个人简历

2007-2014年曾任英国AWE国家实验室系统工程部主管工程师，主要从事航天航空飞行器（RVs）关键零部件的研制和新材料的开发，以及整个系统的性能评估和计算机模拟; 在同一研究所的设计物理部工作五年担任高级科学家/首席科学家从事湍流混合模型（Turbulence Mixing）等项目的研究。
2001-2007在英国牛津大学工程科学系任研究员, 从事DNA疫苗无针注射系统的研究, 负责空气动力学分析和新产品的设计。该研究工作在国际上属于首创,具有广泛和独特的应用前景, 获美国普及科学(Popular Science), 英国政府和议会(House of Commons)专业委员会, 英国科学工程技术(SET)等较高评价和奖励。 英国工程杂志(Engineering)对本人的研究做了专题采访和特别报道。

研究领域

叶轮机械三元流动的数值方法及湍流模型研究；
计算流体动力学(CFD)与传热学(Heat Transfer)；
多相流理论与工程应用；
冲激波理论和材料科学的研究与应用；
航天器(RVs)设计与计算机模拟, 以及空气热力动力学的理论研究与应用；
生物流体力学与生物医学工程， DNA/Drug delivery system, Gene therapy 有关医药器材开发；
新能源工程与微米纳米(Micro-, Nano-)技术应用 等

近期论文

Y. Liu, B. Grieves, Ejecta production and transport from a shocked Sn coupon, ASME: Journal of Fluids Engineering, Vol. 136 No. 9, 091202-1:9, 2014 (Impact Factor 0.939, 1.915)
Yi Liu, Numerical simulations of Xe-air interfacial turbulent mixing flows, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 318 (2011) 052048, DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/318/5/052048, 2011
Yi Liu, Numerical study of the turbulent mixing of a convergent shock tube, Physica Scripta, T142 (2010) 014063, DOI:10.1088/0031-8949/2010/T142/014063, 2010 (Impact Factor 1.296, 1.194)
Yi Liu, Richtmyer-Meshkov Instability and Gas-Particle Interaction of Contoured Shock-Tube Flows: a Numerical Study, International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp:99-102, 2009
Yi Liu, George Costigan and Brian J. Bellhouse, Performance studies of a conical nozzle design for macromolecular skin delivery, Journal of Drug Targeting, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp: 206-212, 2008 (Online 1 April 2008, doi: 10.1080/10611860801902641) (Impact Factor 1.699, 2.030, 2.723, 3.408)
Yi Liu, Simulations of transient shock motion within a biological contoured-shock-tube system, Physica D - Nonlinear Phenomena, Vol. 237, No. 2, pp: 233-242, 2008 (doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2007.08.018) (Impact Factor 1.674, 1.735, 1.829, 1.960)
Yi Liu, Swirling effects on the performance of the micro-particle acceleration and penetration: parametric studies, Powder Technology, Vol. 183, No. 2, pp: 189-195, 2008 (Online 1 August 2007, doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2007.07.025) (Impact Factor 1.232, 1.130, 2.269, 3.230)
Yi Liu, An efficient numerical method for highly loaded transonic cascade flow, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp: 115-124, 2008 (doi: 10.1007/s10665-007-9150-x)
Yi Liu, M.A.F. Kendall, Optimization of a jet-propelled particle injection system for the uniform transdermal delivery of drug/vaccine, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Vol. 97, No. 5, pp: 1300-1308, 2007 (Online: 10 Jan 2007, DOI: 10.1002/bit.21324) (Impact Factor2.999, 3.037, 4.164, 4.481)
Yi Liu, N.K. Truong, M.A.F. Kendall, Characteristics of a micro-biolistic system for murine immunological studies, Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 9, No. 4, pp: 465-474, 2007 (doi: 10.1007/s10544-007-9053-7) (Impact Factor 2.551, 3.073, 2.765, 2.062)
Yi Liu, Impact studies of high speed micro-particles following biolistic delivery, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 54, No. 8, pp: 1507-1513, 2007 (Online: 4 January 2007, doi: 10.1109/TBME.2007.891165) (Impact Factor 2.302, 1.622, 2.233, 4.288)
Yi Liu, The use of miniature supersonic nozzles for micro-particle acceleration: a numerical study, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp: 1814-1821, 2007 (Online: 18 February 2007 doi: 10.1109/TBME.2007.892919) (Impact Factor 2.302, 1.622, 2.233, 4.288)
Yi Liu, Aerodynamics and heat transfer predictions in a highly loaded turbine blade, International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp: 932-937, 2007 ( doi:10.1016/j.ijheatfluidflow.2007.02.009) (Impact Factor 1.391, 1.283, 1.777, 2.103)
Y. Liu, M.A.F. Kendall, Simulations of transonic shock-tube flow with a model micro-cylinder in the driver, Comput. Methods Programs Biomedicine, Vol. 85, No. 2, pp: 124-128, 2007 (Online: 4 December 2006, doi:10.1016/jNaNpb.2006.10.007) (Impact Factor 0.788, 0.887, 1.039, 2.674)
Yi Liu, Utilization of the venturi effect to introduce micro-particles for epidermal vaccination, Medical, Engineering & Physics, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp: 390-397, 2007 (Online:13 July 2006, DOI: 10.1006/j-medengphy.2006.05.015) (Impact Factor 1.179, 1.471, 1.839, 1.923)
Yi Liu and M.A.F. Kendall, Numerical analysis of gas and micro-particle interactions in a hand-held shock-tube device, Biomedical Microdevices, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp: 341-351, 2006 (Online: 14 August, DOI: 10.1007/s10544-006-9596-z) (Impact Factor 2.551, 3.073, 2.765, 2.062)
Yi Liu, Performance studies of particle acceleration for transdermal drug delivery, Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, Vol. 44, No. 7, pp: 551-559, 2006 (Online:14 June 2006, DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0050-4) (Impact Factor 1.028, 0.943, 1.50, 1.82)
Yi Liu, Physical-mathematical modelling of fluid and particle transportation for DNA vaccination, International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol. 44, No. 15-16, pp: 1037-1049, 2006 (Online:13 July 2006, DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.05.015) (Impact Factor 1.060, 0.966, 2.291, 7.023)
Yi Liu, The implicit formulation of flux-vector-splitting scheme with application to transonic flows, International Journal of Mechanical Science, Vol. 48, No. 11, pp: 1208-1222, 2006 (Online:8 August 2006, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmecsci.2006.06.005) (Impact Factor 0.950, 1.013, 2.061, 3.570)
N.K. Truong, Y. Liu, M.A.F. Kendall, Gas and particle dynamics of a contoured shock tube for pre-clinical microparticle drug delivery, Shock Waves, Vol. 15, No. 3-4, pp: 149-164, 2006 (Online:14 June 2006, DOI: 10.1007/s00193-006-0034-1) (Impact Factor 0.900, 0.540, 0.743, 1.504)