We are looking for motivated postdoc and students who are committed to research to join us and solve cutting-edge problems through innovations. Feel free to contact Dr. Cheng with your CV.

Dr. Liang Cheng is Professor and Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (about 700 undergraduate, Master’s and PhD students majoring in CS, CSE, and/or EE on 2 campuses) at the University of Toledo, with expertise in intelligent infrastructure (e.g. underground sensing), IoT, and CPS (including autonomous systems, e.g. autonomous drones). The department created a new program of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science after his first year of service (2021-2022), and turned a multi-year enrollment decline around to an enrollment increase after his second year of service (2022-2023).

During his tenure at Lehigh University, Dr. Cheng was a founding member of the INE (Integrated Networks for Electricity) research cluster and a leadership council member of the I-CPIE (Institute for Cyber Physical Infrastructure & Energy). Dr. Cheng led more than 20 funded projects as the PI or a co-PI with sponsors including DARPA, DOE, DOT, NSF, industry, etc., and served as the advisor for 3 postdocs, 7 Ph.D. dissertations, and 27 Master’s theses. He was a Visiting Professor at TU Dortmund and University of Science and Technology of China during his sabbatical, and he also worked at Rutgers University and Duke University during his Ph.D. studies. While serving as a Faculty Senator and a Faculty Tri-Chair of Council for Equity and Community at Lehigh University, Dr. Cheng provided leadership in updating Rules and Procedures of the Faculty with new categories of faculty (e.g. Research Faculty and Teaching Faculty) added with their rights and responsibilities defined for equity and long-term growth of the university and in updating the Bylaws of the Council for Equity and Community to include the representation of Professor of Practice and achieve more diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Council and the university.

Dr. Cheng’s latest research focuses on CPHS (Cyber-Physical-Human Systems) and is geared toward enabling intelligent infrastructure based on the convergence of real-time sensing, model-driven data analytics, and machine learning through inter-disciplinary projects, such as CPS and IoT projects funded by NSF (National Science Foundation) including a NSF CPS Breakthrough project and a NSF Middleware Initiative project, DOT (Department of Transportation), and PITA (Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance), and smart grid and cyber security projects funded by DOE (Department of Energy) and PITA. He is also an expert in ad hoc networks (NSF, DARPA and PITA projects). His research has also been funded by ABB, Agere Systems, East Penn Manufacturing, Ingersoll-Rand, and PPL. Dr. Cheng was a keynote speaker at 2015 IEEE International Conference on the Edges of Innovation for Smarter Cities and an awardee of Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation Minority Junior Faculty Award.