Education. Professional Experience. CHENG C. LIU, Ph.D., Associate Professor Curriculum Vitae

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1 CHENG C. LIU, Ph.D., Associate Professor Curriculum Vitae University of Wisconsin-Stout Computer Engineering Program Engineering and Technology Department Oce: 327 Fryklund Hall Menomonie, WI Phone: (715) Fax: (715) Faculty Web page: Education Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, May 2007: specializing in Software Development and Hardware Co-designs for Embedded Systems Recongurable Computing, System on Chip and Field Programmable Gate Arrays Embedded Systems in Health-care Monitoring, Wearable, and Mobile Computing with Android OS Controls and Automation and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) Dissertation: Power Modeling of CMOS Integrated Circuits with a Piecewise Linear Model Advisor: Professor Louis G. Johnson M.S. Electrical Engineering, Oklahoma State University, 2001, Oklahoma B.S. Physics, Pittsburg State University, 1996, Kansas B.S. Electrical Engineering, NaiKai University of Technology, 1990, Taiwan Professional Experience Associate Professor (Tenured) Engineering and Technology Department 06/ Present Associate Professor Engineering and Technology Department 08/ /2015 Assistant Professor Engineering and Technology Department 08/ /2014 Assistant Professor Controls Automation Engineer Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering Providence University, Taiwan 05/ /2008 Picvue Electronics Inc., & serving at various locations Dallas, Texas, USA, New Delhi, India, and Hsinchu, Taiwan

2 Curriculum Vitae 2 Teaching Experience and Responsibilities CEE-405 Capstone 1:Computer Engineering Design (S-2012,F-2012,S-2013,F-2013,S-2014) CEE-410 Capstone 2:Computer Engineering Design (F-2012,S-2013,F-2013,S-2014,F-2014,S-2015) CEE-445 Embedded Systems Design (F-2014,F-2015) CEE-345 Microprocessor Systems Design (ARM MCUs) (F-2011,S-2012,S-2013,F-2013,S-2014,S-2015) CEE-325 Digital Systems Design (FPGAs)(F-2011,F-2012,F-2013,F-2014,F-2015) CEE-225 Digital Logic (F-2012,F-2013) CEE-215 Analog Electronics (Computer engineering)(s-2012,s-2013,s-2014,s-2015) CEE-335 Automatic Controls System (Computer engineering)(f-2011) MFGE-336 Controls and Instrumentation (PLC)(Manufacturing Engineering)(F-2009,S-2010,F-2010,S-2011) ELEC-341 Electrical Mechanical Devices(PLC)(Engineering Technology)(F-2009,S-2010,F-2010,F-2015) Note: Spring 2009 is denoted by (S-2009) Publications Articles in Refereed Journal and Conference Proceeding 1. Teaching Digital Designs by Building Small Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Using an FPGA Platform, Cheng Chih Liu, in Conference Proceedings of 122nd American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition, paper ID 11649, June, A Real-time Health Monitoring System Framework: An Approach for Evaluating Environmental Exposures and Health Decision Support, Wan Bae, Shayma A. Sada A, Cheng Liu, in Journal of Software, Vol. 8, No 4, , April, A Mobile Data Analysis Framework for Environmental Health Decision Support, Wan Bae, Shayma A., Sada N. Cheng Liu, in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information Technology- New Generations, IEEE Computer Society, Health Monitoring Systems using Patient Trajectory Analysis and Environmental Factors, in Proceedings of GeoProcessing 2012, the 4th International Conference on Advanced Geographic Information Systems, Applications, and Services, Wan Bae, Shayma A., Sada N. Cheng Liu, Low Noise Band-pass Neural Amplier with Adjustable Bandwidth for Bop-medical Applications, Cheng C. Liu, Jian Chang, Siting Yuan, L.G. Johnson, R.L. Rennaker in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Green Circuits and Systems, pp (ICGCS 2011). 6. Energy Model of CMOS Gates Using a Piecewise Linear Model, Cheng C. Liu, Jian Chang, L.G. Johnson in Proceeding of 2010 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp (ISCAS 2010). 7. Piecewise Linear Delay Modeling of CMOS VLSI Circuits, with Jian Chang, L.G. Johnson in Proceedings of 2009 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp , MWSCAS Current Biased Pseudo-Resistor for Implantable Neural Signal Recording Application, with Sitong Yuan, L.G. Johnson, R.L. Rennaker in Proceedings of 2008 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp , MWSCAS A 70-dB Gain Low-Power Band-Pass Amplier for Bio-Sensing Applications, in Proceedings of 2007 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp , 2007, ISCAS 2007.

3 Curriculum Vitae 3 Grant Awarded Research grants National Science Foundation, Award no. FAIN , MRI: Acquisition of a Novel Assistive Robot Arm for Collaborative Research in Assistive and Rehabilitation Robotics at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution,", $39,339, October 1, September 30, 2018 National Science Foundation, Award no. IIA , CNIC US-UAE Planning Visit, Development of Research Collaborations on Spatio-temporal Modeling and Analysis of Mobile Sensor Data in Evaluating Environmental Exposures, $34,598, October 1, September 30, 2014 UW-Stout Research Incubator Grant, "Interdisciplinary NSF/REU Research Experiences for Undergraduates Targeting First Generation and Underrepresented Minority Students," $10,000, July - August 2015 UW-Stout Professional Development Grant "Teaching Digital Designs by Building Small Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Using an FPGA Platform," a full paper and a presentation at the 2015 American Society for Engineering Educators Conference, Seattle, Washington, $1,826, June 14-17, 2015 UW-Stout Faculty Research Initiative Grant - Seed Money, A Data Acquisition and Visualization System Development to Support Data Mining in Moving Object Databases, with Wan Bae, Amitava Karmaker, and Terry Mason, $7,000, January - December 31, 2011 UW-Stout Research Incubator Grant, A Framework for Data Mining in Moving Object Databases, with Wan Bae, Amitava Karmaker, and Terry Mason, $9,000, July - August 2010 UW-Stout Professional Development Grant, Project Title - Teaching Digital Design by Building Small Autonomous Robotic Vehicles Using an FPGA Platform, $1,820, June 14, 2015 UW-Stout Student Research Fund Grant, Project Title - Spatio Temporal Modeling of Mobile Sensor Data Evaluating Environment Exposures, Awarded to Jason Gass and Eric Bonsness, $1,078, October 17, May 1, 2014 Just-in-Time Research Grant: $550, UW-Stout, March 2010 Hands-on Workshops and Presentations Guest Professor, a 20-hour Hands-on Workshop on "Software and ARM MCU/FPGA hardware development for Embedded Systems, at Beifang University of Nationalities, Yinchuan, China, June 17-25, 2015 Professional Presentations and Meetings 2015 ASEE National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Seattle, Washington, June 14-17, ASEE National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Indianapolis, Indiana, June 15-18, ASEE Midwest Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, Fargo, North Dakota, October 17-18, ASEE National Conference, American Society for Engineering Education, San Antonio, Texas, June 10-13, 2012

4 Curriculum Vitae 4 IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society, meeting at the Twin Cities chapter for "Automated speed and torque testing of servo motors for the Allen Bradley PLC/servo drivers and servo motors", at Rockwell Automation Inc., March 15, 2012 Embedded System Conference, Chicago, June 6-8, 2011 Workshop, Xilinx Training Workshop "Embedded System Development", North Pole Engineering Inc., May 26-27, 2011 Workshop, National Instruments Technical Symposium for Data Acquisitions, NI 2010 Symposium, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Research Paper Presentation, at the 2010 IEEE International Conference on Green Circuits and Systems, ICGCS 2010, Shanghai, China Research Paper Presentation, at the 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2010, Paris, France New Instructor Workshop, for Eective Teaching Methodologies, July 17-18, 2009, UW-Stout, Wisconsin, USA Research Paper Presentation, at the 2009 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems,MWSCAS 2009, Cancun, Mexico Research Paper Presentation, at 2008 IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, Knoxville, MWSCAS 2008, Tennessee, USA Research Paper Presentation, at 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2007, New Orleans, USA Workshop, Circuits and System Design Workshop, 2007 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2007, New Orleans, USA Gifts-in-Kind Donation I Received from Industry (total: $383,384) 30 microprocessor system boards, Texas Instruments, valued at $2,550, October Analog System Lab Kits PRO, Texas Instruments, valued at $1,200, March 2014 Freedom Lab in A Box - containing 10 ARM Cortex M0 Microprocessor boards, 100 copies of ARM/Keil MDK-ARM Software Pro 1 year renewable software tools, valued at $10,150, ARM Inc., October seat Xilinx ISE Design Suite, valued at $129,875 from Xilinx Inc., September 2012 Miscellaneous embedded systems boards, valued at $108,534 from Realityworks, Inc., Eau Claire, Wisconsin, January units CY8CKIT-050 PSoC 5 microprocessor development boards, valued at $1,200 from Cypress Semiconductor, December seat Xilinx ISE Design Suite from Xilinx Inc., valued at $129,875, January 2010.

5 Curriculum Vitae 5 Service Activities University of Wisconsin - Stout Graduate thesis advisor, Manufacturing Engineering program at UW-Stout Computer Engineering laboratories development including Digital Systems lab, Microprocessor Systems lab, Embedded Systems lab, present. Committee, Search and Screen Committee for Computer Engineering faculty position, August - December, 2011 Committee, Search and Screen Committee for Engineering Technology faculty position, January - May, 2011 Activity Planner for UW-Stout STEM Career Day, Organizing laboratory activities for high school students using robotic carts; demonstrations of coding ATMEL microcontrollers on the robot carts to solve maze problems. Member, Computer Engineering Advisory Board Committee, UW-Stout, Jan., Present Member, Plastic Engineering Advisory Board Committee, UW-Stout, Jan., Present Organizer, 2010 UW-Stout STEM Career Day, "Presentations about UW-Stout Computer Engineering Program with laboratory activities about Alarm Systems Design and Implementation Using LabVIEW at the Computer Engineering Laboratories. Association and Membership Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Member of American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Last updated: September 24,