Principal Investigator
Min Liew
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
The Ohio State University
Education
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2022
M.S., Civil Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2018
B.S., Civil Engineering (cum laude), University of California, Los Angeles
Professional Appointments
2023 – Present Assistant Professor, Ohio State
2016 – 2016 Staff Geotechnical Engineer, VO Engineering, Inc., San Diego
Biography
Dr. Liew holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University, and a B.S. in Civil Engineering from UCLA. Currently, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering at Ohio State. Her research interests include permafrost and cold regions geotechnics, climate change-related geohazards, and climate-resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure.
Awards and Honors
2021
Permafrost Engineering Education Program (PEEP) Award (Best Recorded Talk), United States Permafrost Association (USPA)
2021
NSF Fellowship for Mechanistic Machine Learning and Digital Twins for Computational Science, Engineering and Technology Conference, San Diego, California (hybrid mode), September 26–29, 2021
2021
James E. Marley Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, College of Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
2021
Professional Development Grant, Women in Deep Foundations, Deep Foundations Institute Educational Trust
2021
Leo P. Russell Graduate Fellowship, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
2021
ASCE Central Pennsylvania Student Award
2020
Grant Award for the National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL) by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Pennsylvania
2020
Mark E. and Claire L. Alpert Graduate Fellowship, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
2019
Early Career Researcher Travel Award, Arctic Futures 2050 Conference, Washington, D.C., 4–6 September 2019
2018
Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award, The Pennsylvania State University