William Liou
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5343 USA
- Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
- M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
- B.S. Aeronautical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
- Aerodynamics
- Bio-, micro- and computation fluid dynamics
- Turbulence
- Thermodynamics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, and Aerodynamics
- Computer Simulations of Instability, Transition, and Turbulent Flows
- Computational biomechanics of cerebrospinal, cardiovascular flow systems, and implants
Dr. WIlliam Liou is a Western Michigan University professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, where he previously served as chair from 2020-25. He is the founding director of Western's Center for Advanced Vehicle Design and Simulation and the CAViDS Hybrid Electric Applied Research Lab. A prolific researcher, Liou has secured numerous funded research projects and his work has appeared in hundreds of technical reports, publications, book chapters and conference presentations. Prior to joining WMU in 1997, he was a senior research associate at the Institute for Computational Mechanics in Propulsion at NASA's Glenn Research Center.
Liou has received numerous honors, including the following:
- Western Michigan University Excellence in Discovery (2015 and 2016)
- Distinguished Alumni Award, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, 2012.
- Western Michigan University Distinguished Faculty Scholar, 2009.
- National Nuclear Security Administration Defense Programs Award of Excellence, 2004.
- Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
He has served as an editor of International Journal of Aerospace Engineering and Journal of Cardiovascular Disorders.
Details on Liou's academic and research activities are available in his CV.