Dr Liya Zhao

Dr Liya Zhao

Senior Lecturer

Dec. 2015     Ph.D. in Structures & Mechanics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

                      PhD supervisor: Prof Yaowen Yang


Jun. 2009      B.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, China 

 

Engineering
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Research website: liyazhao-lab.com (PhD and Master (by Research) scholarships (stipend and tuition waiver) are currently available for top students)

Dr Liya Zhao is currently a Senior Lecturer in the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney). She is the recipient of the ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) for 2021-2024. 

She received her BEng in Civil Engineering from Tongji University in 2009, and her PhD in Stru...

E-mail
liya.zhao2@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 301B, Ainsworth Building J17

2025-2026, UNSW, Carer's Fund, Sole CI

2023, MME RIS, CI

2022, MME RIS, Sole CI

2022-2024, UNSW, MME, Start-Up

2021-2024, Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA), Sole CI

2021, NSW Defence Innovation Network, CI

2019, UTS Blue Sky Grant, Lead CI

2018, UTS Seed Grant, Sole CI

2018, UTS Midas teaching grant, CI

2011-2012, Nanyang Engineering Doctoral Scholarship (NEDS) Award, NTU Singapore (1 of 12 awardees in the university)

My Teaching

2023-present, Mechanics of Solids II, Course Convenor & Lecturer

2022, Introduction to Aircraft Engineering, Course Convenor & Lecturer

2018-2020, Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering, Subject Coordinator & Lecturer