Kaijian Liu

Kaijian Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Ocean Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. He joined Stevens in October 2019 and holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on resilient infrastructure systems, machine learning, and cyber-physical systems for sustainability. He has been funded by NSF, USGS, NOAA, and the U.S. Army.

Education:

• Ph.D. (2019), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Civil Engineering)
• M.S. (2014), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Civil Engineering)
• B.A. (2012), Tongji University (Construction Engineering and Management)

Research interests include:

• Machine learning applications in civil infrastructure
• Ontology-driven data fusion for bridge analytics
• Human-behavior modeling for energy efficiency
• Cyber-physical systems for smart cities

His work emphasizes integrating AI with physical systems to enhance infrastructure resilience.

Professional contributions include roles as:

• Associate Editor, ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
• Member of ASCE Computing Division committees (Data Sensing & Analysis, Visualization, Education)

Awards include the 2023 ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Award and the 2017 CSE Fellowship. His teaching spans numerical modeling, machine learning in civil engineering, and construction informatics.