CHAO LIU 2907 SW 13TH ST, APT 33 Gainesville, FL 32608 +1 (352) 283-2578 liuchao1020@gmail.com EDUCATION Aug 2017 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE, FL PhD of Urban and Regional Planning, College of Design, Construction and Planning May 2017 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GAINESVILLE, FL Master of Business Administration (MBA), Hough Graduate School of Business June 2012 PEKING UNIVERSITY (Top-ranked program in China) BEIJING, CHINA Master of Science, College of Environment and Planning June 2009 BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY BEIJING, CHINA Bachelor, College of Landscape Architecture (Top-ranked Landscape Architecture) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2012-2016 UNITED NATIONS HABITAT / TONGJI GREEN CITIES PROGRAMME CHINA / KENYA Joint environmental / urban planning program, one of the largest in China, providing sustainable design and consulting services to governmental and commercial real estate clients throughout Asia and Africa. Manager (2013-2016) Founded and directed the SuSmart City Lab (SSCL) program, an urban research and planning & design project focusing on sustainable data integration and original research within the UN-Habitat & Tongji Programme. Led a team of 5 Designers, Planners, IT Analysts, and external consultants to create the first carbon emission tool for designers of C-Smart 1.0, the first software suite used to evaluate urban carbon emissions. Planned and executed the Sustainable & Smart City Forum to present the C-Smart 1.0 tool to over 200 senior academic experts, governmental leaders, and corporate executives. Personally delivered demonstration of software and fielded detailed questions. Successfully signed over 50 new software usage agreements, significantly surpassing expectations. Associate, Urban Planner / Consultant (2012-2013) Coordinated execution of multiple sustainable urban planning projects ($1M average project budget) for municipal clients. Collaborated with international research partners to benchmark best practices and apply the latest research into new design components. Developed the energy usage model for the first zero-carbon island in China. Utilized proprietary software to plan transportation, architecture, agriculture, and open space
components, calculating the impact of new strategies vs. steady-state performance. Recommendations were incorporated into the $1B planning budget. Oversaw creation of Green Cities Indicators System, a new standard scoring index that measures cities relative sustainability. Collaborated with UN-Habitat President of Asian Affairs and Directors / Senior Researchers from European universities to develop scoring methodology. Tool was successfully applied during Guiyang planning project, generating $200K in profit in just its first usage. Translated and published UN-Habitat book: Urban Patterns For A Green Economy Series. 2014 RS&H JACKSONVILLE, FL / BEIJING, CHINA An international leading company providing fully integrated architecture, engineering, and consulting services in 50 countries for over 75 years Project Coordinator & President Assistant Served as liaison between corporate headquarters and Beijing office, coordinating training for the firm s executive development program. Created and translated all sustainable energy and construction related contents for 40 National Managers in the aviation industry. 2013-2014 NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL GAINESVILLE, FL Graduate Intern Surveyed Walking and Bicycling transport status in Alachua County, FL, and organized workshops among planning stockholders, governments and planners Finished the Walking and Bicycling Development Update Report 2015 2009-2010 ARUP INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS CO.LTD. SHANGHAI, CHINA A global leading firm of designers, planners, engineers, consultants and technical specialists offering abroad range of professional services over 70 countries since 1941 Consultant Intern Created feasibility reports of China carbon trade mechanism (CDM) oriented in planning region, identifying over $1B USD in potential carbon credits Chinese business clients. Participated Transit Oriented Development (TOD) design of Danshui river district of Taiwan with project budget of 30 million USD Participated a LEED-ND certification application for a district in Nantong, China with project budget of 2 million USD CV of Chao Liu
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013-Present Research Assistant College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida Responsibilities: researches on adaptation planning for sea level rise and environmental planning 2013- Present Dissertation: Experimental And System Modeling Methods In Urban Built Environment Optimization To Alleviate Pm2.5 Pollution Problem 2014-2016 Major Participant NSF project of Groundwater recharge pressure prediction based on land use, demographic and sea level changes in St.Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD), Florida Designed the research methodology and applied it into case study; Took charge of the research project together with a master student 2013-2014 Participant Project of A Spatial-Temporal Econometric Model to Estimate Costs and Benefits of Sea- Level Rise Adaptation Strategies Took charge of costs and benefit analysis of building elevation and eco-systems; 2013 PI / Project manager Sustainability planning in Comprehensive Planning projectof Wananshan, Henan Province, China Addressed ecosystem protection planning, climate change act planning and walkability planning Took charge of developing Green Cities Indicators System collaborating with specialists overseas 2013 PI /Project manager Conceptual sustainable Planning in transportation in Shantou, Fujian Province, China Addressed ITS planning, TOD planning, Parking planning PRESENTATIONS Nov 2015 Nov 2014 ACSP Houston, US Fine Particulate Trends and Airflow Influences in Chinese thirty cities ACSP Philadelphia, US A land use regression application into assessing spatial variation of intra-urban fine particulate matter (pm2.5) concentrations in city of shanghai, china
July 2014 June 2014 June 2013 Urban energy planning and low carbon planing Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School Shenzhen, Beijing IACP Guangzhou China Spatial variation of intra-urban fine particulate matter (pm2.5) concentrations analysis in city of shanghai, china IACP Shanghai, China Case Study About Energy Saving and Carbon Emissions Mitigation Strategy by Passive Design in Urban Planning AWARDS/HONORS 2016 2014 Merit scholarship recipient Travel awards for ACSP conference by Deparment of Urban and Regional Planing 2013 Travel awards for the 9th IACP conference 2012 University Outstanding Students Awards (1/20) 2012 1ST Prize for the Competition of Green Campus Strategy in City of Shenzhen (CGCS 2011) 2011 University Academic First Grade Scholarships (8/45) 2011 University Excellent student cadre awards (1/200) 2010 University Outstanding Students Awards (1/20) 2009 University First Grade Scholarships (8/45) 2009 University Excellent Undergraduate Thesis (1/100) 2008 University Excellent Student Cadre Awards (1/15) 2007 University Outstanding Students Awards (1/15) PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Member, International Association for China Planning (IACP) The UF MBA Association (MBAA) PROFESSIONAL Conferences ATTENDED November 2013 June 2013 April 2014 November 2014 June 2014 The 8th Energy forum IACP (International Association for China Planning) 8th Annual Conference AAG (The Association of American Geographers) 2014 Annual Meeting ACSP (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) 52th Annual Conference IACP (International Association for China Planning) 9th Annual Conference
January 2015 November 2015 November 2016 June 2016 TRB (The Transportation Research Board) 94th Annual Meeting ACSP (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) 53th Annual Conference ACSP (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) 54th Annual Conference IACP (International Association for China Planning) 10th Annual Conference PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2014- Member, International Association for China Planning (IACP) Particpated the organision of IACP annual conference Charged member registration task for IACP association 2010 Volunteer and presenter, NGO of The Climate Project (TCP) Attended the first inaugural training workshop to establish The Climate Project (TCP) in China Presented climate changes to local citizens in my hometown SOCIAL SERVICE 2009-2012 Cofounder, Secretary, Green city iride Union, a public bicycle organization Initiated a public service program with other 5 postgraduate students: Green city iride, aimed to tackle the exacerbating traffic problem in metropolitans 2008 Volunteer for 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Reception and accompany for executives from Johnson & Johnson company using English after 10-month professional training 2005-2006 Secretary, Association of Student Bicycling Helped organizing daily excises Participated in 2007 summer long-range (20 days and 3000 miles) trip PUBLICATIONS PAPER Chao Liu, Zhongren Peng, et. al. A land use regression application into assessing spatial variation of intra-urban fine particulate matter (pm2.5) concentrations in city of shanghai, china, 2016. Science of the Total Environment. Under review Bowen Li, Chao Liu, Zhongren Peng, Yujun Deng, 2016. Groundwater recharge pressure prediction based on land use, demographic and sea level changes in St.Johns River Water Management District, Florida, US. World Planning Schools Congress 2016 Chao Liu, Zhongren Peng, 2015. Fine Particulate Trends and Airflow Influences in Chinese thirty cities. The US 53rd Annual ACSP Conference.
Chao Liu, Zhongren Peng, 2014. A land use regression application into assessing spatial variation of intra-urban fine particulate matter (pm2.5) concentrations in city of shanghai, china. The US 52rd Annual ACSP Conference. Chao Liu, Peng Xu, 2013. Case Study About Energy Saving and Carbon Emissions Mitigation Strategy by Passive Design in Urban Planning. The 8th IACP Annual Conference Chao Liu, Peng Xu, Jiong Ma, 2012. Urban carbon emission reduction and management of Lingang City. China City Planning Review. 12,58-71. Chao Liu, Peng Xu, Weizhen Chen, 2012. Urban patterns optimization using integrated environmental simulation methods. China Urban Planning Journal Weizhen Chen, Chao Liu, Peng Xu, 2012. Analysis of carbon mitigation potential of applying LEED-ND credits to neighborhoods in hot-summer and cold-winter areas of China. The 2th Congress of Green Building in Hot-summer and Cold-winter Areas of China, Shanghai, China. BOOKS Peng Xu, Rongxin Yin, Mingya Zhu, Chao Liu, et al. 2012. Overview of American Building Energy Efficiency Research, Beijing, China. (Responsible for neighborhoods energy efficiency case study chapter) Yubin Zhou, Sheng Ying, Chao Liu, 2013. Urban Patterns For A Green Economy Series. Shanghai, China. TEACH EXPERIENCE 2015-2016 Teach Assistant College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida Responsibilities: Created course syllabus and contents, and helped delivering the graduate-level course of Adaption Urban Planning for Climate Change 2014-2016 Graduate thesis advisor assistant College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida Responsibilities: Supervised two graduate students on master thesis Yi Zhang 2016 master Thesis title: The Spatiotemporal Form of Urban Land Use Change: Analysis and Modeling in the City of Shanghai Bowen Li 2016 master Thesis title: Groundwater Recharge Pressure Prediction Based On Demographic, Land Use And Sea Level Changes In Brevard County, Florida, US