Education：

2009.8 – 2012.4    The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Doctorate, Materials Science and Engineering
2006.9 – 2009.7    University of Science and Technology Beijing
State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, Master, Materials Science and Engineering
2002.9 – 2006.7    China University of Petroleum
School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering, Bachelor, Materials Forming and Control Engineering

Career：

2020.6 – Present     Distinguished Research Fellow
Additive Manufacturing Institute, Shenzhen University
Research Area: Additive manufacturing of advanced metallic materials, High Entropy Alloy, Metallic Glass
2014.4 – 2020.5    Associate Professor
College of Mechatronics and Control Engineering, Shenzhen University
2012.4 – 2014.4    Postdoctoral Fellow
City University of Hong Kong

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Publication：

1. Dandan Zhao, Quan Yang, Dawei Wang, Ming Yan, Mingguang Jiang, Changyong Liu, Pei Wang, Zhangwei Chen, Changshi Lao, Zhiyuan Liu*, Yuan Wu, Zhaoping Lu*, Ordered nitrogen complexes overcoming strength-ductility trade-off in an additively manufactured high entropy alloy, Virtual and Physical Prototyping, 2020, accepted.
2. C. Liu, D. Yan, J. Tan, Z. Mai, Z. Cai, Y. Dai, M. Jiang, P. Wang, Z. Liu, C.-C. Li, C. Lao, Z. Chen. Development and Experimental Validation of a Hybrid Selective Laser Melting and CNC Milling System. Additive Manufacturing (2020) 101550.
3. Yan Lou, Xiao Liu,  Xiaole Yang, Yang Ge, Dandan Zhao, Hao Wang, Laichang Zhang, Zhiyuan Liu*, Fast rejuvenation in bulk metallic glass induced by ultrasonic vibration precompression, Intermetallics, 2020, 118: 1-6.
4. Zhiyuan Liu, Yang Ge, Dandan Zhao, Yan Lou, Yong Liu, Yuan Wu, Peng Yu, Chunyan Yu, Ultrasonic Assisted Sintering Using Heat Converted from Mechanical Energy Metals, 2020-07-18.
5. Sun Yanan, Chen Peng, Liu Lehua, Yan Ming, Wu Xiaoyu, Yu Chunyan, Liu Zhiyuan*, Local mechanical properties of AlxCoCrCuFeNi high entropy alloy characterized using nanoindentation, Intermetallics, 2018, 93: 85-88. .
6. L H Liu; Z Y Liu*; Y Huan; X Y Wu; Y Lou; X S Huang; L J He; P J Li*; L C Zhang, Effect of structural heterogeneity on serrated flow behavior of Zr-based metallic glass, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2018, 766: 908-917.
7. P. Chen, W. B. Liao, L. H. Liu, Z. Y. Liu*, Ultrafast consolidation of bulk nanocrystalline titanium alloy through ultrasonic vibration, , Scientific Reports, 2018, 8(1): 1-9.  
8. Liao Wei-Bing, Liu Zhi-Yuan*, Yu Chun-Yan, Li Pei-Feng, Zhu Qian, Huang Jian-Jun*, Stress-induced elastic modulus evolution in metallic glasses, Materials Research Express, 2018, 5(7): 0-076505.  
9. L.H. Liu, J. Ma, C.Y. Yu, X.S. Huang, L.J. He, L.C. Zhang, P.J. Li*, Z.Y. Liu*, Determination of forming ability of high pressure die casting for Zr-based metallic glass, Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 2017, 244, 87-96.
10. J. X. Lu, X. Y. Wu*, Z. Y. Liu*, X. Q. Chen, B. Xu, Z. Z. Wu, S. C. Ruan, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine-Grained Copper Produced Using Intermittent Ultrasonic-Assisted Equal-ChannelAngular Pressing, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 2016, 47A, 4648-4658.
11. Z. Y. Liu*, Y. Yang, C. T. Liu, Critical Shear Offset of Fracture in a Zr based Metallic Glass, Journal of Iron and Steel Research International, 2016, 23(1), 53-56.
12. Z. Y. Liu, Y. Yang, J. Lu, G. Y. Wang, P. K. Liaw, C.T. Liu*. Stress induced atomic-scale damage and relaxation in bulk metallic glasses. Journal of Alloy and Compounds, 2015, 652, 185-190.
13. Z. Y. Liu, J.F. Zeng, C.T. Liu, Y. Yang. Origin of yielding in metallic glass: Stress-induced flow. Applied Physics Letters, 2014, 104, 251901.
14. Z.Y. Liu, Y. Yang, C.T. Liu*, Yielding and Shear Banding of Metallic Glasses. Acta Materialia, 2013, 61, 5928-5936.
15. Z.Y. Liu, Y. Yang*. A Mean-Field Model for Anelastic Deformation in Metallic Glass, Intermetallics, 2012, 26, 86-90.
16. Liu Z Y, Yang Y, Liu C T*. Size-Affected Shear-Band Speed in Metallic Glasses, Applied Physics Letters, 2011,99,171904.  
17. Liu Z Y, Guo S, Liu X J, Ye J C, Yang Y, Wang X L, Yang L, An K, Liu C T. Micromechanical characterization of casting-induced inhomogeneity in an Al0.8CoCrCuFeNi High-entropy alloy, Scripta Materialia,2011,64,868-871.
18. Liu Z Y, Yang Y, Guo S, Liu X J, Lu J, Liu Y H, Liu C T*. Cooling rate effect on Young's modulus and hardness of a Zr-based metallic glass, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2011, 509, 3269-3273.
19. Liu Z Y, Wu Y, Li H X, Bei H B, Lu Z P*. Alloying effects of iridium on glass formation and glass-forming ability of the Zr-Cu-Al system, Journal of Materials Research, 2009, 24, 1619-1623.

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