
Ting Liao
Assistant Professor
School of Systems and Enterprises
Education
- PhD (2020) Stanford University (Mechanical Engineering)
- MS (2016) Stanford University (Mechanical Engineering)
- BS (2014) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Mechanical Engineering)
Research
Dr. Liao conducts interdisciplinary research that encompasses human-center design, experimental psychology, and data mining. Her research aims to enable interactive products and product-based experiences that are governed by artificial intelligence and large masses of product usage data to be more trustworthy, socially desirable, and sustainable with data-driven methods.
Institutional Service
- PhD Program Committee Member
- EM/ISE Academic Committee Member
Professional Service
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Conference session chair
- Design Science Reviewer
- Journal of Mechanical Design Reviewer
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers Review coordinator
- Design Science Reviewer
- Journal of Mechanical Design Reviewer
Appointments
Assistant Professor, School of Systems and Enterprises (August 2020 - Present), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ
Professional Societies
- Design Society Member
- ASME – American Society of Mechanical Engineers Member
Selected Publications
Conference Proceeding
- Liao, T.; Yan, B. (2022). Are you feeling Happy? The Effect of Emotions on People's Interaction Experience Toward Empathetic Chatbots. St. Louis, Missouri: Proceedings of the ASME 2022 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.
- El-Dehaibi, N.; Liao, T. N.; MacDonald, E. F. (2021). Validating Perceived Sustainable Design Features Using a Novel Collage Approach. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Journal Article
- Dehaibi, N. .; Liao, T.; MacDonald, E. . (2021). Validating Perceived Sustainable Design Features Using a Novel Collage Approach. Journal of Mechanical Design (3 ed., vol. 144, pp. 031404). The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
- Liao, T. N.; MacDonald, E. F. (2021). Priming on Sustainable Design Idea Creation and Evaluation. Sustainability (9 ed., vol. 13, pp. 5227). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
- Liao, T. N.; MacDonald, E. F. (2020). Manipulating Users’ Trust of Autonomous Products With Affective Priming. Journal of Mechanical Design (5 ed., vol. 143, pp. 051402). American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Courses
E 355 Engineering Economics
EM 385 Innovative System Design
EM/SYS 622 Decision Making via Data Analysis
SYS 660 Decision and Risk Analysis
EM 385 Innovative System Design
EM/SYS 622 Decision Making via Data Analysis
SYS 660 Decision and Risk Analysis