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Jia (Peter) Liu

Industrial and Systems Engineering

Associate Professor

Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow

3301G Shelby Center

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Education

Ph.D. Industrial and Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech
M.S. Statistics, Virginia Tech
M.S. Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

Research Interests

Statistical modeling, machine learning and optimization for operations
Physics-informed sensing, modeling, testing and control for critical manufacturing processes
Privacy-preserving information sharing and large-scale multimodal modeling for manufacturing

In The News

Auburn empowers high school students with AI, manufacturing skills

With a nearly $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Response Research (RAPID) program, Auburn faculty from the College of Engineering and the College of Education recently completed the first summer camp aimed at empowering students from underserved communities.

Auburn Engineering faculty named to 2024 promotion, tenure list

Auburn University Provost Vini Nathan recently announced the names of faculty awarded promotion, tenure or both for 2024, including 19 faculty in the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering.

Auburn University initiates AI smart manufacturing education program through NSF grant

Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into advanced manufacturing has promising potential to revolutionize productivity and generate new jobs in smart manufacturing. Several Auburn University faculty members have recently been awarded a nearly $200k National Science Foundation (NSF) Rapid Response Research (RAPID) Grant to initiate a career-driven AI educational program for high-school students to prepare them for these opportunities.

Doctoral student awarded prestigious educational grant

Qais Qasaimeh, an Auburn University doctoral student studying industrial and systems engineering, was recently awarded the 2023 Surface Mount Technology Association’s (SMTA) Charles Hutchins Educational Grant. SMTA is an international network of professionals in the field of electronics manufacturing.

ISE assistant professor earns NSF CAREER Award for AM fatigue life prediction through deep learning

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is turning to assistant industrial and systems engineering professor Peter Liu in the form of a $500,000 CAREER Award meant to generate new insight into defect formation relevant to fatigue performance of parts manufactured through laser powder-bed fusion (LPBF) and uncover the synergistic impacts of multi-scale factors on fatigue fractures.

#GINNing Podcast: Peter Liu and the Big To-Do

Despite the demonstrated success of metal additive manufacturing (AM) in various industries, the performance uncertainty of AM parts undermines the potential of deploying AM for high-consequence applications. Air travel. Space travel. That sort of thing.

DOD awards Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing $8.9M for smart manufacturing initiatives

The adoption of Smart Manufacturing is fast becoming a necessity for small and medium-sized manufacturers (SMMs) looking to stay competitive in the Industry 4.0 age. For those SMMs in the national security ecosystem, it's no longer a suggestion — it's a requirement.

ISE students, faculty focus research to mitigate incontinence

Twenty-five percent of the United States suffers from urinary incontinence and several Auburn University students and faculty are working to help make their lives better.

ICAMS hosts first Additive Manufacturing Competition

The Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems (ICAMS) at Auburn University recently challenged area college students to an Additive Manufacturing Competition in which the teams would design and build a propeller for a submarine.

NIST awards Auburn nearly $1M to lead NDE-based AM qualification via data analytics

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently awarded Auburn University's National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) and the ASTM Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence (AM CoE) nearly $1 million to establish through computer vision and machine learning a data-driven framework for the non-destructive qualification of additively manufactured materials and parts for mission critical applications.

ICAMS awards first Student Defined Research Awards

The Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems (ICAMS) at Auburn University aims to assist small and medium-sized manufacturers in the U.S. improve the adoption of advanced technologies associated with Industry 4.0 or Smart Manufacturing. A large part of this mission includes improving the skills of the next generation of engineers to take full advantage of those technologies, and the first ICAMS Student Defined Research Awards will help fulfill that mission.

ISE assistant professor leads NSF grant to transform the distributed additive manufacturing industry

Jia (Peter) Liu, an assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, will lead a multi-disciplinary team of scientists on a nearly $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to transform the distributed additive manufacturing industry.

Auburn to expand Industry 4.0 research, education, training and innovation capabilities with $7.2M DoD award

The Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems at Auburn University was awarded $7.2 million from the Department of Defense Office of Industrial Policy's Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program to encourage small and medium-sized manufacturers to adopt advanced technologies associated with Industry 4.0 or smart manufacturing.

Faculty to research lead-free defense electronics as part of $7M award

Auburn Engineering faculty representing multiple disciplines will help to accelerate the transition to lead-free electronics in aerospace, defense and other high-performance electronics industries through the newly-formed Defense Electronics Consortium.

Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing wins $4.26M DOD award

The Interdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems (ICAMS) at Auburn University has received a $4.26 million award from the U.S. Department of Defense to explore the digitalization of manufacturing and become a resource for small and medium manufacturers throughout the country.

FAA invests $3 million in Auburn University additive manufacturing research

Thanks to a recent $3 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the National Center for Additive Manufacturing Excellence (NCAME) at Auburn University will soon initiate a two-year project focused on improving commercial air travel through the use of 3D-printed (or additively manufactured) metal components.