Dr Chao Liu

Overview

I am currently working as a Research Associate on the project MANUELA (Machine learning applied to pilot lines built around the use of metal additive manufacturing), funded by Horizon 2020. My current research focuses on the development of data analytic tools (e.g. machine learning, data mining) to support the understanding, the optimisation and the multi-scale and multi-physics simulation of Metal Additive Layer Manufacturing.

I received my PhD at The University of Auckland, New Zealand, in the area of advanced manufacturing in 2018. My Master's and Bachelor's degrees were both obtained in Mechanical Engineering from Northeastern University, China in 2014 and 2012.

My research interests cover a wide range of topics in the area of advanced manufacturing, including Machine Learning, Metal Additive Manufacturing, Digital Twin, Industry 4.0, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, Augmented Reality (AR), data communication standards, etc.

Honours and Awards

2017: Overall Winner - 2017 NAMRI/SME Student Research Presentation Award, at the 45th SME North American Manufacturing Research Conference (NAMRC 45), Los Angeles, USA, 06/2017.

2018: Erasmus+ grant for 3 months PhD research visit at Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia. 02/2018 – 05/2018.

2019: Invited to attend DAAD Postdoctoral Researchers’ Networking Tour 2019, Germany, 09/2019.