Liou named Curators’ Distinguished Professor 

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On October 7, 2025

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Dr. Frank Liou operates a mechanical testing device in a Missouri S&T laboratory. Photo by Blaine Falkena/Missouri S&T.

Dr. Frank Liou, the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Product Innovation and Creativity Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been named a Curators’ Distinguished Professor. 

Liou joined the mechanical engineering faculty in 1987 as an assistant professor after earning a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Minnesota, a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from North Carolina State University, and a bachelor’s degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from National Cheng-Kung University in Taiwan.   

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