Xingbo Liu

Dr. Xingbo Liu is the Statler Endowed Chair Professor of Engineering and Associate Chair of Research, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, Statler College of Engineering & Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, at Morgantown, West Virginia, U.S.A. He received his Ph.D. on Materials Science from University of Science and Technology Beijing in 1999, and subsequently joined West Virginia University in early 2000 as a postdoc. He was promoted to Research Assistant Professor (2002), Assistant Professor (2006), Associate Professor (2011), and Professor (2014).

Dr. Liu has developed an international recognized research program on materials for next generation energy conversion and storage, with the focus on solid oxide fuel cells, high temperature alloys, and batteries. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed journal papers, and received three U.S. Patents. Dr. Liu has been serving leading roles in TMS, ACerS, and ECS, and he has received numerous awards, including one R&D 100 Award (2011) for his development of SOFC interconnect coating, TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow Award (2010), State of West Virginia Innovator of the Year (2013), WVU CEMR Researcher of the Year (2015, 2011), Outstanding Researcher Awards (2015, 2011, 2009, 2008), and several others. Most recently, Dr. Liu was elected as the Fellow of ASM International (2015), and received TMS Brimacombe Medal (2016). Dr. Liu is with both Basic Science Division (BSD) and Engineering Ceramics Division of ACerS, and he was the Chair of BSD from 2016 to 2017. In his spare time, Dr. Liu likes to read philosophy books and enjoy rock music.