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Biography

Zheng Liu is a Ph.D. candidate in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. He received his M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. His research interests focus on life cycle assessment, design optimization, and machine learning, with an emphasis on applications including battery systems as well as additive manufacturing.

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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Urbana, US

2020 to present | Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering)
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Cornell University: Ithaca, US

2017 to 2019 | Master of Science (Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering)
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Xi'an Jiaotong University: Xi'an, CN

2013 to 2017 | Bachelor of Engineering (Energy and Power Engineering)
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Works (30)

Uncertainty Quantification of Additively Manufactured Architected Cellular Materials for Energy Absorption Applications

ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering
2025-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Zheng Liu; Yanwen Xu; Yuan Jiang; Anabel Renteria; Parth Bansal; Chenlong Xu; Pingfeng Wang; Yumeng Li
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Multi-fidelity physics-informed convolutional neural network for heat map prediction of battery packs

Reliability Engineering & System Safety
2025-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Yuan Jiang; Zheng Liu; Pouya Kabirzadeh; Yulun Wu; Yumeng Li; Nenad Miljkovic; Pingfeng Wang
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Emerging Trends and Future Opportunities for Battery Recycling

ACS Energy Letters
2025-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Jarom G. Sederholm; Lin Li; Zheng Liu; Kai-Wei Lan; En Ju Cho; Yashraj Gurumukhi; Mohammed Jubair Dipto; Alexander Ahmari; Jin Yu; Megan Haynes et al.
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Cooling-Guided Diffusion Model for Battery Cell Arrangement

ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
2024 | Conference paper
Contributors: Nicholas Sung; Zheng Liu; Pingfeng Wang; Faez Ahmed
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Life Cycle Assessment for Manufacturing of Solid Electrolytes

IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC)
2024 | Conference paper
Contributors: Liu, Z.; Lan, K.-W.; Braun, P.V.; Li, Y.; Perry, N.H.; Wang, P.
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Multi-Task Learning for Design Under Uncertainty With Multi-Fidelity Partially Observed Information

Journal of Mechanical Design - Transactions of the ASME
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Xu, Yanwen; Wu, Hao; Liu, Zheng; Wang, Pingfeng; Li, Yumeng
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Uncertainty quantification of mechanical behavior of corroded Al-Fe self-pierce riveting joints with statistical shape modeling

Journal of Manufacturing Processes
2024 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85197035331

Part of ISSN: 15266125
Contributors: Wu, H.; Bansal, P.; Liu, Z.; Wang, P.; Li, Y.
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Reliability-Based Design Optimization of Additive Manufacturing for Lithium Battery Silicon Anode

ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part B: Mechanical Engineering
2024-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Zheng Liu; Hao Wu; Pingfeng Wang; Yumeng Li
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Machine learning enhanced control co-design optimization of an immersion cooled battery thermal management system

Journal of Applied Physics
2024-07-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Zheng Liu; Pouya Kabirzadeh; Hao Wu; Wuchen Fu; Haoyun Qiu; Nenad Miljkovic; Yumeng Li; Pingfeng Wang
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A dynamic multi-stage design framework for staged deployment optimization of highly stochastic systems

Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85163572314

Part of ISSN: 16151488 1615147X
Contributors: Hamdan, B.; Liu, Z.; Ho, K.; Büyüktahtakın, I.E.; Wang, P.
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CONTROL CO-DESIGN OF BATTERY PACKS WITH IMMERSION COOLING

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85185558607

Contributors: Liu, Z.; Kabirzadeh, P.; Miljkovic, N.; Wu, J.; Chung, I.-B.; Wang, P.; Fu, W.; Dipto, M.J.; Li, Y.
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DATA-DRIVEN CONTROL CO-DESIGN FOR INDIRECT LIQUID COOLING PLATE WITH MICROCHANNELS FOR BATTERY THERMAL MANAGEMENT

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85178576747

Contributors: Liu, Z.; Xu, Y.; Wu, H.; Wang, P.; Li, Y.
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Life cycle assessment of hydrometallurgical recycling for cathode active materials

Journal of Power Sources
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85164015803

Part of ISSN: 03787753
Contributors: Liu, Z.; Sederholm, J.G.; Lan, K.-W.; Cho, E.J.; Dipto, M.J.; Gurumukhi, Y.; Rabbi, K.F.; Hatzell, M.C.; Perry, N.H.; Miljkovic, N. et al.
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MEAN TIME TO FAILURE PREDICTION FOR COMPLEX SYSTEMS WITH ADAPTIVE SURROGATE MODELING

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85178631348

Contributors: Wu, H.; Xu, Y.; Liu, Z.; Wan, P.
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MULTI-TASK MULTI-FIDELITY MACHINE LEARNING FOR RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN WITH PARTIALLY OBSERVED INFORMATION

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85179135547

Contributors: Xu, Y.; Wu, H.; Liu, Z.; Wang, P.
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UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATION ON MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF CORRODED PLATE WITH STATISTICAL SHAPE MODELING

Proceedings of the ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference
2023 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85179130061

Contributors: Wu, H.; Bansal, P.; Liu, Z.; Li, Y.; Wang, P.
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Adaptive machine learning with physics-based simulations for mean time to failure prediction of engineering systems

Reliability Engineering & System Safety
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Hao Wu; Yanwen Xu; Zheng Liu; Yumeng Li; Pingfeng Wang
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Co-design optimization of combined heat and power-based microgrids

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy
2023-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Jiaxin Wu; In-Bum Chung; Zheng Liu; Pingfeng Wang
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A Comprehensive Comparison for Battery Cathode Leaching Processes

2023-06-21 | Conference paper
Contributors: Zheng Liu; Jarom G. Sederholm; Kai-Wei Lan; Marta C. Hatzell; Nicola H. Perry; Nenad Miljkovic; Paul V. Braun; Yumeng Li; Pingfeng Wang
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Generative Design and Optimization of Battery Packs with Active Immersion Cooling

2023-06-21 | Conference paper
Contributors: Zheng Liu; Jiaxin Wu; Wuchen Fu; Pouya Kabirzadeh; Sara Kohtz; Nenad Miljkovic; Yumeng Li; Pingfeng Wang
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A smart coating with integrated physical antimicrobial and strain-mapping functionalities for orthopedic implants

Science Advances
2023-05-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Yi Zhang; Jinsong Cui; Kuan-Yu Chen; Shanny Hsuan Kuo; Jaishree Sharma; Rimsha Bhatta; Zheng Liu; Austin Ellis-Mohr; Fufei An; Jiahui Li et al.
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Acoustophoretic Liquefaction for 3D Printing Ultrahigh-Viscosity Nanoparticle Suspensions

Advanced Materials
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Liu, Zheng; Pan, Wenyang; Wang, Kaiyang; Matia, Yoav; Xu, Artemis; Barreiros, Jose A.; Darkes-Burkey, Cameron; Giannelis, Emmanuel P.; Menguc, Yigit; Shepherd, Robert F. et al.
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Design of Additively Manufactured Functionally Graded Cellular Structures

IISE Annual Conference and Expo 2022
2022 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85137175856

Contributors: Liu, Z.; Renteria, A.; Zheng, Z.; Wang, P.; Li, Y.
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DESIGN OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL BI-CONTINUOUS SILICON BASED ELECTRODE MATERIALS FOR HIGH ENERGY DENSITY BATTERIES

PROCEEDINGS OF ASME INTERNATIONAL DESIGN ENGINEERING TECHNICAL CONFERENCES AND COMPUTERS AND INFORMATION IN ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, IDETC-CIE2022, VOL 3A
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Zheng, Zhuoyuan; Liu, Zheng; Wang, Pingfeng; Li, Yumeng
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Electrical and Thermal Active Co-Management for Lithium-ion Batteries

IEEE/AIAA Transportation Electrification Conference and Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (ITEC+EATS)
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Zheng, Zhuoyuan; Liu, Zheng; Kohtz, Sara; Wang, Pingfeng; Li, Yumeng; Fu, Wuchen; Miljkovic, Nenad; Smith, Sonya
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Numerical modeling on the delamination-induced capacity degradation of silicon anode

Journal of Energy Storage
2021 | Journal article
Contributors: Zheng, Zhuoyuan; Liu, Zheng; Wang, Pingfeng; Li, Yumeng
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Numerical simulation study on the effects of delamination of silicon active material

AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum
2021 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85100291860

Contributors: Zheng, Z.; Liu, Z.; Wang, P.; Li, Y.
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Digital light processing of liquid crystal elastomers for self-sensing artificial muscles

Science Advances
2021-07-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Shuo Li; Hedan Bai; Zheng Liu; Xinyue Zhang; Chuqi Huang; Lennard W. Wiesner; Meredith Silberstein; Robert F. Shepherd
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3D Printing of Viscoelastic Suspensions via Digital Light Synthesis for Tough Nanoparticle-Elastomer Composites

Advanced Materials
2020 | Journal article
Contributors: Wang Kaiyang; Pan Wenyang; Liu Zheng; Wallin, Thomas J.; van Dover, Geoffrey; Li Shuo; Giannelis, Emmanuel P.; Menguc, Yigit; Shepherd, Robert F.
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Acoustophoretic Polishing during Stereolithography 3D Printing of Viscoelastic Nanoparticle Suspensions

Cornell University
2019 | Journal article
Contributors: Liu, Zheng
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Peer review (23 reviews for 6 publications/grants)

Review activity for IEEE sensors journal. (3)
Review activity for Journal of intelligent manufacturing. (3)
Review activity for Journal of manufacturing systems. (4)
Review activity for Journal of renewable and sustainable energy. (2)
Review activity for Reliability engineering & systems safety. (10)
Review activity for Separation and purification technology. (1)