Date of Birth: March 21

Hometown: Chongqing, China

Interests: Swimming, play badminton and mountaineering

Research Title: Study the Potential of Biomass Concrete in Generating Electricity Through Thermoelectric Concept 

Undergraduate Research Title: Thermal Properties of Biomass Concrete for Thermoelectric Power Generation

Member in Professional Association:

The Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE)

Publication:

Yong Luo, Chunpeng Liu,  Dianah Mazlan and S.S. Naveen Kumar. (2025). "Sustainable Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting in Fly Ash Bamboo Fiber Reinforced Concrete for Smart Infrastructure", Energy and Buildings, Elsevier B.V., Volume 343, 115927. DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115927.

Yue Song, Chunpeng Liu and Wan Xinyu. (2025). "Intelligent Multi-objective Optimization of Dynamic Subsea Cable Systems for Offshore Energy Platforms", Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 48(1): 64. DOI: 10.1007/s40430-025-05985-0. 

Dianah Mazlan, Vynotdni Rathinasamy, Naveen Kumar, Chunpeng Liu and Elango Elango. (2025). "Piezoelectric Concrete: A Smart Material Approach for Energy-Harvesting Structural Technologies", Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies, 10(4): 2. DOI: 10.29187/2458-973x.1200.

Chunpeng Liu,  Dianah Mazlan, Lulu Cheng and Tze Liang Lau. (2025). "Effect of Biochar Incorporation on The Mechanical Strength and Thermal Behavior of Concrete", The 9th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum (EACEF 2025), 9-11 September 2025, Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia.

Chunpeng Liu, Jun Pin Tan and Tze Liang Lau. (2025). "Structural Damage and Ground Motion Characteristics in the 2015 Sabah Earthquake", The 9th International Conference of Euro Asia Civil Engineering Forum (EACEF 2025), 9-11 September 2025, Kuching Sarawak, Malaysia.

Chunpeng Liu, Kah Wei Lew, Tze Liang Lau. (2025). “Dynamic Characteristics and Seismic Performance of an Aseismically Designed Reinforced Concrete Building for Sustainability”, 2025 International Conference on Civil Engineering and Sustainable Building (ICCESB, 2025), 20-22 October 2025, Bangkok, Thailand.

Chunpeng Liu, Dianah Mazlan, Xinyu Wan, Tze Liang Lau and S.S. Naveen Kumar. (2025). "Multifunctional Thermoelectric Materials for Energy-Harvesting Concrete: Recent Advances and Future Prospects", Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials, ISSN: 2165-0373. DOI: 10.1080/21650373.2025.2589422. 

Chunpeng Liu, Changwen Tang, Jian Yee Lee and Tze Liang Lau. (2026). "Seismic Microzonation maps of Vs30 and fundamental frequency (f0) for Plain Areas using Single-Station Microtremor Data and Bayesian Neural Networks", Results in Engineering, ISSN: 2590-1230. DOI: 10.1016/j.rineng.2026.110068. 

Research Project:

Sustainable Low-Carbon Concrete Reinforced with Multi-Scale Carbon Fibers: Seismic Performance Enhancement and Mechanical Properties Optimization, USM Bridging Grant, RM 25,000, 1 August 2025 - 31 July 2026.

Fundamental Investigation of Thermoelectric Material Properties and Depth Configurations for Optimized Energy Harvesting in Concrete Pavements, USM Short Term Grant, 1 November 2025 - 31 October 2027.

Awards and Honors:

National Level:

1.  National Encouragement Scholarship (Top 3%), 3 consecutive academic years (2021, 2022, 2023)  

2. Third Prize, National Digital Architecture Innovation Competition, 2022

3. Excellence Award, "IEERA" International Collegiate English Vocabulary Challenge (China Regional Competition), 2023

4.  National Project Approval, Research on the Properties of 3D Printed Concrete", Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2023

Provincial Level:

1. Excellence Award, Chongqing Tunnel Design Competition, 2022 

2. Third Prize, National College Students' English Translation Competition, Chongqing Division, 2022

University Level:

1. The First Prize Scholarship (Top 5%), 6 consecutive semesters (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 

2. The Second Prize Scholarship (Top 10%), First semester 2021 

3. Pacemaker to Merit Student  (Top 1%), Last academic year, 2023 

4. Merit Student (Top 3%), 2 consecutive academic years (2022, 2023) 

5. Excellent Student Cadre (Top 5%), First academic year, 2021 

6. Second Prize, The Innovative Work "Digital Protection of Chongqing Stilted Building", Yangtze Normal University Internet + Competition, 2022

7. Second Prize, The Innovative Work "Mechanical Properties of Reinforced Asphalt Concrete", Yangtze Normal University Internet + Competition, 2022

8. Second Prize, Entrepreneurial Work "Development of Intelligent Recruitment Platform", Yangtze Normal University Internet + Competition, 2023

9. Special Scholarship of Yangtze Normal University, 2 consecutive academic years (2023, 2024)