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Meilin Liu

USERN Advisory Board

Education


1989, Ph.D., Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
1986, M.S., Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
1982, B.S., Materials Science & Engineering, South China Institute of Technology.


Appointment








 
























1992- present Regents’ Professor (2008-present), Professor (2000-2008), Associate Professor (1996-2000), Assistant Professor (1992-1996), School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Fundamental investigations into the effect of defects and nanostructure on transport, catalytic, and electrochemical properties of surfaces and interfaces; development of new materials and novel structures for chemical and energy transformation.
2012- present Associate Chair , School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Tech
2010-2015 Associate Director, HeteroFoam Center, a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) at University of South Carolina (USC)
2001- present Co-Director , Center for Innovative Fuel Cell and Battery Technologies (FCBT) at Georgia Institute of Technology
1989-1992 Research Scientist , Ceramatec, Salt Lake City, Utah
Development of novel materials for sensors, oxygen separation, hydrogen production, contaminants removal, and lithium batteries

 


Selected Awards and Honors


 


2018 - HTM Outstanding Achievement Award (Electrochemical Society)
2018 - Charles Hatchett Award (Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining, UK )
2017 - Kolon Faculty Fellow (Kolon Industries)
2015 - B. Mifflin Hood Chair Professorship
2013 - Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award (Georgia Tech)
2012 - Fellow, Electrochemical Society (ECS)
2011 - Fellow, American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
2010 - Ross Coffin Purdy Award (American Ceramic Society)
2008 - Regents' Professor
2007 - NASA Tech Brief Award
2007 - Invited participant, US-Japan Frontiers of Engineering (National Academy of Engineering)
2005 - Crystal Flame Innovation Award in Research (FuelCell South)
2003 - Outstanding Achievement in Research Program Development Award (Georgia Tech)
2003 - Sustained Research Award (Sigma Xi)
2002 - Senior Teaching Fellow (Georgia Tech)
2001 - Best Faculty Paper Award (Sigma Xi)
1999 - Outstanding Faculty Research Author Award (Georgia Tech)
1997 - Invited participant, Frontiers of Engineering (National Academy of Engineering)
1996 - Best MS Thesis Advisor Award (Sigma Xi)
1993 - National Young Investigator (NYI) Award (National Science Foundation)
1986 - Scholastic Achievement Award (Golden Gate Chapter of ASM)
 


Teaching








 

One of Dr. Liu's primary efforts has been to inspire students' interest in materials for energy storage and conversion through the development of basic and advanced courses in the area and by providing students with a modern laboratory for cutting edge research in the area. Dr. Liu has developed several undergraduate and graduate courses to bring his significant research experience to the classroom.








 












































MSE 2001 Principles & Applications of Engineering Materials
MSE 3020 Materials Laboratory (Characterization of Electronic Materials)
MSE 4021 Design with Materials II
MSE 6010 Fundamentals of Functional Materials
MSE 6210 Defects
MSE 6402 Crystallography, Structure, and Defects
MSE 6412 Structures of Materials
MSE 7010 Electroceramics
MSE 8801A Point Defects
MSE 8803E Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion

Before 1999 - Quarter System


MatE 2001 Introduction to Materials Science and Engineering
MatE 3312 Physical and Electronic Properties of Materials I
MatE 3313 Physical and Electronic Properties of Materials II
MatE 3703 Materials Engineering for Optical and Magnetic Systems
MatE 4801 Magnetic and Optical Properties
MatE 8001 Technical Communication (Seminar)
MatE 8103A Electroceramics I : Principles and Properties
MatE 8103B Electroceramics II : Materials and Applications
 


Editorial Board Membership


 


Nano Energy (ISSN: 2211-2855, ELSEVIER) 2017 Impact Factor: 13.12
NPG Asia Materials (ISSN: 1884-4057, Nature Publishing Group) 2017 Impact Factor: 7.208
Solid State Ionics (ISSN: 0167-2738, ELSEVIER) 2017 Impact Factor: 2.751
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (Hindawi Publishing Corporation)
The Open Chemical Physics Journal (ISSN: 1874-4125; Bentham)
 


Symposia/Workshops Co-organized


Co-organized eleven (11) international symposia/workshops, chaired or co-chaired numerous technical sessions, and co-edited four (7) proceedings volumes in the area of new materials for fuel cells, batteries, sensors, and other electrochemical applications.



  1. Ceramic Conductors for Solid-State Electrochemical Devices, EPRI/GRI Workshop, Snowbird, Utah, May 12-15, 1991

  2. High Temperature Sensors I, Electrochemical Society Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, May 1992

  3. Solid Electrolyte Sensors II, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, October 1994

  4. The 1st International Symposium on Ceramic Membranes, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Chicago, October 1995

  5. Ceramic Sensors III, Electrochemical Society Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 6-11, 1996

  6. Ceramic Sensors IV, Electrochemical Society Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 1998

  7. Solid State Ionic Devices, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 1999

  8. Symposium on Solid State Ionic Devices II, The Electrochemical Society Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, October 23, 2000

  9. Symposium on Chemical Sensors for Hostile Environments, The American Ceramic Society 103rd Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, April 22-25, 2001


10.  Symposium on Solid State Ionic Devices III, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2002


11.  Symposium on Fuel Cells/Energy Conversion, MS&T 2011, Columbus, OH, October 16-20, 2011


 


Proceedings Volumes Co-edited


 



  1. Ceramic Conductors for Solid State Electrochemical Devices (EPRI/GRI Workshop, May 13-16, 1991, Snowbird, UT), Edited by A. Khandkar, M. Liu & W. Weppner, Elsevier Science Publishers B. V., North Holland (1992)

  2. Ceramic Membranes I (ECS Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 1995) , Edited by H. U. Anderson, A. Khandkar, and M. Liu, ECS PV 95-24, 1996.

  3. Ceramic Sensors III (ECS Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, October 6-11, 1996), Edited by H. Anderson, M. Liu, and N. Yamazoe, ECS PV 96-27, 1997.

  4. Solid State Ionic Devices (ECS Meeting, Seattle, WA, May 1-6, 1999), Edited by E. Wachman, J. Arkgradge, M. Liu, and N. Yamazoe, ECS PV 99-13, 1999.

  5. Solid State Ionic Devices II , Proceedings of the Symposium on Solid State Ionic Devices II (Phoenix, AZ, October 2000), Edited by E. Wachman, W, Weppner, E. Traversa, P. Vanysek, M. Liu, and B.V. Ratnakumar, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 2000.

  6. Chemical Sensors for Hostile Environments , Ceramic Transitions, Volume 130, Edited by G. M. Kale, A. Akbar, and M. Liu, The American Ceramic Society, 2001

  7. Solid State Ionic Devices III , Proceedings of the Symposium on Solid State Ionic Devices III (Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2002), Edited by E. Wachman, K. Swider-Lyons, M. F. Carolan, F.H. Garzon, M. Liu, and J. R. Stetter, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, PV 2002-26 (2003).


 


Other Professional Services


 


Dr. Liu has been active in providing services to Georgia Tech, state and federal agencies, professional societies, US industries, and international organizations.


He has served on many review panels and provided technical reviews for US National Science Foundation, Dept of Energy, Dept of Defense, US Department of Commerce, American Chemical Society, U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), State of Connecticut, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia; Stanford University; European Science Foundation, Singapore Science/Engineering Foundation, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technical University, University of Hong Kong, Israel Science and Engineering Foundation, Canada Research Chairs, and so forth.


He have served as technical reviewer for more than 30 journals, including Nature, Science, Nature Materials, Nature Comms., Advanced Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Int. Ed., Energy Environ. Sci., Nano Today, Nano Letters, Nano Energy, ACS Nano, Journal of American Chemical Society, Advanced Functional Materials, Scientific Reports, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of Physical Chemistry, ChemSusChem, Journal of Power Sources, Solid State Ionics, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Electrochimica Acta, Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, and so forth.


He has held offices in several professional organizations, including the Electrochemical Society (ECS) Student Award Committee, The High-Temperature Materials Division of ECS (Executive Committee Member), the Georgia Section of ECS (Secretary, Vice President, and President), and the Georgia Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi - An International Honor Society on Scientific Research (Secretary, Vice President, and President).
 


 


 

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