About Xila Liu’s work
From February to May 1994 and from June to August 1994, Xila Liu held a Croucher Visitorship at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. At the time, Liu was based at Tsinghua University.
Biography
Liu Xila received a Bachelor's degree in Industrial and Civil Architecture from the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University in 1963. He received a Master's degree from Tsinghua University in 1965. In 1968, he worked in the Southwest Institute of Building Research of the National Construction Commission in Chengdu, Sichuan; In 1985, he received his Ph.D. degree from the School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University. He began teaching at Tsinghua University in 1986 and was later promoted to Professor and Head of the Department of Civil Engineering. Later, he served as the Deputy Dean of the School of Construction Engineering and Mechanics, the Head of the Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, and the Chief Professor of the Department of Civil Engineering of Tsinghua University. In 2016, he was selected as "Shanghai Educator of the Year" in 2015; In 2017, he was elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Science and Technology for Developing Countries. Liu's main research interests are the basic theory of reinforced concrete structures, the knowledge system in civil engineering, and the safety (including structural robustness) and durability of structures.