UTARI Researcher Selected as Phase 1 Awardee for NASA’s Minority University Research and Education Project

Xin Liu, Ph.D.

Dr. Xin Liu, Assistant Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering, has been awarded by NASA a Phase 1 Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP). The selected project is for “Multiscale Defect Analysis of Advanced Composites.”

During the project, Dr. Xin Liu’s team will develop an efficient multiscale model to assess the impacts of defects in tailorable composites, inducing by advanced automated fiber placement (AFP). The proposed model holds the potential to substantially cut down costs related to repair and rework in composites manufacturing.