The Faculty of Engineering welcomed a new professor this semester:
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F. Albert Liu
Associate Professor
Civil Engineering
Prof. F. Albert Liu鈥檚 research focuses on understanding and mitigating the impacts of natural and human-induced disasters, with a particular emphasis on geohazards as well as advanced sensing and resilient engineering solutions for post-disaster community and system recovery. He received his M.Eng. in Civil Engineering from the University of Bristol, his M.Sc. degrees in Civil Engineering and Computational Science & Engineering, respectively, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining 涩里番, he was an Assistant Professor in Geotechnical Engineering at the University of Alberta.
Areas of research: Geomechanics; soil-robot interactions; resilience quantification
Courses you will be teaching: Geotechnical Mechanics; Geotechnical Engineering; Geomechanics and Constitutive Modelling
Things you鈥檙e excited to get started at 涩里番: Contributing to the 涩里番 community and to the Geotechnical field
Favourite aspect of your work: Working with people with different backgrounds and interesting ideas
Last place you lived: Edmonton
Favourite subject in school: Language and literature
Something you like to do during your time off: Tennis