{"id":822,"date":"2025-03-26T20:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T00:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/?page_id=822"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:45:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:45:46","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Professor Shunyu Liu<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Headshot_Shunyu-Liu_keep-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Headshot_Shunyu-Liu_keep-954x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-825\" style=\"width:281px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Headshot_Shunyu-Liu_keep-954x1024.jpg 954w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Headshot_Shunyu-Liu_keep-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Headshot_Shunyu-Liu_keep-768x824.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Headshot_Shunyu-Liu_keep-1432x1536.jpg 1432w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Headshot_Shunyu-Liu_keep-1909x2048.jpg 1909w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">She joined the Department of Automotive Engineering at Clemson University as an Assistant Professor in January 2021 after earning her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in December 2020. Her research areas include laser additive manufacturing (AM), hybrid AM, advanced materials development, computational materials science, and machine learning. Her experimental research focuses on structural and functional metals, multi-material fabrication, and advanced materials for extreme environments. Her computational research centers on developing simulation frameworks to model solidification, microstructure evolution, phase transformations, and mechanical behavior. She is also building a thermal-mechanical-metallurgical model to explore dynamic recrystallization in a novel hybrid in-situ rolled AM process. Additionally, she integrates machine learning for materials design, process optimization, and defect control. She is managing several projects as PI and co-PI, funded by NSF, DOE, ARL, and Clemson University. She has authored 27 journal papers, holding a citation of over 3,900. She collaborates internally across multiple engineering disciplines and externally with Argonne and Los Alamos National Laboratories and industry partners to advance manufacturing and materials technologies. With expertise in advanced manufacturing, materials science, solid mechanics, and applied mathematics, her research aims to pioneer cutting-edge manufacturing techniques and develop innovative materials for next-generation applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:shunyul@clemson.edu\">shunyul@clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Office: CGEC #326, 864-365-0476<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: 4 Research Drive, Greenville, SC29607<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Awards and Honors<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>South Carolina Business Journal Manufacturing Mavens Honoree (2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nominee for Clemson University Junior Researcher of the Year, representing the College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences (2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NSF EPSCoR Research Fellowship (2025).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SME Susan Smyth Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award (2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NSF CAREER Award (2023).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Reviewer Award of the <em>Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering<\/em> (2022).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First-author research paper titled \u201cA novel 3D Cellular Automata-Phase Field model for computationally efficient dendrite evolution during bulk solidification,\u201d published in <em>Computational Materials Science<\/em>, was chosen as an Editor\u2019s Choice (2021).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First-author review paper titled \u201cAdditive manufacturing of Ti6Al4V alloy: a review,\u201d became the most cited paper in the <em>Materials &amp; Design<\/em> journal within two years of publication (2019).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Som Dixit<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alumnus: Ph.D. graduate<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area: Defect metallurgy in AM materials, AM of metal-matrix composites, phase-field and crystal plasticity finite element modeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ph.D. Dissertation Title: Additive Manufacturing of High-Performance Materials: Mechanical Anisotropy, Interfacial Properties, and Metallurgical Defects<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:somd@clemson.edu\">somd@clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Awards and Honors<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024 Hitachi High Technologies Electron Microscopy Graduate Fellowship of $25,000 at Clemson University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1st position in the Preliminary round of the 3-minute thesis (3MT) competition at the College of Engineering Computing and Applied Sciences (CECAS) at Clemson University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2nd position in MRS &amp; Optica&#8217;s 17th annual poster competition held at Clemson University in March 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CECAS GSAB Supplementary Travel Award for attending The Mineral, Metal &amp; Material Society (TMS-2024) conference held in Orlando, Florida.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First-author review paper titled \u201cLaser Additive Manufacturing of High-Strength Aluminum Alloys: Challenges and Strategies\u201d selected as the editorial choice paper and nominated as a candidate for the best paper award in 2022 in the <em>Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Chinmay Rajesh Araikar<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Position: Ph.D. student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area: Hybrid AM, fuel cells, and finite element modeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:somd@clemson.edu\">caraika@clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sk Samir Hasnain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Position: Ph.D. student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area: AM of dissimilar materials and AM process modeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:somd@clemson.edu\">shasnai@clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Modupeola Oluwaseun Dada<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Position: Ph.D. student<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area: AM of High-temperature materials for energy applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:somd@clemson.edu\">mdada@clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Jiaxuan Li<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Position: Ph.D. visiting scholar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area: AM of advanced materials for extreme environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:somd@clemson.edu\">jiaxuan@clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mrunalini Mudenti<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Position: Master student, hourly, Spring 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Area: Machine learning of materials design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email: <a href=\"mailto:somd@clemson.edu\">mmudent@clemson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4f89dd8f4b7e7e68ffd94ce635ff91dd-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4f89dd8f4b7e7e68ffd94ce635ff91dd-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-834\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4f89dd8f4b7e7e68ffd94ce635ff91dd-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4f89dd8f4b7e7e68ffd94ce635ff91dd-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4f89dd8f4b7e7e68ffd94ce635ff91dd-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4f89dd8f4b7e7e68ffd94ce635ff91dd-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~shunyul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/4f89dd8f4b7e7e68ffd94ce635ff91dd-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Shunyu Liu She joined the Department of Automotive Engineering at Clemson University as an Assistant Professor in January 2021 after earning her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University in December 2020. Her research areas include laser additive manufacturing (AM), hybrid AM, advanced materials development, computational materials science, and machine learning. 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