Philip Li-Fan Liu 劉立方 Election Year 2016 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Hollister Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853, USA Tel: (607) 255-3690
Current Positions
Yushan Fellow, Ministry of Education (Taiwan)
1912 Professor of Engineering Emeritus, from Cornell University (2017-now)
Kwoh-Ting Li Chair, National Central University, ROC
Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University
Education
B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University (1968)
S.M. (1971), Civil Engineering; ScD. (1974), Hydrodynamics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professional Experience
Cornell University:
Assistant Professor (1974-79) ; Associate Professor (1979-83); Professor (1983-2017), Civil & Environmental Eng.; Associate Director, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (1985-86); Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs, College of Engineering (1986-87);Class of 1912 Professor in Engineering (2008-2017);Class of 1912 Professor Emeritus (2017-now)
National Central University:
Kwoh-Ting Li Chair, Institute of Hydrological and Oceanic Science (2007-present); NSC Chair Professor (2008)
Tsinghua University Honorary Professor (2018-now)
National University of Singapore:
Distinguished Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering; Vice President (Research and Technology)(2015-2023)
Visiting faculty :
Caltech (1980-81); Delft Hydraulics Laboratory (1987-88); Technical University of Denmark (1988); National Taiwan University (1994-95); National University of Singapore (2000); Technisch Universität Braunschweig, Germany (2009)
Specialties
Coastal oceanography and engineering, especially tsunami physics
Awards and Honors
Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes, ASCE (1978)
John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (1980)
Engineering Foundation Fellowship (1980-81)
Osaka City University Fellowship (1993)
Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers (1995)