Faculty
Dr. Dong Liu
Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Office Location N212 Engineering Building 1
Phone 713-743-4532
Fax 713-743-4503
Email dongliu [at] uh.edu
Website Dr. Dong Liu's personal website
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, 2006
Master of Science, Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1999
Bachelor of Science, Thermal Engineering, Tsinghua University, 1996
Professional Experience
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2020 – present
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2013 – 2020
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, 2007 – 2013
Post-doctoral Research Associate, Purdue University, 2006 – 2007
Professional and Scientific Affiliations
Associate Editor, ASME Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications, 2023-now
University of Houston Faculty Senate, 2022-present
Chair, Faculty Search Committee for PFF, 2022, 2025
Director of Graduate Studie, 2020-present
Chair, Faculty Search Committee for Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2023
Chair, ASME Heat Transfer Division K-9 Nanoscale Transport Phenomena, 2019-2021
Courses Taught
MECE 4364 Heat Transfer
MECE 4371 Thermal Fluids Laboratory
MECE 6334 Convection Heat Transfer
MECE 6335 Heat Transfer with Phase Change
MECE 7341 Introduction to Micro/Nanofluidics
MECE 7397 Microscale Thermal Transport Phenomena
Research Interests
- Phase Change Heat Transfer
- Convective Heat Transfer
- Multiphase Flow
- Micro/Nanofluidics
Engineering Applications
Energy Conversion, Thermal Management, Electronics Cooling
Awards & Honors
ASME Fellow (2024)
Selected Publications
- Lu, Y. and Liu, D., Electrowetting modulated enhancement of critical heat flux in pool boiling, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 208:124055, (2023)
- Zhang, H., Lin, F., Liu, L., Tong, T., Li, R.., Zhong, H., Chen, Z., Qin, C., Wang, Q., Qi, Y., Wu, C., Tong, X., Yu, P., Sun, Y., Liu, D., Bao, J., and Wang, Z., Magnetically enhanced Marangoni convection for efficient mass and heat transfer like a self-driving liquid conveyor belt, Advanced Functional Materials, 32(30): 2202984, (2022)
- Ma, C., Yu, P., Wang, W., Zhu, Y., Lin, F., Govorov, A., Liu, D., Xu, H., and Wang, Z., Chiral optofluidics with a plasmonic metasurface using the photothermal effect, ACS Nano, 15(10):16357-16367, (2021)
- Zhang, Q., Wang, Y., Lin, F., Liu, D., Chen, Z., Wang, Z., and Bao, J., Laser-induced dynamic alignment and nonlinear optical transmission in liquid suspension of 2D atomically thin nanomaterials, Optics Express, 29(22):36389-36399, (2021)
- Lin, F., Quraishy, A., Tong, T., Li, R., Dong, S., Liu, D., Wang, Z., Schaibley, J., and Bao, J., Molding, patterning and driving liquids with light”, Materials Today, 51:48-55, (2021)
- Lu, Y., Bao, J.M., and Liu, D., Suppression of Leidenfrost state using electrically induced interfacial instabilities, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 170:121036 (2021).
- Sim, K., Shi, L., He, G., Chen, S., Liu, D., and Yu, C., Flexible microfluidics for microparticle dispensing based on traveling wave dielectrophoresis, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 30:024001 (2020).
- Yue, S., Gamage, G., Moheibinia, M., Mayerich, D., Talari, V., Deng, Y., Tian, F., Dai, S., Sun, H., Hadjiev, V., Zhang, W., Feng, G., Hu, J., Liu, D., Wang, Z., Ren, Z., Bao, J. M., Photoluminescence mapping and time-domain thermo-photoluminescence for rapid measurement of thermal conductivity of boron arsenide, Materials Today Physics, 13:10094 (2020).
- Yue, S., Lin, F., Zhang Q., Epie, N., Dong, S., Shan, X., Liu, D., Chu W., Wang, Z., and Bao, J., Gold implanted plasmonic quartz plate as a launch pad for laser driven photoacoustic microfluidic pumps, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(14): 6580-6585 (2019).
- Li, J.T., Zhao, F.S., Deng. Y., Liu, D., Chen, C. H., and Shih, W.H., Photothermal generation of programmable microbubble array on nanoporous gold disks, Optics Express, 26(13):16893-16902 (2018).
- Talari, V., Behar, P., Lu, Y., Haryadi, E. and Liu, D., Leidenfrost drops on micro/nanostructured surfaces, Frontiers in Energy, 12(1): 22-42, (2018).
- Qi, B., Kong, Q., Qian, H., Patil, D., Lim, I., Li, M., Liu, D., Song, G., Study of impact damage in PVA-ECC beam under low-velocity impact loading using piezoceramic transducers and PVDF thin-film transducers, Sensors, 18(2): 671 (2018).
- Sur, A., Lu, Y., Pascente, C., Ruchhoeft, P., and Liu, D., Nucleate boiling heat transfer enhancement with electrowetting, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 120: 202-217, (2018).
- Wang, Y., Zhang, Q. H., Zhu, Z., Lin, F., Deng, J. D., Ku, G., Song, S., Alam, M. D., Liu, D., Wang, Z., and Bao, J. M., Laser streaming: turning a laser beam into a liquid jet, Science Advances, (2017).
- Yi, L., Bao, J. M., and Liu, D., Dynamics of a Leidenfrost droplet modulated by electrowetting, Journal of Heat Transfer, 139(8):080902, (2017).
Books / Book Chapters
- Liu, D., and Garimella, S. V., Thermal Transport in Microchannels: Single-Phase and Two-Phase Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, ISBN: 3639117034, VDM Verlag, 2009.
- Liu, D., and Garimella, S. V., “Electromechanical Actuation of Nanofluids,” in Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications, Ramesh S. Chaughule (ed.), American Scientific Publishers, 2009.
Conference Publications
- Lu, Y., Bao, J. M., and Liu, D., Dynamics of a Leidenfrost droplet modulated by electrowetting, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Phoenix, Arizona, 2016.
- Lu, Y., Sur, A, Pascente, C., Ruchhoeft, P., and Liu, D., Dynamics of droplet motion induced by electrowetting, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Washington, DC, 2016.
- Sur, A, Lu, Y., Pascente, C., Ruchhoeft, P., and Liu, D., Bubble dynamics in electrowetting-modulated pool boiling, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Washington, DC, 2016.
- Liu, D., Nucleate boiling heat transfer enhanced by electrowetting (invited), 7th International Electronics Cooling Technology Workshop, Redwood City, California, 2015.
- Liu, D., Nucleate boiling heat transfer enhancement with electrowetting (invited), International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) Advanced Technology Workshop on Thermal Management, Los Gatos, California, 2014.
- Sur, A, Lu, Y., Pascente, C., Ruchhoeft, P., and Liu, D., Bubble dynamics in AC electrowetting-enhanced nucleate boiling, 11th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2014.
- Sur, A, Lu, Y., Pascente, C., Ruchhoeft, P., and Liu, D., AC electrowetting-modulated nucleate boiling heat transfer, 11th AIAA/ASME Joint Thermophysics and Heat Transfer Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, 2014.
- He, G. L., Pan, T. W., and Liu, D., Numerical investigation of dielectrophoresis directed assembly of nanoparticles and nanowires, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), San Diego, California, 2013.
- Yu, L. Y. and Liu, D., Flow boiling heat transfer and two-phase flow instability of nanofluids in a minichannel, ASME Summer Heat Transfer Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2013.
- Yu, L. Y. and Liu, D., A study of thermal effectiveness of laminar forced convection of nanofluids, ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition (IMECE), Houston, Texas, 2012.
Patents
- Liu, D., and Cao, Q. L., Magnetic Directed Alignment of Stem Cell Scaffolds for Neuron Regeneration, UHOU.P005US.P1.
- Liu, D., and Garimella, S. V., Microfluidic Pumping based on Dielectrophoresis, U.S. patent No. 20130075259.