Prof. Liang Y. Liu holds a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering (Structures) and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Construction Engineering and Management (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor). He has been on the faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1992.

Prof. Liu teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in Construction Productivity, Cost Estimating, Construction Management Information Systems, and Construction Case Studies.

A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Society of Computer Simulation, and American Society of Engineering Educators, Dr. Liu has been recognized several times for excellence in research, teaching and advising.  In 2001, he was named the W. E. O’Neil Faculty Research Scholar.  In 2003, he won the Teaching Excellence Award of the University of Illinois College of Engineering.  He also received the Engineering Council Award for Excellence in Advising in 2007.