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.