PERSONAL HISTORY
B.S., 1986, M.S., 1989, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China; Ph.D, 1998, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Michigan Technological University. Lecturer, 1989-1994; Associate Professor, 1994-1995, Northwestern Polytechnical University and National Laboratory of Solidification Processing, China. Visiting Scientist, 1995, Michigan Technological University; Post-doctoral Research Fellow, 1998-2001, IPRT, Iowa State University; Associate Scientist, 2001-present, Ames Laboratory.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Grain structure formation in castings, pattern formation and morphology evolution in solidification process, experimental evaluation of thermo-physical parameters related with solidification of materials.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
S. Liu and R. Trivedi
“ Microstructure evolution in a directional solidification process,” Mater. Sci. Forum, Vols. 475-479, 2757 (2005).

R. Napolitano and S. Liu
“ Three-dimensional crystal-melt Wulff-shape and interfacial stiffness in the Al-Sn binary system,” Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter Mater. Phys., Vol. 70 (21), 214103/1 (2004).

J.H. Lee, S. Liu , H. Miyahara and R. Trivedi
“Diffusion coefficient measurement in liquid metallic alloys,” Metall. Mater. Trans. B, Vol. 35B (5), 909 (2004).

R. Napolitano, S. Liu and R. Trivedi
“Experimental measurement of anisotropy in crystal-melt interfacial energy,” Interface Science, Vol. 10 (2/3), 217 (2002).

S. Liu, P. Mazumder and R. Trivedi
“A new thermal assembly design for the directional solidification of transparent alloys,” J. Cryst. Growth, Vol. 240, 560 (2002).

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