Chia-Cheng Liu

• PhD Candidate
• IMPACT Lab Research Assistant
• a.k.a. Dennis Liu
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• office location

• ETC 4.102
  phone: (512) 471-6515

• dennis_plusm@mail.utexas.edu

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• B.S.  Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  1993-1997
  M.S.  Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
  1997-1999

• H. Grady Rylander Longhorn Mechanical Engineering Club Excellence in Teaching Fellowship Endowment (Spring 2007), which is given to Graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who excels as a leader and effective communicator in classroom teaching.

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• David Bruton, Jr. Fellowship (Fall/Spring 2006), which is given to graduate students with major accomplishments since entering Graduate School, a well-defined program of research, strong personal statement, and letters of recommendation.

Publications

• Khatiblou, E.A, Liu, C.C., Kreuzer, S.M., Marquez, J.D. and Moon, T.J., “Statistical Modeling of Actin Crosslinking in Networks and Bundles,” (poster), Proceedings of the 52th Annual Biophysical Meeting, Biophysical Society, Long Beach, CA, Feb 2-6, 2008.

  Liu, C.C., Kreuzer, S.M., Khatiblou, E.A and Moon, T.J., “Statistical Modeling the Self–Assembly of Stress Fibers,” (poster), Proceedings of the 51th Annual Biophysical Meeting, Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD, March 3-7, 2007.

  Liu, C.C., Kreuzer, S.M., Khatiblou, E.A and Moon, T.J., “A Statistical Micromechanics Simulation Platform Designed to Study the Dynamics of Self-Assembly of Cytoskeletal Substructures,” Graduate Engineering Council (GEC) and Graduate And Industry Networking (GAIN) 2007 Conference, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, February 21, 2007.

  Liu, C.C. and Moon, T.J., “Statistical Micromechanics Model of Stress Fiber Assembly,” (poster) Proceedings of the 50th Annual Biophysical Meeting, Biophysical Society, Salt Lake City, UT, February 18-22, 2006.

  Liu, C.C. and Moon, T.J., “Micromechanical Model of Stress Fiber Contraction,” (poster) Proceedings of the 49th Annual Biophysical Meeting, Biophysical Society, Long Beach, CA, February 12-16, 2005.

  Liu, C., Diaz-Aguado, M.F., Landi, D.B. and Moon, T.J., “Micromechanics Applied to Cytoskeleton Dynamics: Actin Substructure Modeling,” (poster) Proceedings of the 48th Annual Biophysical Meeting, Biophysical Society, Baltimore, MD, February 14-18, 2004.

Research Topics

• Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Actin Stress Fibers and Networks

• Computational Biology

• Dynamic System Modeling

Teaching Activity

• ME 266P Senior Design Project Laboratory, Teaching Assistant

• ME 264L Automatic Control System Design, Teaching Assistant

• Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Summer Research Academy for the College of Engineering, Summer 2007, Graduate Student Advisor

Community Activities

• Austin Chinese Campus Christian Fellowship (ACCCF), Vice President