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Ya-Ting Liao

Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Creates computational models of combustion, fire and fire behavior and develops fire-resistant structures
Office: 619 Glennan
Phone Number: (216) 368-0048
Email: yating.liao@case.edu

Education

Ph.D., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2011
M.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2007
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2004
B.S., Physics, National Taiwan University, 2004

Awards and Recognitions

2020, Jack Watts Award for Outstanding Reviewer of Fire Technology, Fire Technology, Springer
2019, Career Award, National Science Foundation

Research Interests

Improves the accuracy and realism of computational models of combustion, fire, and fire behavior. Designs experiments that provide data for modeling parameters. Uses computational models of fire to predict fire behavior and to characterize safety risks in specific situations. Develops safer structures that reduce the chance that fires will start, or, that limit the damage that a fire would cause.

Publications

Li, Y., Liao, Y. T., Ferkul, P., Johnston, M., & Bunnell, C. (2021). Experimental study of concurrent-flow flame spread over thin solids in confined space in microgravity. Combustion and Flame, 227 (), 39-51.
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.12.042
Carney, A., Li, Y., Liao, Y. T., Olson, S., & Ferkul, P. (2020). Concurrent-Flow Flame Spread Over Thin Discrete Fuels in Microgravity. Combustion and Flame, 226 (), 211-221.
DOI: 10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.12.005
Vetturini, A., Cui, W., Liao, Y. T., Olson, S., & Ferkul, P. (2020). Flame Spread Over Ultra-thin Solids: Effect of Area Density and Concurrent-Opposed Spread Reversal Phenomenon. Fire Technology, 56 (1), 91-111.
Cui, W., & Liao, Y. T. (2019). Experimental Study of Upward Flame Spread over Discrete Thin Fuels. Fire Safety Journal, 110 ().
Vetturini, A., Cui, W., Liao, Y. T., Olson, S., & Ferkul, P. (2019). Flame Spread Over Ultra-thin Solids: Effect of Area Density and Concurrent-Opposed Spread Reversal Phenomenon. Fire Technology, 56 (1), 91-111.
Urban, D., Ferkul, P., Olson, S., Ruff, G., Easton, J., T'ien, J., ... Jomaas, G. (2018). Flame spread: effects of microgravity and scale. Combustion and Flame, 199 (), 168-182.
Urban, D., Ferkul, P., Olson, S., Ruff, G., Easton, J., T'ien, J., ... Jomaas, G. (2018). Flame spread: Effects of microgravity and scale. Combustion and Flame, 199 (), 168-182.
Zhang, H., Liao, Y. T., Zhang, Z., & Cai, P. (2018). Effect of simulated microgravity on the circadian rhythm of Drosophila melanogaster. New Biotechnology, 44 ().
Li, C., & Liao, Y. T. (2018). Numerical investigation of flame splitting phenomenon in upward flame spread over solids with a two-stage pyrolysis model. Combustion Science and Technology, 190 (2), 2082-2096.
Li, C., Liao, Y. T., T'ien, J., Urban, D., Ferkul, P., Olson, S., ... Easton, J. (2018). Transient flame growth and spread processes over a large solid fabric in concurrent low-speed flows in microgravity - model versus experiment. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 37 (3), 4163-4171.
Park, J., Brucker, J., Seballos, R., Kwon, B., & Liao, Y. T. (2018). Concurrent flame spread over discrete thin fuels. Combustion and Flame, 191 (), 116-125.
Li, Y., & Liao, Y. T. (2018). Thermal analysis and pyrolysis modeling of NOMEX IIIA fabric. Combustion Science and Technology, 190 (9), 1580-1593.
Park, J., Brucker, J., Seballos, R., Kwon, B., & Liao, Y. T. (2018). Concurrent Flame Spread over Discrete Thin Fuels. Combustion and Flame, 191 (), 116-125.
Park, J., Brucker, J., Seballos, R., Kwon, B., & Liao, Y. T. (2018). Concurrent Flame Spread over Discrete Thin Fuels. Combustion and Flame, 191 (), 116-125.
Zhao, X., Liao, Y. T., Johnston, M., Tien, J. S., Ferkul, P., & Olson, S. (2016). Concurrent flame growth, spread, and quenching over composite fabric samples in low speed purely forced flow in microgravity. Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 36 (2), 2971-2978.