITATION:
Engineering in Training, Texas, Since 2002
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
August 2006 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Alaska Transportation Research Center, University of Fairbanks.
June 2001 - August 2006: Research Assistant, Texas Transportation Institute.
September 1995 - December 1999: Research Assistant, State Key laboratory of Concrete Materials Research, China.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Infrastructure Materials - engineering characterization of asphalt cement, hot-mix asphalt mixtures (HMA), granular and stabilized bases, Portland cement concrete, and sustainable multifunctional composites.
Pavement Engineering - pavement design and testing, pavement repair and rehabilitation, non-destructive testing, and pavement management system (PMS).
Fracture Mechanics and Numerical Modeling - constitutive modeling and numerical simulation to characterize and predict material behaviors
FUNDED RESEARCH
Screening Test of Gilsonite Application.
Characterization of Asphalt Treated Base Course Material
Impact of Fines Content on Resilient Modulus Reduction of Base Courses during Thawing
Barrow Airport Mix Design.
WMA Application for Alaskan Conditions.
COURSES TAUGHT
ES 331 Mechanics of Materials
CE 334 Properties of Materials
CE 402 Introduction to Transportation Engineering
CE 693 Pavement Design
HONORS/AWARDS
Faculty Development Award, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2006 & 2007
"Who’s Who in Science and Engineering", 9th Edition, Marquis Who'sWho®, 2006
Departmental fellowship, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2006
Graduate student research and presentation grant, Texas A&M University, 2006
Travel award, NSF workshop for the Advancement and Retention of Underrepresented and Minority Engineering Educators, 2006
"Who’s Who in America", 60th Edition, Marquis Who'sWho®, 2005
First place award in Student Research Week competition, Texas A&M University, 2005
Fellow, the Graduate Teaching Academy, Texas A&M University, 2004
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ASCE Highway Pavement Committee
ASCE Geo-Institute Pavements Committee
International Society for Concrete Pavements
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Engineering Education
American Concrete Institute
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Paper reviewer
ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering
ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Journal of ASTM International
Composites Part B: Engineering
Journal of the Eastern Asia Society for Transportation Studies
International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology
International Journal of Pavement Engineering
Transportation Research Record
Journal of Engineering Research
8th & 9th International Conference on Concrete Pavements
2008 Airfield and Highway Pavement Specialty Conference
1st International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure
9th International Conference on Permafrost
6th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies
Other
Associate editor, Journal of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering
Editorial review board, Scientific Journals International
Co-chair, Organizing Committee, 6th International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Studies, 2008
Session Chair, Fifth International Conference on Maintenance and Rehabilitation of Pavements and Technological Control, 2007
CEE outcome evaluation committee, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2008
CEE advisory board, University of Alaska Fairbanks, since 2006
Materials Ambassador (leader) of the Civil Engineering Women’s Mentoring Group, Texas A&M University, 2005~2006
Organizer of Materials and Pavement Graduate Students’ Seminar Series, Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2005
Judge of undergraduates research competition, Student Research Week, Texas A&M University, 2004 ~ 2005
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Papers Under Review
X. Zhang and J. Liu, "A New Method to Determine the Shapes of Yield Curves for Unsaturated Soils", ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 2007.
J. Liu, A. Mukhopadhyay, and D. G. Zollinger, "Laboratory Investigation of Influencing Factors on Early-Age Delamination in CRC Pavements Made with Gravel Aggregates", ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2007.
Journal Publications
J. Liu and B. Chen, "Property of High Strength Concrete Made with Field-Demolished Concrete Aggregates", Journal of ASTM International, 2008 (in press).
J. Liu, and D. G. Zollinger, "Selecting Construction Measures for Mitigating Early-age Delamination in CRC Pavements made with Gravel Aggregates", ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering, 2008 (accepted).
J. Liu, D. G. Zollinger, and R. Lytton, "Detection of Delamination in Concrete Pavements using Ground-Coupled GPR Technique", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board (in press), 2008.
B. Chen and J. Liu, "Damage in carbon fiber-reinforced concrete, monitored by both electrical resistance measurement and acoustic emission analysis", Construction and Building Materials, 22(11), pp 2196-2201, 2008.
J. Liu, D. G. Zollinger, and P. Li, "Feasibility of Using Accelerated Thin Bonded Concrete Overlay for CRCP Spalling Repair", International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology, 1(3), pp 113-120, 2008.
B. Chen, and J. Liu, "Experimental Application of Mineral Admixtures in Lightweight Concrete with High Strength and Workability", Construction and Building Materials, 22(6), June 2008.
J. Liu, X. Zhang, and D. G. Zollinger, "A Two-Step Fracture Mechanics-based Approach for Assessing Early-age Delamination Distress", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2016, pp. 76-84, 2007.
B. Chen and J. Liu, "Mechanical properties of polymer-modified concretes containing expanded polystyrene beads", Construction and Building Materials, pp 7-11, Vol 21, No. 1, Jan 2007.
B. Chen, J. Liu and K. Wu, "Electrical response of carbon fiber reinforced cementitious composites to monotonic and cyclic loading", Cement and Concrete Research, pp 2183-2191, Vol 35, No. 11, 2005.
B. Chen and J. Liu, "Contribution of hybrid fibers on the properties of the high-strength lightweight concrete having good workability", Cement and Concrete Research, pp 913-917, Vol 35, No. 5, 2005.
J. Liu, D. G. Zollinger, S. Tayabji, and K. Smith, "Application of Reliability Concept in Concrete Pavement Rehabilitation Decision Making", Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 1905, pp 25~35, 2005.
B. Chen and J. Liu, "Properties of lightweight expanded polystyrene concrete reinforced with steel fiber", Cement and Concrete Research, pp 1259-1263, Vol 34, No. 7, 2004.
B. Chen and J. Liu, "Experimental Study on AE Characteristics of Three- point-bending Concrete Beams", Cement and Concrete Research, pp 391~397, Vol 34, No.3, 2004.
B. Chen and J. Liu, "Effect of Fibers on Expansion of Concrete with a Large Amount of High f-CaO Fly Ash", Cement and Concrete Research, pp 1549~1552, Vol 33, No. 10, 2003.
K. Wu, A. Yan, J. Liu and D. Zhang, "Reconstruction and Analysis of 3-D Profile of Fracture Surface of Concrete", Cement and Concrete Research, pp981~987, Vol 30, 2000.
K. Wu, J. Liu, D. Zhang and A. Yan, "Rupture Probability of Coarse Aggregate on Fracture Surface of Concrete", Cement and Concrete Research, pp1983~1987,Vol 29, 1999.
D. Zhang, J. Liu, B. Chen and K. Wu, "Analysis of the Determination of Fracture Energy of Concrete Using Three-point-bending Method", Journal of Building Materials, pp210~215, Vol 2. No.3, 1999 (in Chinese).
J. Liu, K. Wu and D. Zhang, "Application of Image Analysis Technique in Research of Fracture Surface of Concrete", China Concrete and Cement products, pp6~9, No.2, 1999 (in Chinese).
L. Zhang, B. Chen and J. Liu, "Research on the Effect of Aggregate Size on Mechanical Performance of Concrete Using Supersonic and Acoustic Emission Technology", Building Construction, pp49~53, No.2, 1999 (in Chinese).
J. Liu, H. Yu and H. Zhu, "Elementary Exploration of High-Strength Concrete Mix Proportion Design", Housing Science, pp28~31, No.12, 1998 (in Chinese).
D. Zhang, J. Liu and K. Wu, "Experimental Research and Analysis of Fracture Properties of High Strength Concrete", China Concrete and Cement products, pp5~9, No.5, 1998 (in Chinese).
Selected Conference Papers
P. Li and J. Liu, "Resilient Modulus Characterization of Hot Asphalt Treated Alaskan Base Course Material", GeoHuan International Conference, Hunan, China, 2008 (accepted).
J. Liu and P. Li, "Experimental Study on Gilsonite-modified Asphalt", Proceeding of the 2008 Airfield and Highway Pavement Specialty Conference (in press), Transportation and Development Institute of the ASCE, ASCE, Bellevue, Washington, 2008.
B. Chen, J. Liu and P. Li, "Experimental Study on Pervious Concrete", Proceeding of the 9th International Conference on Concrete Pavements, San Francisco, CA, 2008.
X. Zhang and J. Liu, "Numerical Simulation of Influence of Climatic Factors on Concrete Pavements Built on Expansive Soil", Proceeding of GeoCongress 2008, pp. 554-561.
J. Liu, A. Mukhopadhyay, and D. G. Zollinger, "Selecting Construction Measures for Mitigating Early-age Delamination in CRC Pavements made with Gravel Aggregates", the 86th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2007.
J. Liu, D. Ye, and D. G. Zollinger, "Design and Evaluation of Mitigating Early Age Delamination in CRC Pavements Made with Gravel Aggregates", 6th International DUT-Workshop on Fundamental Modeling of Design and Performance of Concrete Pavements, Belgium, 2006.
J. Liu, A. Mukhopadhyay, and D. G. Zollinger, "Selection of Design Factors for the Use of Gravel in CRC Paving", Proceeding of the 2006 Airfield and Highway Pavement Specialty Conference, Al-Qadi ed., Transportation and Development Institute of the ASCE, ASCE, Reston, Georgia, pp 557-565.
J. Liu, A. Mukhopadhyay, and D. G. Zollinger, "Contribution of Aggregates to the Bonding Performance of Concrete", the 85th Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2006.
J. Liu and D. G. Zollinger, "Shrinkage Effect on Stress Intensity Factors of Concrete Pavements at Early Age", Workshop on Fracture Mechanics for Concrete Pavements, International Society for Concrete pavements, 2005.
J. Liu, D. G. Zollinger, S. Tayabji, and K. Smith, "SAPER: Tool for Selecting Concrete Pavement Repair and Rehabilitation Treatments", the 83rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2004.
D. Cheng, C. J. Messer, Z. Tian and J. Liu, "Modification of Webster’s Minimum Delay Cycle Length Equation Based on HCM 2000", the 82nd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 2003.
J. Liu, "Repair and Rehabilitation Strategies Selection for Concrete Pavements", 4th International Ph.D. Symposium in Civil Engineering, Munich, Germany, 2002.
Technical Reports
H. Lee, A. Selim, H. Wen, G. Flintsch, K. Chou, Y. Kim, J. Liu, N. Bush, N. Suleiman, H. Mahgub, M. Losa, and E. Santagata, "Survey on Road Surface (or Pavement) Management System for Local Governments in Support of GASB 34", ASCE Transportation & Development Institute, 2008.
J. Liu, "Screening Test of Gilsonite Application", Alaska University Transportation Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks, AK, 2007.
J. Liu, A. Mukhopadhyay, and D. G. Zollinger, "Best Practices for the Use of Siliceous River Gravel in Concrete Paving", FHWA/TX-07/0-4826-1, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2006.
J. Liu, D. G. Zollinger, S. Tayabji, and K. Smith, "Repair and Rehabilitation of Concrete Pavement: Volume IV", FHWA-01-00080, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 2004.
J. Liu and D. G. Zollinger, "Application of a bonded concrete overlay to a CRCP in Texas", Performance of Innovative Maintenance Techniques and Strategies FORMAT WP3 Report, European Community, 2004
Presentations
Experimental Study on Gilsonite-modified Asphalt, ASCE Airfield and Highway Pavement Specialty Conference, Bellevue, Washington, October 2008.
Experimental Study on Pervious Concrete, the 9th International Conference on Concrete Pavements, San Francisco, CA, August 2008.
Detection of Delamination in Concrete Pavements using Ground-Coupled GPR Technique, the 87th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2008.
Property of High Strength Concrete Made with Field-Demolished Concrete Aggregates, the 87th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2008.
Characterization of ATB course materials, Alaska Asphalt Paving Alliance meeting, Fairbanks, April 2007.
Selecting Construction Measures for Mitigating Early-age Delamination in CRC Pavements made with Gravel Aggregates, the 86th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
A Two-Step Fracture Mechanics-based Approach for Assessing Early-age Delamination Distress, the 86th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2007.
Selection of Design Factors for the Use of Gravel in CRC Paving, The 2006 Airfield and Highway Pavement Specialty Conference, Transportation and Development Institute of the ASCE, Atlanta, Georgia, April 30 –May 3, 2006.
Early Age Delamination in Concrete Pavements Made with Gravel Aggregates, the Utah State Transportation Seminar, Logan, Utah, 2006.
Materials and Infrastructure, guest speaker in class of CE 207 Introduction to Civil Engineering Profession, Texas A&M University, April 2006.
Research on Pavement and Infrastructure Engineering, NSF workshop for the Advancement and Retention of Underrepresented and Minority Engineering Educators, Arlington, Virginia, March 2006.
Aggregate Testing and the Effects of Aggregate Properties on Pavement Performance, the 85th TRB Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 2006.
Panel discussion in Civil Engineering Women’s Mentoring Group, Texas A&M University, September 2005.
Shrinkage Effect on Stress Intensity Factors of Concrete Pavements at Early Age, Workshop on Fracture Mechanics for Concrete Pavements, International Society for Concrete pavements, Copper Mountain, Colorado, August 2005.
