Mr. Liu is currently a Ph.D. student at the City College of New York with Professor Anil K. Agrawal. Prior to joining the City College of New York, Mr. Liu received his M.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Mr. Liu has been working on the New Jersey Department of Transportation project "Seismic Design Considerations" to develop seismic guidelines for existing bridges on New Jersey. Mr. Liu has a very strong background in solid mechanics and modeling of complex structural systems. For his Ph.D. research, Mr. Liu has been working on the "development of multi-hazard blast, seismic and vehicle impact guidelines for highway bridges". This is a highly complex and urgently needed guideline for design of sustainable highway bridge systems in the country. This is a cutting edge research that is being led through the sponsorship of NJDOT and UTRC.