Stephen Liu

Emeritus Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

 

Stephen Liu

Contact Information

Email: sliu@mines.edu

Education

  • Ph.D. Metallurgical Engineering – Colorado School of Mines
  • B.S. Met. Eng. & M.S. Metallurgical Engineering – Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Ind. Chem. – Escola Tecnica Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil

Research Interests

My interest in welding and joining sciences actually started about 28 years ago when I was a research metallurgist working in the areas of steel making and ingot pouring in an integrated steel mill. The intense chemical reactions in a ladle of molten steel fascinated me. In fusion welding, you have the same ingredients of excitement but with at least one extra degree of challenge – the dynamic nature of the welding process. Reactions happen in the molten weld pool only in a matter of seconds.

Labs and Research Centers

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

  • American Society for Materials Information (ASM International) – Fellow
  • American Institute for Metallurgical Engineering – The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (AIME – TMS)
  • American Welding Society (AWS) – Fellow
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Fellow
  • The Institute of Materials – United Kingdom (IOM)

CURRENT COURSES

  • MTGN 348 MICROSTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS
  • MTGN 475/477 METALLURGY OF WELDING / LABORATORY
  • MTGN 557 SOLIDIFICATION
  • MTGN 580 ADVANCED WELDING METALLURGY 
  • MTGN 584 NON-FUSION JOINING PROCESSES
  • MLGN 451/551 CORROSION ENGINEERING

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

  • Portuguese – Speak, read, and write fluently (technical & non-technical)

  • Chinese – Speak, read, and write fluently (technical & non-technical)

  • Spanish – Read, and translate (technical & non-technical)

CURRICULUM VITAE