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Jim Liou
Research/Focus Areas
  • Fluid Transients
  • Pipeline Monitoring
  • Pipeline Safety
  • Stratified Flows
  • Water Quality Modeling in Distribution Networks
  • Fishery Hydraulics
Academic Programs
My Courses
  • ENGR 335 Fluid Mechanics
  • CE 322 Hydraulics
  • CE 402 Numerical Methods
  • CE 422 Hydraulic Structures Design and Analyisis
  • CE 428 Open Channel Hydraulics
  • CE 519 Fluid Transients

Jim (Chyr Pyng) Liou, Ph.D., P.E., Fulbright Scholar

College of Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Professor, Hydraulics

Campus Locations
Moscow

Office: Buchanan 105
Phone: 208-885-6202
Email: liou@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
Civil Engineering Department
P.O. Box 441022
Moscow, Idaho 83844-1022

  • Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1976
  • M.S.C.E., University of Idaho, 1972
  • B.S., National Taiwan University, 1969

Selected Publications

  • Liou, Jim C. P., “AUV Hydrodynamics for Survivability and Controllability,” Paper 0-933957, Proceedings of the OCIANS2011 MTS/IEEE KONA Conference and Exhibition, Marine Technology Society and IEEE, Sept. 19-222, Kona, Hawaii, 2011.

  • Liou, C. P., Parks, D., and Schulz, R., “A Criterion for the Onset of Air Ingress in VHTR by Air Intrusion,” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, CONE18-29840, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chinese Nuclear Society, and Japan society of Mechanical Engineers, May 17-21, Xi’an, China, 2010.

  • Smith, D. L., Liou, C. P., “Critical Shear Stress of Trout Feed and Implications for Pariculate Transport in Flow Through Raceways,” Aquacultural Engineering, Vol. 42, pp. 112-120, 2010.
  • Caamano, D., Goodwin, P., Buffington, J. M., Liou, C. P., and Daley-Laursen S., “A Unifying Criterion for the Velocity Reversal Hypothesis in Gravel-Bed Rivers, Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 135, No. 1, pp. 66-70, 2009.

  • Liou, C. P., Parks, D. L., Schultz, R., and Williams, B. G., “Stratified Flow in Horizontal Piping of Passive Emergency Core Cooling Systems,” ICOME13-50450, Proceedins of the 13th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers and Chinese Nuclear Society, Beijing, China, May 16-20, 2005.

  • Li, G., and Liou, C. P., “Swing Check Valve Characterization and Modeling During Transients,” Journal of Fluids Engineering, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Vol. 125, November 2003, pp. 1043-1050.


Research Projects

  • Water hammer in fluid transmission and distribution systems.
  • Hydrodynamics of autonomous underwater vehicles.
  • Air ingress and stratified flow phenomena related to next generation nuclear reactors.
  • Stratified flows and biosediment transport in aquacultural facilities.
  • Real time leak detection for oil and natural gas pipelines.
  • Consulting to industries and governments on water hammer, pipeline safety, pipeline leak detection and water quality in distribution networks.