UB - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Education: Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 1961
Office: 316 Jarvis Hall
Phone: (716) 645-1452
FAX: (716) 645-2883
E-mail: chingliu .at. eng.buffalo.edu
Curriculum Vitae: Click for PDF
Research Interests: Fluid mechanics, boundary layer stability, dynamic systems.

Current Projects:

• Bifurcation of stability in boundary layers
• Transition phenomena
• Shock wave interactions

Selected Papers, Publications, & Presentations:

• Bucklaew, T. P. and Liu, C. S., "Hopf Bifurcation in PD Controlled Pendulum or Manipulators", ASME J. of Dynamic Systems, 234(2), 2002, pp. 327-332
• Bucklaew, T. P. and Liu, C. S., ""Pitch-Type Bifurcations in a Parametrically Excited PD-Controlled Pendulum or Manipulator",J of sound and vibration 247(4),2001, pp 655-672
• Bucklaew, T. P. and Liu, C. S., "A Non-linear Gain structure for PD-Type Controllers in robotic applications",J of sound and vibration 247(4),2001, pp 655-672
• C.S. Liu, "Engineering Approach to the Prediction of Shock Patterns in Bounded High Speed Flows," AIAA Journal, Vol. 31, p. 83, 1993.
• C.S. Liu, "An Analytical Study of the Neutral Stability of a Model Hypersonic Boundary Layer," AIAA Journal, Vol. 32, p. 2366, 1994.