About Me
Hi there, welcome to my website! My name is Xuan Liu,
but you can also call me Lucian – it’s phonetically similar to my Chinese name.
I am a third-year Ph.D. student in Industrial and Systems Engineering at Virginia Tech, advised by Prof. Zhenyu (James) Kong. Prior to this, I obtained my B.Eng. and M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from
Xi’an Jiaotong University, working with Prof. Jinglong Chen. During my undergraduate study, I majored in Mechanical Engineering and minored in Computer Science and Technology.
My research focuses on physics-informed machine learning, neural operators for metal additive manufacturing, generative models, reinforcement learning, and transfer learning. If you would like to collaborate or talk with me, please feel free to reach out.
Research Interests
- Physics-Informed Machine Learning
- Neural Operators for Metal Additive Manufacturing
- Generative Models
- Reinforcement Learning
- Transfer Learning
News
- [May 2026] Presented work on safe reinforcement learning-driven path planning for thermal uniformity in wire-arc additive manufacturing at IISE.
- [Mar. 2026] Started a working paper with SABIC on recycled plastics classification using sparse and imbalanced spectral data.
- [Jan. 2025] VGCDM is published in IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(1), 116-127.
- [OCT. 2024] VGCDM is accepted by T-ITS.
- [Jun. 2024] Graduated with outstanding thesis from XJTU. I will join the ISE department at Virginia Tech as Ph.D. student. Go Hokie!
- [Apr. 2024] DUIDA is accepted by MST.
- [Jul. 2022] TRN-EWM is published by KBS.
- [Jul. 2021] Graduated with a bachelor’s degree and continued my master’s project at XJTU.
Publications
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Classification of Recycled Plastics using Sparse and Imbalanced Spectral Data and Data Augmentation by the Generative Adversarial Network
Xuan Liu*, X. Song*, Y. Sulub, D. Zoller, Z. Kong, B. Johnson
Analyst, March 2026. Working paper with SABIC.
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T-ITS
Xuan Liu*, Jinglong Chen, Jingsong Xie, Yuanhong Chang
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 26(1), 116-127. (T-ITS), 2025.
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MST
Zipeng Li*, Xuan Liu*, Kaiyu Zhang, Chao Li, Jinglong Chen
Measurement Science and Technology, 35(7), 076128. (MST), 2024.
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KBS
Xuan Liu*, Jinglong Chen, Kaiyu Zhang, Shen Liu, Shuilong He, Zitong Zhou
Knowledge-Based Systems, 251, 109272. (KBS), 2022.
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ISA
Zhen Shi*, Xuan Liu, Jinglong Chen, Yanyang Zi, Zitong Zhou
ISA Transactions, 129, 540-554. (ISA), 2022.
Conference Presentations
- IISE Annual Conference & Expo, Arlington, TX, May 2026. Safe Reinforcement Learning-Driven Path Planning for Improved Thermal Uniformity in Wire-Arc Additive Manufacturing.
- INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 2026. Generalizable Thermal Field Prediction for Moving Heat Source Trajectories via Heat Source-Aware Fourier Neural Operators.
Experience
- Graduate Research Assistant, SMART Lab, Virginia Tech, Sep. 2024 - Present. Advisor: Prof. Zhenyu (James) Kong.
- Graduate Research Assistant, State Key Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Sep. 2020 - Jun. 2024. Advisor: Prof. Jinglong Chen.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, Aug. 2024 - May 2026. Courses: ISE 4424, ISE 3214, ISE 4304, and ISE 4004.
Honors and Awards
- Graduate Fellowship, Grado Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, 2024
- QU&HE Fault Diagnosis Scholarship, 2021
- Outstanding Graduate Student, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2021
- SMC Scholarships, 2019
- School Scholarships, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023
- Merit Student, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2018, 2020
Services
Journal Reviewers
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