Dr. Frank Liou, the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Missouri S&T, became Interim director of S&T's Intelligent Systems Center 01 Aug 2021. In addition to his work as director of the manufacturing engineering program, he is a senior research investigator with the Intelligent Systems Center and a faculty research investigator for both the Graduate Center for Materials Research and the Center for Research in Energy and Environment at S&T.

He was the co-founder and has served as the Director of the Manufacturing Engineering Program at Missouri S&T since year 1999, and has successfully received several curriculum development funds and set up two scholarship endowment programs. He has received over $20M in research funding and published a book on Rapid Prototyping along with over 350 technical papers. Dr. Liou's research excels in additive manufacturing (AM), including hybrid additive and subtractive processes, path planning, multiscale multiphysics process modeling, and AM process monitoring and control. His research has been funded by AFRL, DOE, NASA, NAVAIR, NSF, and industries. Dr. Liou has received several teaching, research, and service awards, including several best paper awards. He is a senior member SME and a Fellow of ASME.

Dr. Liou's research interests include metal additive manufacturing process design, modeling, integration, monitoring and control, as well as computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided manufacturing (CAM).

Technical Area:

Design and Manufacturing

Senior Investigator, Intelligent Systems Center

CREE Research Investigator

Missouri University of Science and Technology

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