Guiru Nash Liu

Guiru Nash Liu is a Global Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Arizona. She holds a PhD from Illinois Institute of Technology and has prior industrial experience as a senior experimental metallurgist at Progress Rail (Caterpillar Company) and as an adjunct professor at Illinois Institute of Technology.

• BS: Tianjin University, P.R. China
• MS: University of Southern California
• PhD: Illinois Institute of Technology (Materials Science and Engineering)

Her research focuses on materials science and metallurgy, with specialization in corrosion, fatigue analysis, microstructural characterization, and alloy development. She has contributed to understanding fatigue failure in metallic components, environmental effects on crack propagation, and corrosion behavior in extreme conditions.

Guiru Nash Liu's publications highlight expertise in corrosion kinetics, sintering mechanisms, alloy performance, and fatigue mechanics, particularly for titanium, copper, and steel alloys used in locomotive engines and aerospace applications.

• Fellow of ASM International (2020)
• Allan Ray Putnam Service Award (ASM International, 2022)
• Caterpillar CEO Award (2022)

She has authored over 150 internal publications and 14 peer-reviewed works, served as a reviewer for the Journal of Materials Science and Journal of Metallography, Microstructure and Analysis, and was a founding member of the ASM International Failure Analysis Society.