Chen-Ching Liu honored with emeritus status
Chen-Ching Liu, the American Electric Power Professor in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been conferred the title of the American Electric Power Professor Emeritus by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors.
The emeritus title may be conferred on retired faculty members who are specially recommended to the board by Virginia Tech President Tim Sands in recognition of exemplary service to the university. Nominated individuals who are approved by the board receive a copy of the resolution and a certificate of appreciation.
A member of the Virginia Tech community for more than six years, Liu made significant contributions to electrical engineering focusing on the technical field of power systems, the development of knowledge-based systems and other innovative artificial intelligence methodologies for power system applications, cyber-physical system technologies for power system cybersecurity, as well as the advancement of power system resilience through microgrids and distributed energy resources.
Liu authored or co-authored about 400 refereed journal articles, conference articles, and book chapters, and edited or co-edited four books. He has served as principal or co-principal investigator on numerous grants and contracts from federal and state governments, industries, and private foundations, researching power system resiliency, microgrids, cybersecurity, and intelligent methods applied to power systems.
In addition, Liu was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering as well as a member and board member of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. He served as a program director at the National Science Foundation and on scientific advisory boards for the U.S. government.
Liu received many prestigious honors, awards, and recognitions, including fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a life fellow of the IEEE, a foreign fellow of Chinese Society of Electrical Engineering, the CIGRE Dale Douglass Award for Technical Achievement, the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, K. T. Li Chair Professor Award, the IEEE Society Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award, the Warren B. Boast Undergraduate Teaching Award, and the Council on Large Electric Systems Attwood Associates Award. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania, and an honorary chair professorship at National Sun-yat Sen University, Taiwan.
Liu has held several esteemed faculty positions, including the Boeing Distinguished Professor and director of the Energy Systems Innovation Center at Washington State University; the professor of power systems and acting principal and deputy principal at University College Dublin, Ireland; the Palmer Chair Professor at Iowa State University; and professor and associate dean of engineering at the University of Washington.
In the classroom, he taught a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate courses in electrical and computer engineering. Liu led the establishment of the Power and Energy Center in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Throughout his career, Liu served as a mentor and advisor for numerous undergraduate and graduate students as well as junior faculty members, helping them develop successful careers in both academia and industry.
Liu received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University. He received a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley.
Written by Anja Hemesath, a student writer for Virginia Tech Marketing and Communications
